Song Description

This spoken word piece is a tribute to the young people of New York City that created the cultured known as Hip Hop. From the ghetto came a movement of protest, revolution, music, dance and culture that changed the world.

Lyrics

If it wasn't for the creators, the originators
The dirty ghetto kids that became street innovators

If it wasn't for the masters that crafted this
The shorties on the block that became turntable scientist

If it wasn't for the ones who took nothing and turned it into something
We wouldn't have the music that everybody stay bumpin'

With just 2 records they created a new sound
Vinyl scratching, woofers banging, they took over the town

If it wasn't for the innovators, originators
Teens from the slums that became cardboard creators

If it wasn't for the masters that crafted this
Hood boys and girls blessed with floor acrobatics

If it weren't for the ones that heard the funk
We wouldn't have a new groove that makes everybody jump

With just a breakbeat they created a movement
From toprocks to power moves, now everybody rocking to it

If it wasn't for the storytellers, the glory tellers
The street prophets that became records sellers

If it wasn't for the masters of ceremony
The ghetto wordsmiths. Lyricist from the inner city

If it wasn't from the ones that could rap so clean, rapping over breakbeats and beat machines

They taught us Peace, Love, Unity cant be stopped
They created a culture that We call hip hop!