Madlib - Jazz Cats Pt. 1 lyrics

Yo I be getting lit, sitting back listening to Sun Ra Early George Benson on down to Hampton Hawes Steve Cole, George Cables on the Fender Rhodes Cedar Walton and Herbie Hanco*k drop the heavy load Gene Harris and the Three Sounds for soul/jazz listeners Bobby Hutcherson, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers Horace Silver (Bill Evans) to Terry Gibbs on the vibe Gary Burton and album archives Like Donald Byrd George Duke and Lee Morgan Shirley Scott, Groove Holmes and Jimmy Smith up on the organ Gene Russell, the Art Ensemble of Chicago Innovators like Michael White push out the Cal Tjader Cla**ic sh** like Weather Report or Max Roach Laid back like Freddie Hubbard trumpet notes Cannonball Adderley, Eddie Harris, Milt Jackson Like Ron Carter's ba**lines will beat you like a backspin Yeah like a backspin, we got the jazz my man Yo, who's got sk**s like Rahsaan Roland Kirk or conduct like William Fisher Go to work with the swisher Bumpin' John Coltrane up in my headphones Gary Bartz, Mister Rub produce Lovetones Even Kool and the Gang got jazz for that a** Modern Jazz Quartet always got the A cla** Johnny Hammond met Carl Saunders Paul Bley, Thelonious Monk and Norman Connors Albert Ayler, John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner Dizzy Gillespie is presented by Don Sebesky I be cranking mad jazz, got mad stacks of cool-out You know we pull the smoke tool out I give props to Bluenote and Black Jazz Impulse, CTI records and Plusga Verve to Milestone, Atlantic and Muse There's plenty more that I could name but ya'll won't put them to use Anyway, I love jazz my man We got the jazz, we got the jazz my man (David Sanborn) Ha ha.... ...universe... Freedom throughout the universe!... (repeat 8x)