Renegades of Funk

About Renegades of Funk

"Renegades of Funk" is a song written by Afrika Bambaataa, Arthur Baker, John Miller & John Robie and recorded by Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force. Released in 1983 as a single on the Tommy Boy label, it was also included on the 1986 album Planet Rock: The Album. The song is an eclectic fusion of electronic music and heavy percussion, with politically fused hip hop lyrics that draw a connection between past revolutionaries and bohemians to present day street artists. It was produced and mixed by Arthur Baker and John Robie. Mastering was by Herb Powers Jr.. The song was used by the Toronto Raptors as its entrance song during home games in 2006. It is also featured as a track on the radio in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. In 1985, the song was used in "The Maze", an episode in the first season of the television police drama Miami Vice. It was remade by Rage Against the Machine and released as a single in 2001. "Weird Al" Yankovic included Rage Against the Machine's version in his polka medley "Angry White Boy Polka" (although Tom Morello is half Kenyan and Zack de la Rocha is half Mexican) from his 2003 album Poodle Hat. more »

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2001

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No matter how hard you try, you can't stop this now 
No matter how hard you try, you can't stop this now 

Renegades of this atomic age 
This atomic age for renegades 
Renegades of this atomic age 
This atomic age for renegades 

Prehistoric ages and the days of ancient Greece 
On down through the Middle Ages 
When the earth kept going through changes 
There's a business going on, cars continue to change 
Nothing stays the same, there were always renegades 
Like Chief Sitting Bull, Tom Payne 
Like Martin Luther King, Malcom X 
They were renegades of the atomic age 
So many renegades 

Hand clap, hand clap, the renegades 

From a different solar system many many galaxies away 
We are the force of another creation 
A new musical revelation 
And we're on this musical message to help the others listen 
Improve momentum and seek the electonic chance 
Like astrology 
Like technology 
Like God's Creation 
Like the Zulu station 
Like to the nation 
Like destroy all nations 
Like militants 
Like down in sand 
Like through changes ,nothing stays the same 
Oh renegades 

Now renegades are people with their own philosophy 
They change the course of history 
Everyday people like you and me 
You know they have their secret notions 
And time is endless motion 
All people of the moderate ages here in this twentieth century 
You have to keep up in time with the moderate time 
A state of mind and a sense of pride 
A renegade, yes a renegade 
Of this time and age 
So many renegades 
Who's that 
Now hand clap 
The renegades 

We're the renegades of funk 
We're the renegades of funk 
We're the renegades of funk 
We're the renegades of funk 
Poppin', sockin', rockin' with a side of hip-hop 
Because where we're goin' there ain't no stoppin' 
You know we're poppin', sockin', with a side of hip-hop 
Because where we're goin' there ain't no stoppin' 
Poppin', sockin', rockin' with a side of hip-hop 
Because where we're goin' there ain't no stoppin' 
(Repeat) 

We're teachers of the funk 
And not of empty popping 
We're blessed with the Force and the sight of 
electronics 
With the bass, and the treble 
The horns and our vocals 
You know everytime we pop into the beat we get fresh 

There was a time when our music 
Was something called the Bay Street beat 
People would gather from all around 
To get down on the Bay sound 
You had to be a renegade those days 
To take a man on the dance floor 
Like Afrika Bambattaa and the Soulsonic Force 
We're talking about Mr.B, Pow Wow, G-L-O-B-E 
Was a renegade, yes, a renegade of the atomic age 
So many renegades 
What's that 
It's a hand clap 
The renegade 

Just jam sucker 
Say jam sucker 
Say groove, sucker 
Say groove, sucker 
Say dance, sucker 
Say dance, sucker 
Now move, sucker 
Now move, sucker 

Everybody say 
We're the renegades of funk 
We're the renegades of funk 
We're the renegades of funk 
We're the renegades of funk 
We're the renegades of funk 
We're the renegades of funk 
We're the renegades of funk 
We're the renegades of funk 

Shake that thing 
That makes me swing 
I got some great 
He's a renegade of funk 
Mr. Biggs 
He's a renegade of funk 
Bambaataa 
He's a renegade of funk 
Pow Wow 
He's a renegade of funk 
And MC Globe

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Afrika Bambaataa

Afrika Bambaataa (born Kevin Donovan; April 19, 1957) is an American DJ from the South Bronx, New York who was instrumental in the early development of hip hop throughout the 1980s. Afrika Bambaataa is one of the three originators of break-beat deejaying, and is respectfully known as the "Grandfather" and the Amen Ra of Universal Hip Hop Culture as well as the Father of The Electro Funk Sound. Through his co-opting of the street gang the Black Spades into the music and culture-oriented Universal Zulu Nation, he is responsible for spreading hip hop culture throughout the world. On September 27, 2007, he was nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. On August 14th, 2012 Afrika Bambaataa was given a three year appointment as a visiting scholar… more »

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