[Intro: TobyMac, Kevin Max, Michael Tait & Choir]
Some people out there givin' rap a bad name
Well, I'm here to let you know
We ain't down with that
Yeah!
Oh, yeah (Yeah-eah)
A-hey, yeah
Come on

[Verse 1: TobyMac & Michael Tait]
(Rap music): the sound of the times
Ya sorta talk lyrics to rhythm and rhyme
And then deliver in various ways
You know, some sorta preach and some sorta play
Nevertheless, there's some common ground (Word)
Ya know the def hip-hop sound
Hyped up bass with a tiny snare
The subwoofer makes ya neighbor stare
But still I…

[Interlude 1: Choir & TobyMac]
I love rap music
I always have and I always will
Drop it

[Verse 2: TobyMac]
Now rap started as the voice of the streets
A sorta politics to a ghetto beat
Then rappers started braggin' all about their gold
And the girlies and the beepers and the big, black Olds (Mobile)
In '83, the beatbox hit
A-makin' funky drum sounds from out ya lips
But takin' on new forms, rap has moved from the block
Now some mix it with soul and some mix it with rock (Mix it with rock), ya know
[Chorus: Michael Tait & Choir, TobyMac]
I love rap music
I always have and I always will
There ain't no other kind of music in the world
That makes me feel quite as chill (Chill)
I love rap music
You know, it's sittin' on top of my list (Ya know)
So, if ya wanna hang with me, just better believe
We'll be jammin' to a hip-hop mix-a

[Verse 3: TobyMac, Kevin Max, TobyMac & Kevin Max, James Brown]
Concert time in my part of the town
Ya know, I brought my mom 'cause I knew she was down
She was flat groovin' but couldn't understand
How they makin' music when there ain't no band (I feel good)
And, then she cried "James," everybody stared
She heard a James Brown sample (Uh) and thought he was there
She got home, shook her head and said, "Kids these years" (Mmm-hmm)
But then again, we think the Beatles were weird

[Interlude 2: Choir]
I love rap music
I love rap music

[Chorus: Michael Tait & Choir, TobyMac, Kevin Max, Michael Tait]
I love rap music
I always have and I always will (I can dig it)
There ain't no other kind of music in the world
That makes me feel quite as chill (Oh, yeah) (Gots ta be)
I love rap music
You know, it's sittin' on top of my list (Sittin' on top) (Ya know I love it)
So, if ya wanna hang with me, just better believe
We'll be jammin' to a hip-hop mix (Hip-hop mix)
[Post-Chorus: TobyMac]
We're droppin' science

[Verse 4: TobyMac & Michael Tait]
Today, some rappers boast, some are makin' me ill
And those obscene lyrics are overkilled
But I started emceein' way back in the day (Mm-hmm)
And since then, there's been a serious change
Ya know, I asked Christ to come into my heart (Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) (He did)
And He gave me a brand new start
And on top a dat, He cold gave me my dreams
Doin' hip-hop music with a Christian theme, ya know

[Chorus: Michael Tait & Choir, Kevin Max, TobyMac, Michael Tait]
I love rap music
I always have and I always will (Always will)
There ain't no other kind (No) of music in the world (No)
That makes me feel quite as chill (Makes me feel chill) (I'm chillin')
I love rap music
You know, it's sittin' on top of my list (Sittin' on, sittin' on, sittin' on) (Ya know)
So, if ya wanna hang with me, just better believe
We'll be jammin' to a hip-hop mix (Jammin') (Hip-hop jam)

[Outro: Choir, Kevin Max, TobyMac, Michael Tait]
I love (I love) rap music
Oh, yeah
Cold hip-hoppin'
Hip-hop music
I love (I love) rap music
Ooh, always love it
From the R to the A to the P
Hip-hop mu—
I love (I love) rap music
Always love
DC Talk
And we sing it's on, it's on…
I love (I love) rap music
…It's on the top of my list
And this session is called history
Hip-hop music
Ya know what I'm sayin'?
*chuckles*