Common - Love it or Leave it Alone/Welcome to Jamrock lyrics

[Alicia Keys] C'mon! [music begins] [Mos Def] Yes yes yes... Uh, a yes yes y'all (freak freak y'all) A-freak freak y'all! Freak freak y'all - fifteen! (Ohh!) A yes yes y'all [Put them hands in the air, y'all!] [Yo, now put them hands in the air y'all] Waddup, Brook-LYYYYYYYYYYYYYN!! [Common] And just clap your hands y'all A freak freak y'all - and ya don't stop A to the beat y'all - and ya don't stop A freak freak y'all - and ya don't stop A to the beat (y'alllllllllll!!!) [Common] Yo, mad love for the culture Since the days of Adidas and hip-hop posters Now I host with Mos and just to boast to brag A bit about it, 'cause I cain't live without it Seen her on the streets when I was like ten Especially's of a lagged and young black man Do backspins in backyards cause we rap harder People that lack {?}, now we black stars Gift from God - they said we must be crazy Now they sayin Common, Nasir, and Jay-Z Leaders of tomorrow, follow the steps of Africans rap in the ghettos makin it spressed up Yo we bring the light, we do it tonight Alicia Keys and Mos Def bring it right We come down and bam, and rock who I am Com Sense, yo; I'm wit the fam, yo [Chorus 2X - sung in tune of Brand Nubian's "Love it or Leave It Alone"] You gotta love it, or leave it alone You gotta love it, or leave it alone You gotta love it, or leave it alone You gotta love it, or leave it alone [Mos Def] (Mos Def) Yo, peep it out while I tell you like this A fresh to the soil, be sure you don't miss It's the, true for ya, true feature I could go on for days about it screamin "Alicia!" Walkin down the block with brother Com Sense Comrade Com Sense, so what the heck so I - Show this fresh girl that you always sure Before and then my heart should be adored and Cain't front, another ignore It's Aquarius love and highly secure Daje Mahal, and really gettin in And fantasize of my life for a one or two winners And my man Com Sense just stopped and said "Yo stop frontin' and use your head!" A-said "Yo stop frontin' and use your head!" A-said "Yo stop frontin' and use your fu*kIN head.." (OHHHHH!!) [Chorus 2X with ad-libs] [Alicia Keys - interlude] Right about now, I wanna thank everybody for comin out And rockin with me tonight I wanna give a big-up, to my man Mos Def My man Common Sense, my man Krucial My man Ills, the whole M.B.K. fam The whole Krucial Keys fam, and MTV And everybody out th-ere say "yeah!!" {*crowd cheers*] Yeah! Said everybody out th-ere say "yeah!!" (YEEEEEAHHH) C'mon, and alright I need y'all to give it up, for Pablo on percussion For Paul John on drums, Onree Gill on M.D Anaysha, Sara, Jermaine, AND, Denise on backgrounds Steve on the ba**, oh Artie on the gee-tar (yaaaay), Jeff's on the horns (oh) AYE-YAY-YAY, and the string quartets Ray Chew and, the Crunks Oh, oh (one-two), you know [Chorus 2X with ad-libs and variations] Uh, WE WOOOOOOOOON!! [music changes to Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley's "Welcome to Jamrock"] [Alicia Keys - Intro] Oh, oh, oh.. I wanna bring Damian Marley to the spot.. Up in the streets, they call it murrrrrr-derrrr! [Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley] Welcome to Jamrock, camp where the thugs dem camp at Two POUND ah weed inna van back It inna your hand bag, your knapsack, it inna your backpack The smell ah give your girlfriend con - Some bwoy nuh notice, dem only come around like tourist On the beach with a few club sodas Bedtime stories, pose like dem name Chuck Norris Don't know the real hardcore Cause Sandals ah nuh Backtoo, the thugs dem will do when dem got to And WON'T think twice to shot you Don't make dem spot you, unless you carry guns a lot too A bare tuff tings come at you When, New York man stop laugh and lock-off traffic Then dem wheel AND pop off and dem start clap it With the pin file dung an it ah beat drop it Police come inna Jeep and dem can't stop it Some say them ah playboy ah Playboy Rabbit ?Socialize? or get dropped like a bad 'abit So nuh bodah pose tuff if you don't have it Rastafari stands alone! [Chorus - with ad-libs] Welcome to Jamrock! Welcome to Jamrock! [Alicia] Up in the streets, they call it murrrrrr-derrrr! [Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley] Jamaica, Jamaicaaaa, yeah Jamaica, Jamaicaaaa, yeah Jamaica, Jamaicaaaa, yeah Jamaica, Jamaica! (Chi-Town) [Common] Chi-Town, Chi-Town, and we gets down Chi-Town, Chi-Town, and we gets down Chi-Town, Chi-Town, and we gets down It's Chi-Town, gettin all down c'mon [Alicia Keys (Mos Def)] New York, New YOOOO-OO-ORK (New York, NEW YOOOORK) New York, New YOOOO-OO-ORK (New York, NEW YOOOORK) New York, New YOOOO-OO-ORK (New York, NEW Yooork) New York, New YOOOO-OO-ORK (Brook-lyn!) [Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley with variations] Say wel-come to Jamrock... A-wel-come to Jamrock... Wel-come to Jamrock... [Alicia Keys] Up in the streets, they call it MURRRRR-DERRRRRRRRRRAH!! [crowd cheers loudly] [Keys - outro] YeeeeeeeeAAAAAAAAAhhhhhh!!! (BOK BOK BOK BOK!) Damian Marley, ladies and gentlemen Common Sense, Mos Def WE LOVE YOU, and we thank you, for rockin wit us! Much LOOOOVE to the people, eh-haha ha... Hahaha...BROOKLYYYYYYYN... [crowd cheers wildly as song fades]