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I AM THE TREE OF AMERICAN MUSIC

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I AM THE TREE OF AMERICAN MUSIC

 

IT’S TIME TO LEAD AND TAKE DUE CREDIT

FOR THE THOUGHTS OF MY MIND AND HOW I SAID IT

ONE OF THE GIFTS GOD WILLED TO ME

IS TO CREATE MUSIC ENDLESSLY

 

I MADE THIS MUSIC FOR ALL TO ENJOY

LET THIS BE KNOWN CAUSE IT’S TRUE

BUT I WON'T LET IT BE CO-OPTED OR STOLEN

STILL  I’LL SHARE MY CREATIONS WITH YOU

 

I AM THE TREE OF AMERICAN MUSIC

I AM THE CREATOR

I AM AN AMERICAN OF HERITAGE BLACK

I AM THE ORIGINATOR

 

I CREATED ROCK AND ROLL, YES I AM THE KING

I’M LITTLE RICHARD, NOT ELVIS

I’M JACKIE WILSON, ELVIS LEARNED FROM ME

THE POWER OF MOVING HIS PELVIS

 

I’M OTIS BLACKWELL, YES I WRITE THE SONGS

LIKE RETURN TO SENDER, ALL SHOOK UP AND DON’T BE CRUEL

GREAT BALLS OF FIRE AND HANDY MAN ARE MINE

THIS WAS CONCEALED, IT’S BEEN REVEALED, RESPECT THIS TRUTH

 

I’M DEFORD BAILEY, I CREATED COUNTRY WITH A SMILE

“GRAND OLD OPRY” WAS COINED TO DEFINE MY COUNTRY . STYLE

AND  I’M AN OLD BLACK GUITARIST, NOTHING COULD STOP ME

I TAUGHT HANK WILLIAMS TO PLAY GUITAR LIKE ME

 

I AM THE TREE OF AMERICAN MUSIC

I AM THE CREATOR

I AM LEADER, I AM THE CONDUCTOR

I AM THE ORIGINATOR

 

OUT OF MY MIND CAME THE CREATION OF THE BLUES

MY NAME IS JOHN LEE HOOKER AND BB KING

W. C. HANDY AND SUNNYLAND SLIM

WE ARE THE MASTERS,  THIS IS OUR THING

 

THEN I TOOK LOVE SONGS THAT COULD MAKE YOU CRY

AND ADDED RHYTHM IN A WAY THAT I CHOOSE

THE INKSPOTS, THE DOOWOPS, THE TEMPTATIONS AND O’JAYS

WITH THE WORLD I SHARED RHYTHM AND BLUES

 

I AM THE TREE OF AMERICAN MUSIC

I AM THE CREATOR

I’M THE SOUND OF AMERICA, LISTEN TO ME

I AM THE ORIGINATOR

 

I TOOK A POEM AND ADDED A BEAT

THE LAST POETS, DOUGLAS FIVE BROUGHT RAP TO THE STREETS

AND THEN IT EVOLVED MY RAP CREATION

FROM CURTIS BLOW TO SNOOP DOGG, IT’S NOW A HIP HOP NATION

 

HEAVY METAL SOUNDS WILL ALWAYS LINGER

CRAZY KOOL SOUNDS FROM THE GUITAR

THEY WERE FIRST CREATED FROM JIMI HENDRIX’ FINGERS

THEY WERE CREATED FROM THIS BLACK MAN’S MIND POWER

 

I AM THE TREE OF AMERICAN MUSIC

I AM THE CREATOR

I’M A BLACK AMERICAN, I’M THE BANDMASTER

I AM THE ORIGINATOR

 

I AM THE TREE, THESE ARE SOME OF MY BRANCHES

I AM PROUD OF THE WAY THEY HAVE SPREAD

MY ROOTS HAVE TAKEN HOLD ALL AROUND THE PLANET

NO ONE ELSE WILL STEAL CREDIT INSTEAD

 

DO NOT BE FOOLED BY JOHN AND DAN

LISTEN AND YOU’LL UNDERSTAND

MY NAME IS SAM AND MY NAME IS DAVE

I AM THE ORIGINAL SOUL MAN

 

I AM DUKE ELLINGTON, WYNTON MARSALIS

DIZZIE GILLESPIE AND LOUIS ARMSTRONG

I CREATED AMERICAN CLASSICAL MUSIC

IT’S CALLED JAZZ AND THE WORLD HEARS MY SONG

 

I AM THE TREE OF AMERICAN MUSIC

I AM THE CREATOR

I AM THE SOURCE, LISTEN TO ME

I AM THE ORIGINATOR

 

SWING IS MY THING CAUSE I WANTED TO DANCE

SO I PUT NOTES IN ORDER AND PLAYED THEM

MATHMATICAL EQUATIONS OF ABSOLUTE BEAUTY

TURNED INTO MUSICAL GEMS

 

COUNTER POINT IN A JOINT SITTING AT A PIANO

SCOTT JOPLIN AND EUBIE BLACK COME TO MIND

IN THE LATE 1800’S I CREATED NEW MUSIC

SYNCOPATED, I CALL IT RAGTIME

 

I AM THE TREE OF AMERICAN MUSIC

I AM THE CREATOR

I AM THE MUSIC, I AM THE POWER

I AM THE ORIGINATOR

 

MICHAEL JACKSON, INNOVATOR, THE KING OF POP MUSIC

JAMES BROWN THE GODFATHER OF SOUL

ARETHA FRANKLIN THE QUEEN AND ALL OF THE DIVAS

LET ALL OF THEIR STORIES BE TOLD

 

I LISTEN TO ALL OF THE MUSIC AROUND ME

I HEAR 5 PART HARMONY AND I LISTEN AGAIN

I WILL NOT ALLOW ANY VISUAL DECEPTION

I SEE BACKSTREET BOYS,  I HEAR BOYZ TO MEN

 

I AM THE TREE OF AMERICAN MUSIC

I AM THE CREATOR

I AM THE BLACK MAN, YOU’RE LISTENING TO ME

I AM THE ORIGINATOR

 

MAHALIA JACKSON AND JAMES CLEVELAND TOO

FAMOUS GOSPEL CHOIRS LIKE THE GOSPELAIRES

SWEET PRAISES TO THE LORD THEY CONTINUALLY SING

AND THE LORD HEARS OUR REJOICING AND PRAYERS

 

AS OF THIS MOMENT I HAVE TAKEN DUE CREDIT

FOR WHAT CAME OUT OF MY MIND AND HOW I SAID IT

ONE OF THE GIFTS GOD WILLED TO ME

IS TO CREATE MUSIC ENDLESSLY

 

GOSPEL, POP, ROCK AND ROLL AND COUNTRY,

HIP-HOP, JAZZ, SWING, BLUES AND SOUL

RAG TIME, RAP, RHYTHM AND BLUES, HEAVY METAL

5 PART HARMONY, LET THE TRUTH BE TOLD

 

I AM THE TREE OF AMERICAN MUSIC

ALL THE DIFFERENT FLAVORS

THE ROOTS, THE TRUNK, THE BRANCHES, THE LEAVES

THE FRUIT THE WHOLE WORLD LOVES TO SAVOR

 

YES, I AM THE TREE OF AMERICAN MUSIC

I TAKE CREDIT FOR BEING THE CREATOR

I AM PROUD OF MY ABILITY, AND I THANK GOD ALMIGHTY

HE MADE ME THE ORIGINATOR

 

COPYRIGHT 2002 BY J. BEN WALID

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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