Talkin' All That Jazz Lyrics - Singles - Stetsasonic

Well here's how it started 

Heard you on the radio talkin' 'bout rap 

Sayin' all that crap about how we sample 

Given examples 

Think we'll let you get away with that? 

You critizie our method of how we make records 

You said, it wasn't art, so now we're gonna rip you apart 

Stop, check it out my man 

This is the music of a hip-hop band 

Jazz, well you can call it that 

But this jazz retains a new format 

Point, where you misjudged us, speculated, created a fuss 

You've made the same mistake politicians have 

Talkin' all that jazz 

Talk, well I heard talk is cheap 

But like beauty, talk is just skin deep 

And when you lie and you talk a lot 

People tell you to step off a lot 

You see, you misunderstood, a sample is a tactic 

A portion of my method, a tool 

In fact it's only of importance when I make it a priority 

And what we sample of, is the majority 

But you are a minority, in terms of thought 

Narrow minded and poorly taught 

About hip-hop, playin' all the silly games 

You erase my music, so no one can use it 

Step on us and we'll step on you 

Can't have your cake and eat it too 

Talkin' all that jazz 

Lies, that's when you hide the truth 

It's when you talk more jazz than proof 

And when you lie and address something you don't know 

It's so whack that it's bound to show 

When you lie about me and the band we get angry 

We'll bite our pen, start writin' again 

And the things we write are always true 

Suckers, get a grip, now we talkin' 'bout you 

Seems to me that you have a problem 

So we can see what we can do to solve them 

Think rap is a fad? You must be mad 

'Cause we're so bad we get respect you never had 

Tell the truth, James Brown was old 

'Til Eric and Rakim came out with 'I Got Soul' 

Rap brings back old R 'n' B 

And if we would not, people could've forgot 

We wanna make this perfectly clear 

We're talented and strong and have no fear 

Of those who choose to judge but lack pizazz 

Talkin' all that jazz 

Now we're not tryin' to be a boss to you 

We just wanna get across to you 

That if you're talkin' jazz, the situation is a no-win 

You might even get hurt, my friend 

Stetsasonic, the hip-hop band 

Like Sly and the Family Stone, we will stand 

Up for the music we live and play and for the song we sing today 

For now, let us set the record straight 

And later on we'll have an informal and a formal debate 

But it's important you remember, though 

What you reap is what you sew 

Talkin' all that jazz 

Talkin' all that jazz 

Talkin' all that jazz 

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