Wale Oyejide - This Is Dedicated To... lyrics

This goes out to DJ's, b-boys, and emcees
All over the world
This goes out to Pete Rock, KRS
The Roots crew and A Tribe Called Quest
This goes out to Black Star, Black Moon
And my man MF DOOM this goes out to hip hop
"Daddy Kane, Daddy Kane, Daddy Kane
Daddy Kane" yo, this goes out to
DJ's, b-boys, and emcees, all over the world
This goes out to Pete Rock, KRS
The Roots crew and A Tribe Called Quest
This goes out to Black Star, Black Moon
And my man MF DOOM this goes out to hip hop
"Daddy Kane, Daddy Kane, Daddy Kane
Daddy Kane" this goes out to hip hop
This goes out to hip hop

As told by the oldest
I'm straight out the womb
The first thing he noticed was a 808 boom
DOOM, not from the earth like mummy Smurf
If you ain't no ventriloquist then
What's the dummy worth?
There was a time when there was
No fake gun-clapping rapping happening
Let me know when they done yapping
Ever since the born age survived on rage
Dude's paid on a real stage
Like the steel cage
The Iron Sheik told you who's the all
The power of your thought can shape
A cube into a ball
'Stead of plugged in to the
Tube through the wall
Stop and follow your heart
You might avoid the fall
Only the best'll stand the test of time
I take this more serious than just a rhyme
Wanna learn the D pay the fee
This one goes out to the one Subroc, KMD
And you don't quit

Back in the days when I, was a teenager
"Back- the days" "back- the
Days" "back- the days"
Before I had, stacks and a pager
"Back- the days" "back- the
Days" "back- the days"
You could find, where I lay, listening
To hip hop "Back- the days" "back- the
Days" "back- the days"
You could find, where I lay, on the floor
Whenever the beat dropped
Nowadays radio only plays, the same songs
Nowadays, to be fake, and you know
That's all gone
It is time, change our ways, bring it back
To where it belongs
How many emcees, must be dissed
Before they all learn? All learn, that

This goes out to DJ's, b-boys, and emcees
All the world
This goes out to Pete Rock, KRS
The Roots crew and A Tribe Called Quest
This goes out to Black Star, Black Moon
And my man MF DOOM this goes out to hip hop
"Daddy Kane, Daddy Kane, Daddy Kane
Daddy Kane"
This goes out to DJ's, b-boys, and emcees
All the world
This goes out to Pete Rock, KRS
The Roots crew and A Tribe Called Quest
This goes out to Black Star, Black Moon
And my man MF DOOM this goes out to hip hop
"Daddy Kane, Daddy Kane, Daddy Kane
Daddy Kane" this goes out to hip hop
This goes out to DJ's, b-boys, and emcees
All the world
This goes out to Pete Rock, KRS
The Roots crew and A Tribe Called Quest
This goes out to Black Star, Black Moon
And my man MF DOOM this goes out to hip hop
"Daddy Kane, Daddy Kane, Daddy Kane
Daddy Kane" this goes out to-