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Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid- to late 1960s when African American musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of soul music, jazz, and rhythm and blues (R&B). Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground. Funk songs are often based on an extended vamp on a single chord, distinguishing them from R&B and soul songs, which are built on complex chord progressions. Funk uses the same extended chords found in bebop jazz, such as minor chords with added sevenths and elevenths, or dominant seventh chords with altered ninths.
Like much African-inspired music, funk typically consists of a complex groove with rhythm instruments such as electric guitar, electric bass, Hammond organ, and drums playing interlocking rhythms. Funk bands sometimes have a horn section of several saxophones, trumpets, and in some cases, a trombone, which plays rhythmic "hits". Funk originated in the mid-1960s, with James Brown's development of a signature groove that emphasized the downbeat—with heavy emphasis on the first beat of every measure, funky bass lines, drum patterns, and syncopated guitar riffs. Other musical groups, including Sly & the Family Stone and Parliament-Funkadelic, soon began to adopt and develop Brown's innovations. While much of the written history of funk focuses on men, there have been notable funk women, including Chaka Khan, Labelle, Brides of Funkenstein, Klymaxx, Mother's Finest, and Betty Davis.
Mark Daniel Ronson (born 4 September 1975) is an English musician, DJ, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Although his debut album Here Comes the Fuzz failed to make an impact on the charts, his second album Version reached number two in the UK and included three top 10 singles. This success won him a Brit Award for Best British Male Solo Artist in 2008. His third studio album, Record Collection, was released on 27 September 2010, peaking at number two in the UK.
In 2014, Ronson achieved his first UK and US number one single with the Grammy-nominated "Uptown Funk," which featured vocals from Bruno Mars. In 2015 it won Ronson the Brit Award for British Single of the Year. His fourth studio album, the Grammy-nominated Uptown Special, was released in January 2015, and became his first UK number one album. Ronson has also produced multi-platinum, Grammy-winning albums for Amy Winehouse and Adele.
Ronson was born at the Wellington Hospital, St John's Wood, London, the son of Laurence Ronson, a real-estate speculator and music manager, and Anne Dexter. His parents are both Ashkenazi Jews (their ancestors being Jewish immigrants from Austria, Russia, and Lithuania); Ronson was brought up in Masorti Judaism and had a Bar Mitzvah. The family name was originally "Aaronson," but was shortened by Mark's grandfather Henry. He is the nephew of Gerald Ronson. Through his mother, he is also related to British Conservative politicians Sir Malcolm Rifkind and Leon Lord Brittan, as well as Odeon Cinemas founder Oscar Deutsch. He is not related to the late English guitarist Mick Ronson, who coincidentally fathered a son named Mark in 1975.
"Uptown Funk" (stylised as "UpTown Funk!") is a song recorded by British producer Mark Ronson, with vocals from American singer Bruno Mars, for Ronson's fourth studio album, Uptown Special (2015). RCA Records released the song as the album's lead single on 10 November 2014.Jeff Bhasker assisted the artists in co-writing and co-producing the track, with additional writing from Philip Lawrence. This is Mars' fourth collaboration with Ronson (following Mars' own songs "Locked Out of Heaven", "Moonshine", and "Gorilla") and sixth with Bhasker (after "Talking to the Moon", "Young Girls" and the three previously mentioned songs).
Actors: Edie Falco (actress), Hal Hartley (writer), Hal Hartley (director), Bill Sage (actor), Hal Hartley (composer), Hal Hartley (producer), James Urbaniak (actor), Leo Fitzpatrick (actor), Kyle Gilman (miscellaneous crew), Keegan DeWitt (miscellaneous crew), Sabrina Lloyd (actress), D.J. Mendel (actor), Miho Nikaido (miscellaneous crew), Clarke Williams (miscellaneous crew), Gary Wilmes (actor),
Plot: In the not-distant-future, the market has taken over everything, thanks to the marketers. The consumer is king, and those who see value outside of the marketplace are "enemies of the consumer", terrorists, and "partisan" enemies that the state must dispose of. Protagonist Jack seems to be at one with the media corporations (after all, his marketing ideas led to the institutionalization of the exchange of sex for enhanced buying power), but is he somehow involved with the feeble and pathetic resistance movement? Does he love Cecile, his colleague, or is she a pawn in his game? And what of the mysterious girl from Monday? Are immigrants from the star system "Monday" really assisting the partisans?
