Roots, rap, reggae Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G]
Reggae!
Rrr[D]roots, rap, [G]reggae!
[D]And[G] we don't

[Verse 1]
stop
It's like [D]that [G]y'all,
and then we're ready to play
[D]It's no jive, [G]it's live, and it's reggae
Root[D]s,[G]

[Verse 2]
[D]rap

[Verse 3]
[G]My homeboy Jay, don't scratch reg- [D]gae
So listen [G]to Jam Master as the
Master start to [D]play
[G](and when he go) just
check the [D]show
(cause they scratchin'
[G]with the) toe
(and even [D]his[G]
el)- bow! (HA!)
[D]Rrrroots, rap, reggae!
[G][D]

[Verse 4]
[G]Stomp your feet, clap your [D]hand
At the [G]mi crophone is King
[D]Yellowman
[G]In Jamaica, I'm the champ- [D]i- on
This is [G]roots, rap,
[D]reggae! Ha [G]ha ha, rip[D] it
[G]Roots, [D]rap, reggae!
[G]Hot[D]ta [G]'otta 'otta reggae mu[D]
[G]sic
'otta 'otta 'otta reggae [D]music
[G]
'otta 'otta 'otta reggae [D]music
I [G]know we know that reggae [D]is sweet
[G]Reggae music is rap to de beat
Clap your hands an' stomp [D]your feet[G]
[D]Roots, [G]rap[D], reg[G]gae![D]
[G]Roots, rap
[D]Now

[Verse 5]
party [G]people I'm so happy,
don't know what to do
Cause I'm an MC with the rhyme,
and down with the crew
Rock from Africa to France
and the Kalamazoo
[D]And [G]every [D]place that [G]I play,
I hear a yay not a boo
[D]And now a party [G]not a party
and a jam ain't [D]a jam
[G]less D is who he be, and I am who I am
[D]Or Jay is just the DJ [G]cuttin' for the two
And it's the three of us,

[Verse 6]
baby and we're doin' the do
[G]Five plus five, equal [D]to ten
Everywhere I [G]go I've got
a lot of girlfriend
Music is sweet, music [D]is nice[G]
Yellow 'ave about twenty- four wife
It's roots, rap, reggae! Ha ha ha
Roots, rap, [D]reggae![G]
Don't drink alco- 'ol, don't snort cocaine
[D]Reg[G]gae music is not[D] so str[G]ange[D]
Know de cocaine will
'urt up your brain
This is [G]roots, rap, reggae! Ha hah!
Roots, [G]rap, reggae!
It's root[G]s, rap, reggae!