The music started in the hearts and drums  from another land
 Played for everyone  by sons  of the motherland
 Sendin out a message of peace  to everybody and
 came across the oceans in chains and shame
 Easing the pain  and it was without name
 Until some men in New Orleans on Rampart Street
 Put out the sounds  and then they gave it a beat
 I'm talkin bout Jelly Roll  King  and Satch
 I'm talkin bout the music that had no match
 Yes the music, and it was born down there
 We're gonna use it, so make the horn sound clear
 It's jazz music... jazz music
 Yo, the music that Pops, and other cats made
 it stayed, cause people love when they played
 To the North, it took a riverboat shuffle
 To the big cities, with lots of hustle and bustle
 To Chicago, and to the Apple too
 This was a scene, that our forefathers knew
 Go get your crew, I know they'll get into
 the jazz music... jazz music
 The music called jazz had the razzamatazz
 It had the flavor, and a lot of pizazz
 The big band beat was very neat and unique
 The swing was king, it made you tap your feet
 There was Benny and Duke and of course the Count Basie
 The melody was smooth and yes, very taste
 There was Hap, The Prez, and Lady Day and
 Dizzy Bird and Miles, they were all playin
 They brought it to the people of the foreign lands
 Back across the oceans and the desert sands
 Where it echoes in the distant sounds of drums
 And it rises with the sun on days begun
 This is the music, that we give tribute to
 They gave it to us, that's why we give it to you
 The jazz music... the jazz music
 The jazz music... UH.. uh.. uh