De La Soul, from the soul, black medallions, no gold.
Afrika Baby Bam, “Buddy”, from De La Soul’s 3 Feet High and Rising, 1989
De La Soul, from the soul, black medallions, no gold.
There’s four developing stages in the art of hip-hop,
And most of them developed from the snap, crackle and pop.
The first was the usage of an actual band,
The second was a drum machine made by a man,
The third was the human beatbox and percussion,
The fourth in line was samplin’ and the book of rhyme bustin’.
The first lady in my life, but now you’re gone,
I learned through the years to keep carrying on.
Your picture brings me tears and memories,
The way things could be…and they should be, but they’re not.