The blacker the berry
The sweeter the juice
The poorer the people
The deeper the abuse
Swing Duke Ellington
Swing that jazz
Swing Louis Armstrong
Big band jazz
I say the blacker the berry
The sweeter the juice
The darker the people
The tighter the noose
Play Count Basie
Play them keys
Jam Minton's Playhouse
Dizzy Gillespie
Strange Fruit hanging there
From that tree
Strange Fruit hanging there
For all to see
Sing Lady Day
Sistah sang that song
Sing for the people
Sing all night long
Lush life feeling blue
Drink the pain away
Lush life lost his man
Sits in bars all day
Write Billy Strayhorn
Write that song
Write for those who can't sing
Right here you belong
Segregation
Discrimination
Proclamation but
No emancipation
Thelonious Monk
High Priest of Bop
Charlie Parker and sax
Bepop don't stop
In the south, they don't care how close you get
As long as you don't get too high
In the north, they don't care how high you get
As long as you don't get too close
Sing Lady Ella
First Lady of Song
Rockin' in Rhythm
Vocal jazz groove along
Old King Cole was a merry old soul and
A merry old soul was he
Nat King Cole was a mighty good soul and a mighty great soul in deed
Play Tito Puente
Latin Jazz mambo king
João Gilberto
Bossa nova guitar string
Step out of the kitchen
If you can't stand the heat
But if I leave the kitchen
Then how we gonna eat
Jazz funk Roy Ayers
Funk it down and out for me
Jazz fusion Herbie Hancock
Shift the tempo change the key
Bitches Brew
Witches stew
Miles Davis knew
So what you wanna do?
Free Jazz John Coltrane
Free jazz today
Birth of the Cool
Cool jazz I say
The blacker the berry
The sweeter the juice
The poorer the people
The deeper the abuse
The deeper the abuse
The stronger the roots
The blacker the berry
The sweeter the juice