[Verse]
Soul sound drop the beats of hip hop
Back in the past to the days of “We don't stop!”
Horns blowin’ the rhymes to come rapture
Old is new and the sound that I capture
Evolution of times and the music say
“Whatever happened to the lyrics of yesterday?”
Funk and soul is rap [?] the same
The two together form one art how they came
Respect due is given to the music of both
Is how they came is one as I am told
Can you remember or would ya forget?
Old is new if funk and hip hop met, who can remember? (Who can remember?)
[Chorus]
Women: Do you remember?
Men: Oh yes we can can, oh yes we can can (Come on!)
Women: Do you remember? (Hey!)
Men: Oh yes we can can, oh yes we can can (Hey!)
Women: Do you remember?
Men: Oh yes we can can, oh yes we can can (Come on!) (Hey!)
Women: Do you remember? (Come on!)
Men: Oh yes we can can, oh yes we can can
[Verse]
Hip hop drops the beats of soul sounds
Walks the road of funk on the old ground
What used to play is played all over again
Sample the seconds of the sounds the beats are in
I will enhance the rhythm of an old track
The sound that breaks down to “Take it back”
On the move, we're movin' on steadily
Kept the rhyme wicked inside the melody
Back in time back in the memory
Sound like a beat up now back then
A song of soul, of funk that they used to play
Who can remember a song of yesterday?
[Chorus]
Hip hop’s got the funk now
Women: Do you remember?
Men: Oh yes we can can, oh yes we can can (Yeah!)
Women: Do you remember?
Men: Oh yes we can can, oh yes we can can (Yeah!) (Come on!)
Women: Do you remember? (Check it out)
Men: Oh yes we can can, oh yes we can can
Women: Do you remember?
Men: Oh yes we can can, oh yes we can can
[Verse]
Value this, it's a lesson to teach ya
Find-a grab ya hold and reach ya
Can you remember how they did it the first time?
Respect is given as we use it the next time
Whose the credit for the styles we drop?
Old funk and soul made it there for hip hop
For you to know that I'm the woman to teach this
Take it from me Shazz the high priestess
And what it is makes this the better for you
Older types soul is what they're into
Of the two the older was the bigger [?]
Old soul and hip hop is just the funk
Who can remember?
[Chorus]
Women: Do you remember?
Men: Oh yes we can can, oh yes we can can
Women: Do you remember? (Sway! Sway!)
Men: Oh yes we can can, oh yes we can can (Pump it up! Pump it up! Pump it up! Pump it up!)
Women: Do you remember?
Men: Oh yes we can can, oh yes we can can (Hey!)
Women: Do you remember?
Men: Oh yes we can can, oh yes we can can
Women: Do you
Man:Remember James Brown?
Women: Do you
Shazzy: I do and I do remember [?]
Women: Do you
Man: Do you remember Barry White?
Women: Do you
Shazzy: Come on now, Gladys Knight
Women: Do you
Man: Pump it up with The Meters, Meters
Women: Do you
Shazzy: Alicia Myers and Pete Funk
Women: Do you
Man: Remember Sly Stone?
Women: Do you remember
[Verse]
In my lesson did I teach you the value
Rap and funk old soul and the how-to
Kept the tune oh the new is the cycle
Broke it down like a lyrical disciple
Kept the dream of a musical yesteryear
Caught the soul and the funk and made it clear
In the end we drop lyrics to this
As I close it love, and seal it with a French kiss
Go beyond and knew where it came from
Took a little and bits to add then some
Put together memories so tender
Of one and the same
Who can remember? (Who can remember)
[Chorus]
Women: Do you remember?
Men: Oh yes we can can, oh yes we can can (Hey!)
Women: Do you remember?
Men: Oh yes we can can, oh yes we can can (Come on!)
Women: Do you remember?
Men: Oh yes we can can, oh yes we can can (Pump it up!) (Sway!)
Women: Do you remember? (Come on!) (Sway!)
Men: Oh yes we can can, oh yes we can can
[Outro to fade: Peanuts characters]
Somebody come
And rhyme the rhymes
And let the laugh…