Keywords: alien, anti-hero, aphrodisiac, attention-deficit-disorder, bar, barcode, bare-breasts, bath, bathroom, bathtubActors: Doug Jones (actor), Greg Kinnear (actor), Ricky Jay (actor), Michael Chieffo (actor), Eddie Izzard (actor), Michael Bay (actor), Dana Gould (actor), Corbin Bleu (actor), Billy Beck (actor), Dane Cook (actor), CeeLo Green (actor), Hank Azaria (actor), Ned Bellamy (actor), Artie Lange (actor), Greg Kinnear (actor),
Plot: In order to generate more endorsement revenue, Champion City's resident superhero Captain Amazing arranges for the release of supervillian Casanova Frankenstein, only to be captured by him. The city's fate rests in the hands of seven loser superhero wannabes: the fork-flinging Blue Rajah, the shovel-wielding Shoveler, the posessed bowling ball-hurling Bowler, the flatulent Spleen, the only-when-nobody's-looking Invisible Boy, the mysterious Sphinx, and the perpetually-angry Mr. Furious.
Keywords: audition, based-on-comic, based-on-comic-book, botched-rescue, bowling, bowling-ball, cartoon-on-tv, castle, cult-film, cult-filmActors: Ai Orikasa (actress), Charles Campbell (actor), Yûko Mizutani (actress), Wataru Takagi (actor), Matt Greenfield (actor), Tiffany Grant (actress), Kaneto Shiozawa (actor), John Swasey (actor), Banjô Ginga (actor), Ikuya Sawaki (actor), Yasunori Matsumoto (actor), Rob Mungle (actor), Spike Spencer (actor), Amanda Winn Lee (actress), Kazue Ikura (actress),
Genres: Animation,Actors: Jerzy Trela (actor), Andrzej Szenajch (actor), Andrzej Wajda (writer), Stanislaw Michalski (actor), Andrzej Wajda (director), Miroslaw Baka (actor), Wlodzimierz Musial (actor), Cezary Pazura (actor), Miroslaw Zbrojewicz (actor), Jerzy Kamas (actor), Piotr Gasowski (actor), Jerzy Gudejko (actor), Ewa Smal (editor), Katarzyna Laniewska (actress), Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieslak (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Stephanie Rossel (miscellaneous crew), Janet D. Munro (miscellaneous crew), Don Haig (producer), Timm Zemanek (actor), Audrey Landers (actress), Anthony Kramreither (producer), Eric Beldowski (miscellaneous crew), Brett Heard (actor), Patrick Galligan (actor), Deborah Lobban (actress), Wayne Downer (actor), Dan Gallagher (actor), Santino Buda (actor), Diana Irwin (costume designer), Richard Lehun (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: After being ditched by her cameraman because of her manipulative behavior at a murder scene, a reporter wanders through town looking for a phone she can use. She finds a small museum, where the proprietor invites her in to have a look around before leaving. In one room, she encounters a strange jar which causes her to have strange visions, visions that are suppoedly drawn from her own mind. These 'visions' make up the rest of this four- part anthology, which includes horror and suspense stories about a junkie chasing a dog for his runaway fix, a pizza delivery boy who gets a Halloween surprise, a living but paralyzed OD victim forced to undergo her own autopsy because everyone thinks she's dead, and a deal between a golf course owner and a gravedigger that has some unexpected consequences.
