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Rock N Roll (5:03)

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Well, it's been a long time since I rocked and rolled
Been a long time since I did the stroll
Ooh, let me get it back, let me get it back
Let me get it back, baby, where I come from

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  • jinglynnbabee

    <3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3

    9 Apr 4:05pm Reply

  • jinglynnbabee

    ELVIS PRESLEY AIN'T GOT NO SOUL -- <3

    12 Feb 7:43pm Reply

  • RobotPolarBear

    I'm still trying to figure out what makes this song so offensive. The only answer I can come up with is "white people don't like it when a black person points out that black people invented rock music", but I'd like to think that people aren't that fucking petty. Right?

    9 Feb 5:01pm Reply

  • DCeclectic

    Wish it was more authentic instead of an interpretation of.

    5 Dec 2012 Reply

  • urboli

    I think he misses the point that white people ignorance is that they only listen to black people music though white people music, they're biased towards race, sometimes even without knowing it, but the music of white people is still legit, it's the ignorance of people that is the problem. And I'm not into the Stones too much, I think Ten Years After is way better. Or he is just parodying people with anti-white music ideology.

    8 Nov 2012 Reply

  • maplejet

    It seems to be just an ordinary rap song about rock music...then it becomes more than just rock music!!!

    3 Nov 2012 Reply

  • Ariues

    why does this become funk when he sings on it? funk is a feeling that cant be boxed in isnt it? i love the rock n roll tag. people go looking for rock n roll and get this slice of truth in they ears

    16 Jun 2012 Reply

  • diehappyx33

    Does anybody else think of The Wizard of Oz when he goes, "Oh wee ohh wooooahh"?

    30 May 2012 Reply

  • topcatalog

    THE TRUTH

    4 Feb 2012 Reply

  • PartySanCTG

    And then Mos undermined his argument by yanking RHCP's "Under the Bridge" in Brooklyn.

    21 Dec 2011 Reply

  • J4tify

    I guess it's just the way it goes, steal my clothes and try to say they're yours... [2]

    14 Dec 2011 Reply

  • mrsean20

    i hate the breakdown

    19 Nov 2011 Reply

  • mrwhite5

    I don't be trying to fuck with Limp Bizkit. that line works so well. especially with the 2nd meaning

    3 Nov 2011 Reply

  • BSMUSICSMC

    CRAZY TRACK!!! LOVE ME SOME MOS PEACE LOVE SMC BS W

    20 Sep 2011 Reply

  • Timppa2000

    Well that was just wonderful. [2]

    19 Aug 2011 Reply

  • Robo_Dobo

    just retarded

    2 Aug 2011 Reply

  • Bub_Clifton

    The breakdown was just like.. where the hell did that come from?

    31 Mar 2011 Reply

  • sansdasjupiten

    Oh, Mos Def, I really like this song, I like this song so much that I'll ignore your stupid hypocrit lyrics!

    26 Mar 2011 Reply

  • tahiti_808

    <00t

    16 Feb 2011 Reply

  • NoIP

    tenders to your cotton money....I AM HIPHOP

    1 Dec 2010 Reply
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