[00:00:00] Rock N Roll - Mos Def [00:00:00] Written by:Dante Smith/L. Fernandez [00:00:00] Make me wanna holla [00:00:13] Alert the squad [00:00:15] Rock and roll [00:00:18] Alert the squad [00:00:20] Huh my grandmama was raised on a reservation [00:00:25] Huh my great grandmama was from a plantation [00:00:29] They sang songs for inspiration [00:00:31] They sang songs for relaxation [00:00:34] They sang songs to take their minds up off that [00:00:37] F**ked up situation [00:00:39] I am yes I am the descendant yes yes [00:00:45] Of those folks whose backs got broke [00:00:49] Who fell down inside the gun smoke [00:00:52] Black people chains on their ankles and feet [00:00:57] I am descendants of the builders of your street [00:01:04] Black people tenders to your cotton money [00:01:08] I am hip hop [00:01:12] It's heavy metal for the black people [00:01:14] I am rock and roll rock and roll rock 'n' roll [00:01:20] Been here forever [00:01:25] They just ain't let you know ha [00:01:28] I said Elvis Presley ain't got no soul huh [00:01:32] Chuck Berry is rock and roll d**n right [00:01:34] You may dig on the rolling stones [00:01:37] But they ain't come up with that style on they own uh uh [00:01:39] Elvis Presley ain't got no soul hell naw [00:01:42] Little Richard is rock and roll d**n right [00:01:44] You may dig on the rolling stones [00:01:46] But they ain't come up with that sh*t on they own nah ah [00:01:49] Guess that's just the way sh*t goes [00:01:51] You steal my clothes and try to say they yours yes they do [00:01:55] Cause it's a show filled with pimps and h*es [00:01:57] Trying to take everything that you made or control there they go [00:01:59] Elvis Presley ain't got no soul [00:02:02] Bo diddley is rock and roll d**n right [00:02:04] You may dig on the rolling stones [00:02:06] But they ain't the first place the credit belongs [00:02:08] Say whoa oh don't take it [00:02:11] Oh we oh black music [00:02:13] Whoa oh don't take it [00:02:16] Oh we oh black music [00:02:18] Whoa oh Jimi Hendrix say [00:02:21] Oh we oh black music [00:02:23] Whoa oh Albert king and [00:02:26] Oh we oh and Motown [00:02:29] I ain't trying to diss [00:02:31] But I don't be trying to f**k with limp biz kit [00:02:33] The f**k is on your mind [00:02:35] When I get down in my zone [00:02:36] I be rockin' bad brains and fish bone [00:02:39] I ain't tryin' to slow your groove [00:02:41] But that ain't the way I'm trying to move [00:02:44] I don't turn on korn to get it on [00:02:46] I be playing Jimi Hendricks till the dawn [00:02:49] That's my word is bond [00:02:51] Sitting up on my front lawn [00:02:54] Got the volume turned to ten [00:02:56] Playing Albert king the best again black [00:02:59] When the morning in the cooker [00:03:01] Got to turn on some John Lee hooker [00:03:04] When I want some rock and roll [00:03:06] Go to Otis Rredding to get some soul [00:03:08] Say James Brown got plenty of soul [00:03:11] James brown like to rock and roll [00:03:13] He can do all the sh*t fo' sho' [00:03:16] That Elvis Presley could never know black people [00:03:18] Said Kenny G ain't got no soul [00:03:21] John Coltrane is rock and roll uh huh [00:03:23] You may dig on the rolling stones [00:03:25] But they could never ever rock like Nina Simone [00:03:28] Say whoa oh don't take it [00:03:30] Oh wee oh black music [00:03:33] Whoa oh don't take it [00:03:35] Oh we oh black music [00:03:38] Whoa oh don't take it [00:03:40] Oh we oh black music [00:03:47] Alert the squad [00:03:49] Who am I huh [00:03:52] Get your punk a** up [00:03:54] Elvis Presley ain't got no soul [00:03:56] Jimi Hendrix is rock and roll [00:03:57] You may dig on the rolling stones [00:03:59] But everything they did they stole [00:04:00] Elvis Presley ain't got no soul [00:04:02] Bo diddley is rock and roll [00:04:03] You may dig on the rolling stones [00:04:05] But we send their punk a** home [00:04:06] Who am I rock and roll [00:04:08] Who am I rock and roll [00:04:09] Who am I rock and roll [00:04:10] Who am I rock and roll [00:04:11] Who am I rock and roll [00:04:12] Who am I rock and roll