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[00:22.150]Well here's how it started, heard you on the radio
[00:24.497]Talking 'bout rap, saying all that crap
[00:26.919]About how we sample, giving examples
[00:28.910]Think we'll let you get away with that?
[00:31.271]You criticize our method of how we make records
[00:33.457]You said it wasn't art, so now we're gonna rip you apart
[00:36.264]Stop, check it out my man
[00:38.518]This is the music of a hip-hop band
[00:40.663]Jazz, well you can call it that
[00:42.977]But this jazz retains a new format
[00:45.190]Point, where you misjudged us
[00:47.604]Speculated, created a fuss
[00:49.544]You've made the same mistake politicians have
[00:51.720]Talkin' all that jazz
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[01:11.858]Talk, well I heard talk is cheap
[01:14.105]But like beauty, talk is just skin deep
[01:16.340]And when you lie and you talk a lot
[01:18.531]People tell you to step off a lot
[01:20.767]You see, you misunderstood, a sample's just a tactic
[01:22.965]A portion of my method, a tool, in fact it's
[01:25.230]Only of importance when I make it a priority
[01:27.386]And what we sample's loved by the majority
[01:29.610]But you a minority in terms of thought
[01:31.745]Narrow minded and poorly taught
[01:34.054]About hip-hop, playing all the silly games
[01:36.154]To erase my music so no one can use it
[01:38.437]You step on us and we'll step on you
[01:40.522]Can't have your cake and eat it too
[01:42.580]Talkin' all that jazz
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[01:56.357]Lies, that's when you hide the truth
[02:02.793]It's when you talk more jazz than proof
[02:05.149]And when you lie and address something you don't know
[02:07.530]It's so wack that it's bound to show
[02:09.655]When you lie about me or the band we get angry
[02:11.547]Whip out our pen, start writing again
[02:13.995]And the things we write are always true
[02:16.104]Sucker, get a grip, now we talking 'bout you
[02:18.337]Seems to me that you have a problem
[02:20.657]So we can see what we can do to solve them
[02:22.912]Think rap is a fad? You must be mad
[02:24.919]Cause we're so bad we get respect you never had
[02:27.498]Tell the truth, James Brown was old
[02:29.517]'Til Eric and Ra came out with "I Got Soul"
[02:31.852]Rap brings back old R&B
[02:33.992]And if we would not, people could've forgot
[02:36.143]We wanna make this perfectly clear
[02:38.325]We're talented and strong and have no fear
[02:40.497]Of those who choose to judge but lack pizazz
[02:42.915]Talkin' all that jazz
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[02:54.185]Now we're not trying to be a boss to you
[02:56.230]We just wanna get across to you
[02:58.419]That if you're talking jazz, the situation is a no-win
[03:00.474]You might even get hurt, my friend
[03:03.118]Stetsasonic, the hip-hop band
[03:05.001]And like Sly and the Family Stone, we will stand
[03:07.257]Up for the music we live and play
[03:09.364]And for the song we sing today
[03:11.742]For now, let us set the record straight
[03:13.850]And later on we'll have a forum and a formal debate
[03:16.417]But it's important you remember though
[03:18.417]What you reap is what you sow
[03:19.932]Talkin' all that jazz