This is rock n' roll shouts out   Back to the rappers   A lot of people stake claims   Saying hip hop doesn't matter   But really what could be phatter than   Jungle j.b's beats and streetside sounds   Profound are the sounds   That I was hearing   When at the basketball league   This kid said "yo come here and   Put these head phones on your ears"   I was converted then   And practiced it for years   Rap music, like jazz, funk and r&b   Blues reggae rock n' roll, and rock steady g.   Will be around forever   And it's never going out   That's why I took this time to spell these lyrics out   I wanna give thanx to the lyricists mc's   And dj's that brought me near to this   Blastmaster, krs-one the teacher   Run d-m-c and the movie beat street   Erik b. and rakim was paid in full   De la soul came along and broke all the rules   I remember when my girl bought me tribe called quest   We broke up later but I kept the cassette   Kool moe dee, doug e. fresh, big daddy kane   Main source, pharcyde and dana dane   Steady b on the hilltop   With lady b on power 99 west philly   Cypress hill, the goats and das efx   Tupac, epmd   Lets see who's next   Jungle brothers, gang starr and bizmarkie jazzy jeff, the fresh prince   Puts summer in my ears   Slick rick, funk doobie and the beastie boys   And all the rest that make some noise   There's plenty more people that's comin on   And the list could run   Til the break of dawn   But right now yo   Its back to the bluesman   Trippin', rollin', flyin' or just cruisin'   Yeah fire it up   Eh yo do it right   We gonna go go until the mornin light      Its justa rock n' roll   A little bit of rock n' roll   I like a rock and roll   And give me some rock n' roll   Oh la oh la yeah