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Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American composer, pianist, and big-band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions. In the opinion of Bob Blumenthal of The Boston Globe "In the century since his birth, there has been no greater composer, American or otherwise, than Edward Kennedy Ellington." A major figure in the history of jazz, Ellington's music stretched into various other genres, including blues, gospel, film scores, popular, and classical. His career spanned more than 50 years and included leading his orchestra, composing an inexhaustible songbook, scoring for movies, composing stage musicals, and world tours. Several of his instrumental works were adapted into songs that became standards. Due to his inventive use of the orchestra, or big band, and thanks to his eloquence and extraordinary charisma, he is generally considered to have elevated the perception of jazz to an art form on a par with other traditional genres of music. His reputation increased after his death and the Pulitzer Prize Board bestowed on him a special posthumous honor in 1999.
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Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body
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Now the my beat control your body!
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Control your body
The beat is runnin' through your veins
Control your body
When you let it penetrate your brain
The booming system which plays in places
Move your system, change these spaces
When I'm on the mic you can't refuse
No one ever came to preach, I came to amuse
Techno making; no mistakin'; never faking
Always breaking it down, Hey to a party
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Down with the forces how we go
Second to first just you to show
You just can't stand still 'cause you gotta move
You feel the bass line you feel the groove
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It drives you away just like a fast car
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Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body
Now let my beat control your body!
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