Stetsasonic, the hip-hop band
Talkin' all that jazz
And if we would not, people could've forgot
You erase my music, so no one can use it
Talkin' all that jazz
Talkin' all that jazz
Sayin' all that crap about how we sample
Think rap is a fad? You must be mad
Rap brings back old R 'n' B
But it's important you remember, though
People tell you to step off a lot
Tell the truth, James Brown was old
We wanna make this perfectly clear
Suckers, get a grip, now we talkin' 'bout you
Of those who choose to judge but lack pizazz
But you are a minority, in terms of thought
Narrow minded and poorly taught
For now, let us set the record straight
You said, it wasn't art, so now we're gonna rip you apart
Step on us and we'll step on you
Talkin' all that jazz
And later on we'll have an informal and a formal debate
Lies, that's when you hide the truth
We'll bite our pen, start writin' again
What you reap is what you sew
'Til Eric and Rakim came out with 'I Got Soul'
This is the music of a hip-hop band
It's so whack that it's bound to show
You critizie our method of how we make records
In fact it's only of importance when I make it a priority
It's when you talk more jazz than proof
Talkin' all that jazz
About hip-hop, playin' all the silly games
You see, you misunderstood, a sample is a tactic
Point, where you misjudged us, speculated, created a fuss
But like beauty, talk is just skin deep
You've made the same mistake politicians have
And what we sample of, is the majority
Talk, well I heard talk is cheap
When you lie about me and the band we get angry
But this jazz retains a new format
Think we'll let you get away with that?
A portion of my method, a tool
Seems to me that you have a problem
'Cause we're so bad we get respect you never had
We're talented and strong and have no fear
You might even get hurt, my friend
Can't have your cake and eat it too
And when you lie and you talk a lot
Up for the music we live and play and for the song we sing today
Stop, check it out my man
That if you're talkin' jazz, the situation is a no-win
Now we're not tryin' to be a boss to you
We just wanna get across to you
Jazz, well you can call it that
And when you lie and address something you don't know
Like Sly and the Family Stone, we will stand
So we can see what we can do to solve them
And the things we write are always true
Given examples
