[Kool Keith]
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Why don't y'all play that pitch
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The right manage gonna be in the game
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[Moe Love]
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It's the top of the ninth
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Josh Gibson is at the plate
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The bases are loaded, it's a three and two count
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And here's the pitch
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[Kool Keith]
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Steppin up to the plate, first batter
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[Moe Love]
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Kool Keith
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[Kool Keith]
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Black baseball, it was a known fact jack
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With the weather so hot, who could play like Danny Day
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The greatest and the best, like the Satchel brother Paige
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Long Tom and Little Bomb, in the Hall of Fame
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Like Josh and bunt, be alert, duck
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Everybody was down for beer and peanuts
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Foxes in their Sunday's best, their brightest dress
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[Moe Love]
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And on deck, Ced G
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[Ced G]
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Now baseball today troop, is mostly not racial
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But back in the days it was all segregated
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The whites had the majors and then the blacks had the negro leagues
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They both had great talent but then us blacks have no history
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Of all our great players, the teams in the ballpark
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But we're here to shed light, restore the glory they haven't got
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Black baseball, they paved the way
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With players like Dandy, the Devil, and Day
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(repeat 3X)
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Black baseball
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[Moe Love]
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Bring er home
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[Ced G]
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Now the ballparks they played in was very far from a stadium
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They only sat hundreds troops as opposed to the thousands
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But the stands they was packed, for the league that was fat
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With teams like the Baccarats and the Homestead Grays
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The Eagles and many more, came ready to play
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In cities like Birmingham, Newark and Chi-Town
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The bus trips were very long, paychecks would bring a frown
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But not to these players, cause they really loved baseball
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You could ban them from majors, but not from the game
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With players like Leon Day, who pitched almost every day
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His arm would hold up, blowin hitters with smoke away
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And then there was Bullet Joe, also was Smokey Joe
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King Richard and Savateen, and brothers like Ed Pole
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Next, batter up!
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[Moe Love]
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Bring it home Keith!
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[Kool Keith]
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They took the long great line that was so fine
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Super and strong to play, three games a day
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Hey hey, Thunder Twins are up and gonna win again
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Make the other players say "Oh him again!"
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But whattya know?
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[Ced G]
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Black baseball (baseball) they paved the way
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With players like Dandy, the Devil, and Day
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(repeat 3X)
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Black baseball (baseball)
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[Kool Keith]
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Poppa Bell was Cool, broke any catcher's rule
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On the base, at night, total speed rip the light
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Comin past flick flash he was so fast
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Scouts watchin in awe at what they saw
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The best in the game, it's a shame, you don't know
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Alex and Double Duty, and don't forget Juty
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Talent was there, and it was black
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[Ced G]
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Give them their credit folks, and build em a hall of fame
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Where legends can rest, with uniforms and the whole shebang
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And honor the players, coaches fans and the ballparks
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From the Giants or Phillies, to the New York like Yankees
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The Pittsburgh Crawfords, yeah they don't have to thank me
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Just thank the Red Bull's, just thank the Abe Manley's
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Just thank Rufus Lewis, a few names that grab me
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Black baseball (baseball) they paved the way
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With players like Dandy, the Devil, and Day
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(repeat 4X)
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Black baseball (baseball)
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[Moe Love]
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And we're out
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[Kool Keith]
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And we're gone
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Saga of Dandy, the Devil & Day
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| Ultramagnetic MC's |
