Pop's Rap

[Spoken Word: Lonnie "Pops" Lynn]

I just dropped by the studio, see what my son does

My main man, my son, Common Sense

They used to call me No Sense

Now they say I got plenty sense—about 6,000 years of it

You know, I’m just checking him out

See what’s going on, cause I’m always sitting around telling him about

What we used to do back in our hood, you know

We used to be down and run this town

And it was all at PC Pub

You know, and I’m shaking

And they working on it, and they bringing it back

I see harmony, understanding

And they working on that love thing too

Cause they be down with it, you know?

Now I hear them saying things like, whoa whoa, I get a good feeling

I be saying “keep it up

Keep on moving with your groove, you’re going the right way"

Cause it’s got to be in your heart

And I can tell by your beat, you got it

See there, I can do a little piece, put them together there

Yeah, we used to be running this whole town, here

We used to be basketball playing brothers, you know

Now everybody’s playing basketball

I wonder where they come from? What they claiming?

Gonna make an old man get his shoes out

And throw one down to slam dunk on them

Every time the leaves start turning brown getting through the fall of the year

I can say yea it’s time to play some

What these youngsters talking about, they running out of breath?

What you say?

Well I tell what, we’re gonna try something brand new here

Cause everybody like new things

We’re gonna work on something new, and I’m gonna call it ‘peace’

We’re gonna pretend like its 6 years old

And we gonna build it and mould it

And nurture it and culture it

And grow right into our society for all of us to have

Do you believe in the peace?

Not that piece, but do you believe in the peace?

Alright, I see you raising your hand - you believe in the peace

OK, bring it

See if I can’t talk common sense into them

Let’s cruise on down to 47 St. where dad used to hang out at, you know?

Eh remember in a few years when we moved from 47 to 87

47 was my hood, 87 was his

Touchdown

What’s the name of the bangers in this town now?

Has everybody calmed down?

Back in my day, they was showing up, now they finally woke up

I hear they leaving it alone

Using words like 'truce', I love to hear that