| [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
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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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| 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 |