Rap History chords by KRS-One
Verse 1
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We got to understand rap
been here for a long time!
When God talked to the prophets,
he was rappin
And when the prophets talked back to God,
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they was rappin
And then if people wanna bring it up and get all
up to the modern days and ages
We can start to goin in the 60's when
you had Shirley Ellis
When she did "The Name Game"
and "The Clapping Song"
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We can go to the poetry rappin of of
sister Son... Sonia Sanchez
With uh The Watts Poets,
or The Last Poets
We can get into the political
or the message rap
Of The Honorable Minister
Louis Farrakhan, Malcolm X
Or The Honorable Elijah Muhammad
We can get into the the the
the party and fun raps
Of Pigby Markam[? ], Marks
Baby[? ]
We can go back to the "Hi De Hi De
Ho" with Cab Calloway
We can go back to the radio
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disc jockey or jocko
Eddie OJ, and all the others
that did things
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Bb
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We can go back to the LOVE RAP of Isaac Hayes,
Black Moses
To the LOVE RAP of Barry
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White out there
This is all part of rap
And if all you country people want to get
into the country & western thing
We can take it to, Tony Joe White,
when he did "Poke Salad Annie"
This is all dealin with the rap
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Rap has always been there... [echoes]
Rap History
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