Yasiin Bey — Ghetto Rock

[Intro: Mos Def] Hello Children [Hook 1: Mos Def] Black Jack Johnson N.Y.C., R-O-C-K-I-N-G Sun and the moon, earth, stars, and planets Before song done, y'all gon' all understand it [Verse 1: Mos Def] Like - Hot The haters can't fuck with it Cause they mom and they sister and girl in love with it (and they niggas) Sound man holla black, come with it (come with it) Spin the record 'till the record done spinning Up top, is you getting up with it? Dirty dirty, is you getting crunk with it? Smokey smoke from coast to coast Be careful our first draw be that overdose Who stay holding it from Brooklyn? You know it's Mos! Ha, Jackpot I (Sing yo) got to go for broke Is this the only way the Smith Family know to go Right here to my youngest one is older folks I'ma put down like a dirty so and so Freak daddy came here to work the mojo - oh Because the - high is high and the low is low And that go for the sinner man to holy folk Put your shit in the sky like I know you know [Brooklyn stand up!] Ha, my ghetto nation get toe to toe Stay rocking steady steady cause I told you so And after y'all get it go I let it go some more That Black Jack about something for sure, for sure [Say what!] For sure for sure [Ha!] Let me see you in the world making your shoulder roll And if it get good tell your nigga throw your 'bows [Hook 2: Mos Def] Cause we are so ghetto Yes we are rock and roll Yes we are so ghetto Yes we are rock and roll Yes we are so ghetto Yes we are rock and roll Yes we are so ghetto Yes we are - rock and motherfucking roll (Woooo!) [Verse 2: Mos Def] Ha, I am a fighter and a lover I'm the freaky baby daddy, I'm a bad motherfucker I'm the earth, wind, fire, and the thunder I said I am, go ask my mother You don't believe that shit believe what you want to Alright, OK, So, Shut-up! Speak language come straight from the gutter Observe the terms that we trade with one another Like - what's good, what's popping, what's cracking What it is, how you living, what's happening Work songs that the slaves sang back then The playground chants, with little girls clapping [Hook 2: Mos Def] + (Girls chanting) Black John Johnson N.Y.C., R-O-C-K-I-N-G Sun and the moon, earth, stars, and planets Before the song done, y'all gon' all understand it Black John Johnson N.Y.C., R-O-C-K-I-N-G Sun and the moon, earth, stars and planets Before the song done, y'all gon' all understand it [Outro: Mos Def] Space! Gimme the space! Back up, gimme the space!!! Let a nigga rock! Gimme the space! Let a nigga rock! Let a nigga rock, ha! This is the sound Ghetto rock This is the sound Ghetto rock This is the sound Ghetto rock This is the sound Ghetto rock This is the sound Ghetto rock This is the sound Ghetto rock and - Motherfucking rolllllllll!