[DJ Jazzy Jay:]
I am original DJ Jazzy Jay from
The mighty mighty Zulu Nation
[Grand Wizard Theodore:]
First off, I'm gonna say my name is um
Original scratch creator Grand Wizard Theodore
[DJ Jazzy Jay:]
For those who don't know, I started back out in '74
Afrika Bambaataa, Disco King Mario
Kool Herc, Grand Master Flash
And you know some of the pioneers
That did it back then, ya know
[Grand Wizard Theodore:]
Hip hop is universal now it all depends upon what ya do with it
[DJ Jazzy Jay:]
Hip hop is like what you call a bastard child of
A lot of different forms of music
[Grand Wizard Theodore:]
I just feel good, that like, like a lot of rock bands
Are like, recognizing, ya know, the culture
[DJ Jazzy Jay:]
We used to play these beats because
They used to drive us on the dance floor
[Grand Wizard Theodore:]
And people don't really know that as a rock record
Until like the guitars come in and stuff like that
[DJ Jazzy Jay:]
We didn't have no hip hop beats back in the days
We had to take it from everywhere, we can get it from
[Grand Wizard Theodore:]
Just trying to take it to another level
[DJ Jazzy Jay:]
That's what keeps the music new and keeps it fresh
[Grand Wizard Theodore:]
As far as rock is concerned man
I think rock is, ya know, a big part of hip hop man
[DJ Jazzy Jay:]
Rock helped influence hip hop
Hip hop helped influence the world
Shh, yeah, hey
Shh, you hear me
Okay, listen
Yo, it's like a triple-staged darkness, listen and drift
Every muscle in your skin starts to shake and shift
You can hate the gift but my phrases daze
Ya click, spray your face
When I spit, I mean it
You're just too conceited, repeatin' and repeatin'
You're a thugged out gangsta pimp 'till you believe it
Seems like there's too much Pac, we don't need it
I'm cool on your heat, you can keep it
It's not a big secret, this is a game you can't win
You're singin' the same thing
Though we're bringin' the answer
Just close your eyes and pretend again
That your skin isn't as thin
As the skin you're in bitch
Give me a second just to spell it out
So nobody can twist what I'm talkin' about
I don't have to fake anything I feel because
We both know every word is real, so
Give me a second just to spell it out
So nobody can twist what I'm talkin' about
I don't have to fake anything I feel because
We both know every word is real
[2x:]
Right about now, the funk soul brother
Check it out now, the funk soul brother
[Finesse:]
I got the skills of titanium, straight to the cranium
Try to play me, and we could go to war like Iranians
A deep cat, I speak rap
As long as the beat phat, my shit'll be off the meat rack
Lord Finesse, don't harass the guards
With four bars and piss on, like half your squad
So the savage, I don't give a crap
I don't harass the people
Playin' Russian roulette with automatics
See, on the street, I'm top in rank
Three words, see when I get the dice, stop the bank
Bet against me, you'll get your ass kicked
Leaving my street team for nothin' but ass whoopins
Hard-hitters, handsome boys
The type to sport the chicks on the arm like John Ritter
The bomb beat being stabbing the third
Better play like Jehovah witness, just spread the word
This sky opens wide, to swallow me again
Once I am inside, I'm lost and can't pretend
These pictures in my mind are not a part of me
These memories hold me tight till I can hardly breathe
I can hardly breathe (breathe),
I can hardly stop the memories
Nothing I can say or do
Will take away what I've been through
What you were is what I've come to be
Nothing you can say to me
Will take away these memories
What you were is what I've come to be
{They taught me to look beyond
The superficial at the Handsome Boy Modeling School
One of the things that I look for in a woman is you know, personality
And I look for a sense of humor
And you know knockers, I'm just kidding
Like I said, I, I used to look at a woman
You know, chestal area first}
{I mean, the things that I look for now
Is that I look for a woman with money
I look for a woman with long legs
Whereas before I used to focus on, knockers or}
{Wait one second my illegitimate son is here
Yes, yes son, you want one of these?
Well, you have to go to the Handsome Boy Modeling School
Where you can get one okay?
Okay, daddy's got to work some more now
You go back over there and sit in the trailer}