Keywords: anthology, autopsy, canada, dog, film-within-a-film, freak, freakshow, golf-course, graveyard, haunted-houseActors: Mike Ragan (actor), Jean Willes (actress), Carl Saxe (actor), Don McGuire (actor), Richard Bakalyan (actor), William Meader (actor), Walter Merrill (actor), Milton Frome (actor), Ned Glass (actor), Joe Gray (actor), Len Hendry (actor), John Indrisano (actor), Norman Alden (actor), Don McGuire (producer), Jack Kruschen (actor),
Genres: Comedy,00:00 Blue Mitchell - Who Dun It? taken from the album 'Collision in Black' 1968 02:58 Lou Donaldson - Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud) taken from the album 'Say it Loud' 1969 10:41 Big John Patton - Cissy Strut (Nocentelli/Neville/Porter/Modeliste) 1968 17:39 Grant Green - Ease Back taken from the album 'Carryin' On' 1970 23:28 Jack McDuff - Hunk O' Funk taken from the album 'To Seek a New Home' 1970 29:29 Candido - Tic Tac Toe taken from the album 'Beautiful' 1970 33:33 Richard 'Groove' Holmes - Down Home Funk taken from the album 'Comin' On Home' 1971 37:48 Grant Green - Cantaloupe Woman taken from the album 'Visions' 1971 43:23 Grant Green - I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door I'll Get it Myself) taken from the album 'Carryin' On' 1970 49:18 Ronnie Foster - Do...
If you like the music, follow me in facebook and subriscribe here in youtube for more good music!! https://www.facebook.com/matteosiroli91/ The second part here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEdb-... The 3° part of compilation here: https://youtu.be/KC4Wxqw0Bjg LATIN JAZZ FUNK COMPILATION: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FzNpto-jnU Track list: 0:00 THE FANTASTICS - Sweetback 5:15 Thu Gumbo Brothers - Gumbo Strut Deodato - Also Sprach Zarathustra 14:00 Bonobo Feat. Bajka - Between The Lines 18:03 Fort Knox Five Feat. Javier Miranda - Sao Funky (Parts 1 & 2) 21:39 Basement Freaks - Nova Monkies 26:30 The Renegades Of Jazz - Get A Wiggle On (Suonho Remix) 30:00 Grandmother's Funk - Hotel 99 34:27 The Fantastics! - Mushroom Strut 38:30 Mr. President , Mr. Day - Meet Again 42:33 The S...
Mark Ronson's official music video for 'Uptown Funk' ft. Bruno Mars. Click to listen to Mark Ronson on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/MarkRonsonSpotify?IQid=MarkRUF As featured on Uptown Special. Click to buy the track or album via iTunes: http://smarturl.it/MarkRUptown?IQid=MarkRUF Google Play: http://smarturl.it/MarkRUptownGPlay?IQid=MarkRUF Amazon: http://smarturl.it/MarkRUptownAmazon?IQid=MarkRUF Stream more music from Mark Ronson here: http://smarturl.it/MarkRonsonStream?IQid=MarkRUF More fromMark Ronson Oh My God: https://youtu.be/qnDo6mR6fp8 Valerie: https://youtu.be/4HLY1NTe04M Bang Bang Bang: https://youtu.be/TM6TCGltfHM More great 00's videos here: http://smarturl.it/Ultimate00?IQid=MarkRUF Follow Mark Ronson Website: http://www.markronson.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.c...
1 00:00:00 Look Ka Py Py-The Meters 2 00:01:45 Soul Junction-Backyard Heavies 3 00:04:26 Hercules-Aaron Neville 4 00:08:15 Super People-The Notations 5 00:12:05 Action Speak Louder Than Words-Chocolate Milk 6 00:13:08 Make The Road By Walking-Menahan Street Band 7 00:14:06 There's A Break In The Road-Betty Harris 8 00:16:20 Chris Cross-Jimmy Mcgriff 9 00:18:49 The First Thing I Do In The Morning-Joyce Williams 10 00:20:58 See And Don'T See- Marie Queenie Lyons 11 00:23:48 Hey Music Man-Hambone 12 00:26:00 Love Talk-James Gilstrap 13 00:29:01 Got To Learn How To Dance-The Fatback Band 14 00:30:20 Nightlife-Blair 15 00:36:18 This Is It-Betty Davis 16 00:37:32 Patty Duke- Cloud One 17 00:42:33"Freaky Beat"-David "Fathead" Newman 18 00:47:36 Boogie Juice-Brian Bennet 19 00:50...
