[ Featuring the Roots ]
Hello now everybody
Please come on now move your bodies
'Cause this song is really starting
And we're not going to stop unless mama is coming
I'm going to tell you this short story
Of a boy who loved music but he was put to study
He loved music and he loved singing
But his dad said "shouldn't you be working?"
Please dada let me play
He said no more music from now ahead
Please mama won't you let me play
My life is music, it's in my veins!
From a boy he became a man
And he said you know what, mama and dad?
I don't like the life I live
Music is music, please let me free
C'mon parents, let me go
Switch on the lights, call the Roots, start the show!
This was his life, but now it's changed
His parents understood and did let him play
He's a musician, realised his biggest dreams
Everybody now just follow him
All you boys learn from this story
Fight for your rights, don't back down, achieve glory!
