Chorus:



Music evolution change

sometimes the common makes it sound strange

Add a little this,

take out a little that

Then you'll come up with that jazz called rap

Where it's at,

bring it back

Because it is an ill format

(repeat)



Once upon a time not long ago

When all the cats went to hear Satchmo blow

Groovin' at a tempo fast or slow

Jazz was at a new plateau ready to grow

Also developing ways to make dough

Although we always heard no when at a show

The Klan couldn't keep the man from makin' mo'

Better blues, kinda confused here's the news

These grooves is better than your blue suede shoes

Some G's are fake and some will make moves

I prove jazz gone up another level

Real without making a deal with the devil

And so, I'm about to let the world know

That bebop and skattin' was an old school flow

Callaway was a dope MC, you didn't know?

Now that the years gone by some will try

Try to make that hip hop and jazz thing die

When it was skat before it was rap, Yo it was fly

Now it brings tears to the eye, oh my

I didn't hear that back in the days

I wonder why



Chorus (2x)



Ennie, meenie, minie, mo

Let's pick a song

Let's make it long and add the rap to make it strong

And if it's wrong, then i'll chill and let it stop

If not, then I'll bust chops to get props

To make sure jazz and hip hop is at the tip top

But wait, we must cross roads to get it straight

In rhyme there's a thin line between love and hate

Some state rap will never make it out the gate

But I'm here to cause a debate and contemplate

Why jazz and hip hop is considered second rate

But what's the use, if I proceed to break it loose

There's always an excuse why the rapper gets abuse

Don't wanna tangle because the angle is obtuse

Same kinda case that was facin' the juice

My tongue can get necks hung, where's the noose

My hypotenuse was to make rap fun

But what I done has put the soldier on the run

From sun to sun carryin' weight that weighs a ton

Convicted without a gun

Forget the fame of your name they need someone to blame

For murder one



Chorus (5x)



Change

Strange

This

That

Jazz

rap

Because it's an ill format