Early Soul & Funk with : www.classicandjazz.net Tracklist : 00:00 - (What A) Wonderful World - Sam Cooke 02:50 - At Last - Etta James 05:05 - Think - James Brown 07:46 - Won't Be Long - Aretha Franklin 10:56 - Hit the Road Jack - Ray Charles 12:54 - He's Got the Whole World in His Hands - Nina Simone 16:04 - Over You - Aaron Neville 18:23 - Jim Dandy - La Vern Baker 20:34 - Stagger Lee - Lloyd Price 22:53 - Cry to Me - Solomon Burke 25:27 - Stand by Me - Ben E King 28:27 - Down in Mexico - The Coasters 31:44 - Crying in the Chapel - Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Kelly Owens Quartet 34:12 - Please, Please, Please - James Brown 36:59 - New Born Soul - The Staple Singers 39:15 - Please Mr. Postman - The Marvelettes 41:45 - Nobody Taught Me - Eartha Kitt 44:07 - he Loco-Motion - Little Eva 46:37 - L...
No vlog de hoje eu fiz aquele comentando comentários cantando uns raps feitos por vocês e tivemos até funk! Apareceu até uma paródia de "O grave bater" do MC Kevinho! 📚 MEU LIVRO: http://bit.ly/FalaAiMalenaSaraiva ➕ MAIS COMENTANDO: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL26qB_LALBWDbTmbb99dVudWmZMTkDVRI 🔍Minhas Redes Sociais: 📸 Instagram: http://instagram.com/loiranoob 🐥 Twitter: https://twitter.com/LoiraNoob 💁🏼 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Malena0202 👻 Snap: malena0202 📞 Contato PROFISSIONAL: contatomalena@live.com Oi meu nome é Malena e eu tenho 22 anos e sou de São Paulo, capital 😁
Baixe aqui: https://soundcloud.com/rodadefunkoficial/menor-do-chapa-ao-vivo-na-roda-de-funk-especial-na-nova-brasilia/s-V4MKf ▁ ▂ ▃ ▄ ▅ ▆ INSCREVA-SE AQUI ▆ ▅ ▄ ▃ ▂ ▁ Canal Roda de Funk (1) https://www.youtube.com/user/NosNaNight?sub_confirmation=1 Canal Roda de Funk (2) https://www.youtube.com/user/TVRODADEFUNK?sub_confirmation=1 Copyright © 2017 3N Produções®. Todos os direitos reservados. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Downloads dos áudios originais da RDF https://soundcloud.com/rodadefunkoficial https://soundcloud.com/3nprodutora -------------------------------------------------------------------- Redes Sociais: Roda de Funk Oficial no Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Aoriginalrodadefunk/ Roda de Funk Oficial no Twitter https://twitter.c...
