Jazz Music - Gang Starr

Played for everyone by sons of the motherland

Sendin' out a message of peace to everybody and

Came across the oceans in chains and shame

Easing the pain, and it was without name

Until some men in New Orleans on Rampart Street

Put out the sounds, and then they gave it a beat

I’m talkin' 'bout Jelly Roll, King, and Satch

I’m talkin' 'bout the music that had no match

Yes the music, and it was born down there

We’re gonna use it, so make the horn sound clear

It’s jazz music, jazz music

Yo, the music that pops, and the other cats made

It stayed 'cause people love when they played

To the North, it took a riverboat shuffle

To the big cities with lots of hustle and bustle

To Chicago, and to the Apple too

This was a scene that our forefathers knew

Go get your crew, I know they’ll get into

The jazz music, jazz music

The music called jazz had the razzmatazz

It had the flavor, and a lot of pizazz

The big band beat was very neat and unique

The swing was king, it made you tap your feet

There was Benny and Duke and of course the Count Basie

The melody was smooth and yes, very tasty

There was Hap, The Prez, and Lady Day and

Dizzy Bird and Miles, they were all playin'

They brought it to the people of the foreign lands

Back across the oceans and the desert sands

Where it echoes in the distant sounds of drums

And it rises with the sun on days begun

This is the music that we give tribute to

They gave it to us, that’s why we give it to you

The jazz music, the jazz music