[Some people out there givin' rap a bad name
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Well I'm here to let you know, we ain't down with that]
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Rap music, the sound of the times
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Ya sorta talk lyrics to rhythm and rhyme
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And then deliver in various ways
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You know, some sorta preach, and some sorta play
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Nevertheless, there's a common ground [word!]
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Ya know the def hip hop sound
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Hyped up bass with a tiny snare
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The subwoofer makes ya neighbor stare
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But still
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(interlude)
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I luv rap music
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I always have, and I always will
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Now rap started as the voice of the street
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A sorta politics to a ghetto beat
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Then rappers started braggin' all about their gold
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And the girlies, and the beepers
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And the big, black Olds-mobile
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In '83, the beatbox hit
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Makin' funky drum sounds from out ya lips
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But takin' on nu forms, rap has moved from the block
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Now some mix it with soul and some mix it with rock
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Ya know
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(chorus)
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I luv rap music
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I always have, and I always will
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There ain't no other kinda music in all the world
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That makes me feel quite as chill
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I luv rap music
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Ya know, it's sittin' on the top of my list
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So if ya wanna hang with me, ya better believe
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We'll be jammin' to a hip hop mix
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Concert time in my part of the town
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Ya know, I brought my mom cause I knew she was down
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She was flat groovin', but couldn't understand
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How they makin' music when there ain't no band
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And then she cried, "James," everybody stared
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She heard a James Brown sample and thought he was there
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She got home, shook her head and said,
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"Kids these years"
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But then again, we think the Beatles were weird
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I luv rap music
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I luv rap music
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(repeat chorus)
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Today some rappers boast, some are makin' me ill
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And those obscene lyrics are overkill
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But I started M.C.in' way back in the day
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And since then there's been a serious change
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Ya know, I asked Christ to come into my heart
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And He gave me a brand new start
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And on top a dat, He cold gave me my dreams
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Doin' hip hop music with a Christian theme
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Ya know
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(repeat chorus)
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I luv rap music
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I luv rap music
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I luv rap music
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I luv rap music
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I Luv Rap Music
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| DC Talk |