54 minutes of funky music! Music in Creative Commons 3.0 by Incompetech.com (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US) Tracklist: First two tracks by Music Man Production, Commercial background music (Use Shazam to find them): 00:00 Moment of Fun 1:32 Pepper Rocker by Incompetech: 2:07 Aces High 5:21 C-Funk 8:11 Enter The Party 11:20 Flutey Funk 14:55 Fork and Spoon 18:12 Funk Game Loop 19:09 Funkorama 22:30 Funky One 25:31 Honey Bee 26:29 Just Nasty 30:40 Private Eye 31:55 Semi-Funk 34:02 Smooth Move 35:07 Style Funk 40:17 Thats a Wrap 42:07 There it is 42:46 Protofunk 45:47 Got Funk Last track is not available anymore on the web: 50:28 Chase in Funkytown (other artist)
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00:00 Blue Mitchell - Who Dun It? taken from the album 'Collision in Black' 1968 02:58 Lou Donaldson - Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud) taken from the album 'Say it Loud' 1969 10:41 Big John Patton - Cissy Strut (Nocentelli/Neville/Porter/Modeliste) 1968 17:39 Grant Green - Ease Back taken from the album 'Carryin' On' 1970 23:28 Jack McDuff - Hunk O' Funk taken from the album 'To Seek a New Home' 1970 29:29 Candido - Tic Tac Toe taken from the album 'Beautiful' 1970 33:33 Richard 'Groove' Holmes - Down Home Funk taken from the album 'Comin' On Home' 1971 37:48 Grant Green - Cantaloupe Woman taken from the album 'Visions' 1971 43:23 Grant Green - I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door I'll Get it Myself) taken from the album 'Carryin' On' 1970 49:18 Ronnie Foster - Do...
If you like the music, follow me in facebook and subriscribe here in youtube for more good music!! https://www.facebook.com/matteosiroli91/ The second part here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEdb-... The 3° part of compilation here: https://youtu.be/KC4Wxqw0Bjg LATIN JAZZ FUNK COMPILATION: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FzNpto-jnU Track list: 0:00 THE FANTASTICS - Sweetback 5:15 Thu Gumbo Brothers - Gumbo Strut Deodato - Also Sprach Zarathustra 14:00 Bonobo Feat. Bajka - Between The Lines 18:03 Fort Knox Five Feat. Javier Miranda - Sao Funky (Parts 1 & 2) 21:39 Basement Freaks - Nova Monkies 26:30 The Renegades Of Jazz - Get A Wiggle On (Suonho Remix) 30:00 Grandmother's Funk - Hotel 99 34:27 The Fantastics! - Mushroom Strut 38:30 Mr. President , Mr. Day - Meet Again 42:33 The S...
Mark Ronson's official music video for 'Uptown Funk' ft. Bruno Mars. Click to listen to Mark Ronson on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/MarkRonsonSpotify?IQid=MarkRUF As featured on Uptown Special. Click to buy the track or album via iTunes: http://smarturl.it/MarkRUptown?IQid=MarkRUF Google Play: http://smarturl.it/MarkRUptownGPlay?IQid=MarkRUF Amazon: http://smarturl.it/MarkRUptownAmazon?IQid=MarkRUF Stream more music from Mark Ronson here: http://smarturl.it/MarkRonsonStream?IQid=MarkRUF More fromMark Ronson Oh My God: https://youtu.be/qnDo6mR6fp8 Valerie: https://youtu.be/4HLY1NTe04M Bang Bang Bang: https://youtu.be/TM6TCGltfHM More great 00's videos here: http://smarturl.it/Ultimate00?IQid=MarkRUF Follow Mark Ronson Website: http://www.markronson.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.c...
1 00:00:00 Look Ka Py Py-The Meters 2 00:01:45 Soul Junction-Backyard Heavies 3 00:04:26 Hercules-Aaron Neville 4 00:08:15 Super People-The Notations 5 00:12:05 Action Speak Louder Than Words-Chocolate Milk 6 00:13:08 Make The Road By Walking-Menahan Street Band 7 00:14:06 There's A Break In The Road-Betty Harris 8 00:16:20 Chris Cross-Jimmy Mcgriff 9 00:18:49 The First Thing I Do In The Morning-Joyce Williams 10 00:20:58 See And Don'T See- Marie Queenie Lyons 11 00:23:48 Hey Music Man-Hambone 12 00:26:00 Love Talk-James Gilstrap 13 00:29:01 Got To Learn How To Dance-The Fatback Band 14 00:30:20 Nightlife-Blair 15 00:36:18 This Is It-Betty Davis 16 00:37:32 Patty Duke- Cloud One 17 00:42:33"Freaky Beat"-David "Fathead" Newman 18 00:47:36 Boogie Juice-Brian Bennet 19 00:50...
