Ghetto Rock

[Intro: Mos Def]<br>Hello Children<br><br>[Chorus 1: Mos Def]<br>Black Jack Johnson N.Y.C., R-O-C-K-I-N-G<br>Sun and the moon, earths, stars, and planets<br>Before song done y`all goin` all understand it<br><br>[Verse 1: Mos Def]<br>Like - Hot<br>The haters can`t fuck with it<br>`Cause they mom and they sister and girl in love with<br>it (and they niggaz)<br>Sound man holla black COME WITH IT<br>Sping the record `till the record done spinning<br>Up top is you getting up with it?<br>Dirty dirty is you getting cronk with it?<br>Smokey smoke from coast to coast<br>Be carefull our first draw be that overdose<br>Who stay holding it from Brooklyn? YOU KNOW IS MOS!<br>Ha, Jackpot I (Sing yo) got to go for broke<br>Is this the only way the Smith Family now to go<br>Right here to my youngest one is older folks<br>Im`ma put down like a dirty so and so<br>Freak daddy came here to work the mojo - oh<br>Because the - high is high and the low is low<br>And that goes for the sinner man to holy folks<br>Put your shit in the sky like I know you - oh<br>[Brooklyn stand up!]<br>Ha, my ghetto nation get toe to toe<br>Stay rocking steady steady `cause I told you so<br>And after y`all get it go I let it go some more<br>That Black Jack about something for sure) for sure<br>[SAY WHAT!]<br>For sure for sure [HA!]<br>Let me see you in the world making your shoulder role<br>And if it get good tell your nigga throw your `bows<br><br>[Chorus 2: Mos Def]<br>`Cause we are so ghetto<br>Yes we are rock and roll<br>Yes we are so ghetto<br>Yes we are rock and roll<br>Yes we are so ghetto<br>Yes we are rock and roll<br>Yes we are so ghetto<br>Yes we are - rock and motherfucking roll (WOOOO!)<br><br>[Verse 2: Mos Def]<br>Ha, I am a fighter and a lover<br>I`m the freaky baby daddy, I`m a bad motherfucker<br>I`m the earth, wind, fire, and the thunder<br>I said I am, go ask my mother<br>You don`t believe that shit believe what you want to<br>Alright, OK, So, Shut-up!<br>Speak language come straight from the gutter<br>Observe the terms that we trade with one and other<br>Like - what`s good, what`s popping, what`s cracking<br>What it is, how you living, what`s happening<br>Work songs that the slaves sang back then<br>The playground chants, with little girls claping<br><br>[Chorus 2: Mos Def] + (Girls chanting)<br>Black John Johnson N.Y.C., R-O-C-K-I-N-G<br>Son and the moon, earths, stars, and planets<br>Before the song done y`all going all understand it<br>Black John Johnson N.Y.C., R-O-C-K-I-N-G<br>Son and the moon, earths stars and planets<br>Before the song done y`all going all understand it<br><br>[Outro: Mos Def]<br>SPACE!<br>GIMME THE SPACE!<br>BACK UP, GIMME THE SPACE!!!<br>LET A NIGGA ROCK!<br>GIMME THE SPACE!<br>LET A NIGGA ROCK!<br>LET A NIGGA ROCK, HA!<br>This is the sound<br>Ghettos rock<br>This is the sound<br>Ghettos rock<br>This is the sound<br>Ghettos rock<br>This is the sound<br>Ghettos rock<br>This is the sound<br>Ghettos rock<br>This is the sound<br>Ghettos rock and - MOTHERFUCKING ROLLLLLLLLL!