i am original dj jazzy jay from the mighty mighty zulu nation first off i m gonna say my name is original scratch creator grand wizard theodore for those who don t know i started back out in the 74 afrika bambata disco king mario cool herc grand master flash and you know some of the pioneers that did it back then ya know hip hop is universal man it all depends upon what ya do it hip hop is like what you call a bastard child of a lot of different forms of music i just feel good that a lot of rock bands are like are like recognizing ya know the culture we used to play these beats because they used to drive us on the dance floor and people don t really know that as a rock record until like the guitars come in and stuff like that we didn t have no hip hop beats back in the days we had to take it from everywhere we can get it from its just trying to take it to another level that what keeps the music new and keeps it fresh as far as ya know rock is concerned man i think rock is ya know a big part of hip hop man rock helped influence hip hop hip hop helped influence the world la la la la la la la la la shh yeah hey shh you hear me okay listen yo it s like a triple stage darkness listen and drift every muscle in your skin starts to shake and shift you can hate the gift but my phrase is dazed ya click spray your face when i spit i mean it you re just too conceited repeatin and repeatin you re a thugged out gangsta pimp till you believe it seems like there s too much pac we don t need it i m cool on your heat you can keep it it s not a big secret this is a game you can t win you re singin the same thing though we re bringin the yen so just close your eyes and pretend again that your skin isn t as thin as the skin you re in bitch give me a second just to spell it out so nobody can twist what i m talkin about i don t have to fake anything i feel because we both know every word is real so give me a second just to spell it out so nobody can twist what i m talkin about i don t have to fake anything i feel because we both know every word is real right about now the funk soul brother check it out now the funk soul brother right about now the funk soul brother check it out now the funk soul brother i got the skills of titanium straight to the cranium try to play me and we could go to war like iranians the deep cat i speak rap as long as the beat phat my shit ll be off the meat rack lord finesse don t harass the god spit four bars and piss on like half your squad so the savage i don t gay bash i don t harass if you niggas playin russian roulette with automatics see on the street i m top in rank three words when i get the dice stop the bank bet against me you get your cash to me my street team promote nothin but ass whoopins hard headed handsome boys the lost niggas the type that sport the chicks on their arm like john ritter the bomb niggas being stabbing the third better play like jehovah witness and spread the word this sky opens wide swallowing again once i am inside i m lost and can t pretend these pictures in my mind are not a part of me these memories all the time till i can hardly breathe i can hardly breathe i can hardly stop the memories nothing i can say or do will take away what i ve been through what you were is what i ve come to be nothing you can say to me will take away these memories what you were is what i ve come to be la la la la la la la la la 1