Early Soul & Funk with : www.classicandjazz.net Tracklist : 00:00 - (What A) Wonderful World - Sam Cooke 02:50 - At Last - Etta James 05:05 - Think - James Brown 07:46 - Won't Be Long - Aretha Franklin 10:56 - Hit the Road Jack - Ray Charles 12:54 - He's Got the Whole World in His Hands - Nina Simone 16:04 - Over You - Aaron Neville 18:23 - Jim Dandy - La Vern Baker 20:34 - Stagger Lee - Lloyd Price 22:53 - Cry to Me - Solomon Burke 25:27 - Stand by Me - Ben E King 28:27 - Down in Mexico - The Coasters 31:44 - Crying in the Chapel - Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Kelly Owens Quartet 34:12 - Please, Please, Please - James Brown 36:59 - New Born Soul - The Staple Singers 39:15 - Please Mr. Postman - The Marvelettes 41:45 - Nobody Taught Me - Eartha Kitt 44:07 - he Loco-Motion - Little Eva 46:37 - L...
No vlog de hoje eu fiz aquele comentando comentários cantando uns raps feitos por vocês e tivemos até funk! Apareceu até uma paródia de "O grave bater" do MC Kevinho! 📚 MEU LIVRO: http://bit.ly/FalaAiMalenaSaraiva ➕ MAIS COMENTANDO: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL26qB_LALBWDbTmbb99dVudWmZMTkDVRI 🔍Minhas Redes Sociais: 📸 Instagram: http://instagram.com/loiranoob 🐥 Twitter: https://twitter.com/LoiraNoob 💁🏼 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Malena0202 👻 Snap: malena0202 📞 Contato PROFISSIONAL: contatomalena@live.com Oi meu nome é Malena e eu tenho 22 anos e sou de São Paulo, capital 😁
Baixe aqui: https://soundcloud.com/rodadefunkoficial/menor-do-chapa-ao-vivo-na-roda-de-funk-especial-na-nova-brasilia/s-V4MKf ▁ ▂ ▃ ▄ ▅ ▆ INSCREVA-SE AQUI ▆ ▅ ▄ ▃ ▂ ▁ Canal Roda de Funk (1) https://www.youtube.com/user/NosNaNight?sub_confirmation=1 Canal Roda de Funk (2) https://www.youtube.com/user/TVRODADEFUNK?sub_confirmation=1 Copyright © 2017 3N Produções®. Todos os direitos reservados. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Downloads dos áudios originais da RDF https://soundcloud.com/rodadefunkoficial https://soundcloud.com/3nprodutora -------------------------------------------------------------------- Redes Sociais: Roda de Funk Oficial no Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Aoriginalrodadefunk/ Roda de Funk Oficial no Twitter https://twitter.c...
54 minutes of funky music! Music in Creative Commons 3.0 by Incompetech.com (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US) Tracklist: First two tracks by Music Man Production, Commercial background music (Use Shazam to find them): 00:00 Moment of Fun 1:32 Pepper Rocker by Incompetech: 2:07 Aces High 5:21 C-Funk 8:11 Enter The Party 11:20 Flutey Funk 14:55 Fork and Spoon 18:12 Funk Game Loop 19:09 Funkorama 22:30 Funky One 25:31 Honey Bee 26:29 Just Nasty 30:40 Private Eye 31:55 Semi-Funk 34:02 Smooth Move 35:07 Style Funk 40:17 Thats a Wrap 42:07 There it is 42:46 Protofunk 45:47 Got Funk Last track is not available anymore on the web: 50:28 Chase in Funkytown (other artist)
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DaM FunK
Dam-Funk
G-Funk
G-Funk
[Boots]
I used to kick it with a brother named, Moe
Moe used to kick it with a brother named, Joe
Joe used to kick it with his girlfriend Lateisha
whose brother Elmo, looked like me
Elmo used to elbow lots of brothers in the nose
Kick em when they down and he'd steal they shoes and clothes
Elmo would develop lots of beef as a tweaker
and all of them was mostly come lookin for me
Imagine that, fat motherfuckers with bats tryin
to rat pack, hmm, time to get a gat
So I'm strapped cause I'm trapped like brother Thomas in his fat
momma's lap, what's happenin here's a rap
Saturday twelve o'clock, told E-Roc, the whole block
and what not, about, how men are spottin he said
";This little homey gets bread like flossin
You ain't Steve Austin, Elmo got paws in Boots
Maybe you should move to Boston";
But you get lost when you play like a punk
Pile on the Right Guard I got SERIOUS funk
";I'm trying, not to lose...";
";I'm trying, not to lose my head..."; --> Melle Mel
(repeat 2X)
";I plan to tell you what it is later";
(DJ Pam cuts and scratches)
[Boots]
Bet George and Bootsy, never had funk like this
catch twenty-two, twist no fist can dismiss this
rip that I'ma go through, maybe I can flow through
this whole ordeal and not pull out the black steel
and my friends make suggestions...
