plastic
poetry
when I say can’t, you say
stop
when I say hip, you say hop
cant stop
hip hop
last night a DJ saved my life
last night my wife said its
time to update to an MP3 player
I have hundreds of cassette
tapes I still like listening too
I knew one day I would have
to throw away those memories
those plastic cases of poetry
plastic poetry that held joy
and pain
sunshine and rain
I used to listen to Rob base
and DJ Eazy Rock every day
play another slow jam, that
was my slow jam
I would run home every day
after school to listen to plastic poetry
poetry was music back in the
day
like I’m bad by LL Cool J
or, or, when I’m alone in my
room, sometimes I stare at the wall and in the back of my
mind
I would hear my conscience call, tellin’ me I need a girl who is as sweet as a
dove
and for the first time in my life I see I need love
or like music back in the day
like my posse’s on Broadway
Kid-N-Play
she wore a raspberry beret
Jam Master Jay and Run DMC
with walk this way
let the music play and you
won’t get away
NWA, it’s all about pullin’
that GTA
RFTW, Ready for the World
with digital display
look at all these rumors
surrounding me everyday
Marvin Gaye, the way he took
the stage
and the way he played and
played and made history
the Commodores sang, Marvin,
Marvin
he was a friend of mine
his heart in every time
man, the way they danced and
sang
Kool and the Gang
Mary Jane Girls
ring my bell
Bell Biv Devoe
mr. telephone man
Boyz-2-Men
you remember when
UTFO made Roxanne, Roxanne
and Roger and Zapp, I wanna
be your man
The Gap Band
Marky Mark
Biz Markee
Fab 5 Freddy
Beastie Boys
Chuck D and Public Enemy
EPMD and PM Dawn
Wolf man Jack
Dr. Dre and Ed Lover with Yo
MTV Raps
The Huggy Boy Show
3 buffalo girls go round the
outside, round the outside
Doug E. Fresh and the Get
Fresh Crew
Too Short
Luther and the 2 Live Crew
from Electric Bugaloo
to Electric Avenue
to Beat Street, king of the
beat, rockin’ this beat up and down the street
no parkin’ baby, no parkin’
on the dance floor
sometimes I rhyme slow,
sometimes I rhyme quick
Rick James
Slick Rick
DJ Quick
Herbie Hancock with Rockit
Parliament
Arrested Development
jam on it, because when I was
a little baby boy, my momma gave a brand new toy, 2
turntables
with a mic and I learned to rock like
MC Lyte
Salt-N-Peppa
Dee-lite
and Rapper’s Delight
Michael Jackson was Thrillin’
and Ice-T was cop killin’
please Hammer don’t hurt em
and then, and then
The Fat Boys broke up
word up, W.O.R.D. up
and the beat goes on
and the beat goes on
when I say can’t, you say
stop
when I say hip, you say hop
thank you for sharing those
memories with me
and thank you for sharing
plastic poetry with me
can’t stop, hip hop
