Gang Starr - Jazz Thing Lyrics
featuring Branford Marsalis (instrumentally only)* original version appeared on the "Mo' Better Blues" soundtrack"I would like to play a.. little tune I just composed not so long ago""Ms. Billie, Ms. Billie, Ms. Billie Holiday"*HORNS**drum roll* *piano keys played**HORNS*"Byrd..?" *trumpet solo* *group horns*"The music called jazz.." -> Guru*HORNS*[Guru]It's roots are in the sounds of the Africanor should I say the mother.. bringin us back againFrom the drummin on the Congo, we came with a strong flowand continue to growFeet move, to the beat of the t'baloNow dig the story and followFor then it landed, on American soilThrough the sweat, the blood, and the toilHear, "Praise the Lord," shouted on chain gangsPain they felt, but it helped them to maintainScott Joplin's rags, Bessie Smith's bluesSt. Louis blues, they were all the newsRingin smooth.. in all the listeners earsFulfillin the needs, and plantin the seedsof a jazz thingKing Oliver's group was a train comin throughto Chicago, bringin the New Orleans grooveAnd when Satchmo blew, the audience knewBasil Street blues was the whole house tuneit was music.. great to dance toGreat to romance to with a lot to say to youRelaying a message, revealing the essenceof a jazz thing* DJ Premier cuts "jazz music" *In the 40's came be-bop, the first be-bopThe real be-bop, so let me talk aboutDiz' and Byrd, givin the wordDefining how a beat could be so completePlaying with ferocity, thinkin with velocityAbout ornathology, or anthropologyand even ?, and this is real historyTheolonious Monk, a melodious th