that I should squeal to the cops but that's out of the question
If I die by the trigger of a misled brother
could he be judged by the system that is scared of me and others?
I believe no, so I don't go, with the flow
even though I'm bout to roll with no paddle
up a creek called shit, light is lit on the situation
Cause me and him is gonna decrease the population
Now we wonder why our revolution never grow
Killin motherfuckers just for steppin on our toe
If we had as much funk for our oppressors as we did
for ourselves, the blood would never flow again
And then, the uzis that were once used to kill each other
Could be used, to serve and protect the brothers
And the sisters and the cousins or whatever others
But the funk keeps growing like a fungus...
";I'm trying, not to lose...";
";I'm trying, not to lose my head..."; --> Melle Mel
(repeat 2X)
";That's Elmo, get that fool"; ";Yeah get that fool";
";Ay, I'm Boots, I ain't Elmo -- I'm Boots from The Coup!!";
[Boots]
Four years til I'm twenty-five, now I got a forty-five
caliber don't take no jive, just pull to fix
Don't want to be eighty-sixed, three six and six ain't in my mix
Don't flap your lips about me takin no, trips
You won't be takin no sips from a milk carton
seein my face with a caption, askin
";Have you seen Boots, he's missing in action";
This shit is more Off the Wall than Michael Jackson
Cause brothers who be doin brothers who be doin others
screwin brothers but The Coup be doin more than shoo-be-doin
on the corner, talkin revolution from Victoria to Florida
It's why it don't make sense that they want me a goner
on a, run cause some brothers in a ratpack think I'm
poppin junk cause they don't see for centuries
the genocidal funk so I'm a punk if I don't blast they ass
But I gots more funk for the rulin class
Will it ever end, will we ever win, drinkin juice and gin
Five-oh gets again, gets off with a grin
National Guard sent in for when we got beef
You wanna pop the trunk we got serious funk
";I'm trying, not to lose...";
";I'm trying, not to lose my head..."; --> Melle Mel
(repeat 4X)
*** spellings of the names of people in this outro may not be accurate ***
Aight, back it up
I wanna say whassup to the brothers and sisters that really got my back
when the funk be on
Of course it goes without saying, that E-Roc and DJO from The Coup
got my back at all times and at all costs
Same goes for D-Force and Sneaker, Point Blank
J-Post and Stone of the Outcasts
Osajih Po from the Tenth Planets
Chuck Da Pharoah got my back
Evo got my back, Rose got my back
Niko and the whole Mau Mau Rhythm Collective
got my back cause I got theirs
The funk is on, and African Identity is there
The funk is on and Midnight Voices is there
The funk is on and T-More and Twin from Elements of Change are there
And I'm there for Cindy, I'm there for 3rd Rail
I'm there for Aztlan Nation
I got your back Leftside Sim
I got your back Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy cause you got mine
All y'all got my back, Neckbone got my back with the sax
Problem Child got my back with the piano
Aiy y'all let's fade out, but before we fade
I wanna say rest in peace to Plan B, we out