Transcriber: Maurício Kakuei Tanaka Reviewer: Rhonda Jacobs
I would like to dedicate this song to one of my idols,
one of the greatest lyricists out there:
Mr. Bob Dylan.
Hit it.
(Music: "Bob Dylan Was The First Rapper")
(Rapping) Minnesota, 1959
Saw Buddy Holly three days before he died
Looked him, straight in the eyes
Right then and there, he made up his mind
Moved out to NYC
Said he had a voice like you and me
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Bob Dylan was the first rapper
Don't need no east coast, west coast kind of a disaster ... but
Bob Dylan was the first rapper
Johnny's in the basement
Mixing up the medicine
I'm on the pavement
Thinking about the government
The man in the trench coat
Badge off, laid off says he's got a bad cough
Wants to get paid off
Know for some, this is hard to handle
All others enjoy the sample
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Bob Dylan was the first rapper
Don't need no east coast, west coast kind of a disaster ... but
Bob Dylan was the first rapper
Get born, keep warm
Short pants, romance
Learn to dance, get dressed, get blessed
Be a success, please her, please him
Buy gifts, don't steal, don't lift
Twenty years of schooling
Put you on the day shift
It wasn't conscious
Unintentional
Can't deny the style was awful
All respect to DJ Herc
Did it in Jamaica, brought it to New York
Grandmaster Flash, you stand tall
But a form of it occured years before, before, before
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Bob Dylan was the first rapper
Don't need no east coast, west coast kind of a disaster ... but
Bob Dylan was the first rapper
(Applause) (Cheers)
Okay.
(Applause)
I have a challenge for you all.
I challenge all of you,
scientists, entrepeneurs, engineers,
to help the deaf and hard-of-hearing community
come up with some crazy technology
[Inaudible] hearing aids that can better help us hear music,
and technology that can help us hear music.
I have one more song for you all tonight,
and it's called "I'm Deaf"
because I am.
(Laughter)
(Electronic sounds)
And if you noticed in my music, I let you show the words.
I can emphasize what I'm saying for the deaf and hard-of-hearing community
with not only sign language, but with words and other things involved
like visuals to represent the music.
(Music: "I'm Deaf")
(Rapping) Deafer than Def Jam
So so deaf
Deafer than Deaf Jam
So so deaf
My name is Sean, but they call me "Seen"
Got a message here I'm delivering
Look I understand that you might be leery
Getting music beats from the hard-of-hearing
Something inside me is so intense
Evidently it's bringing out my sixth sense
My hands talk dirty
Mama washed them with soap
I play the devil's advocate against my horoscope
And if I cut off my ear like Van Gogh
Wouldn't matter
'Cause through my ears the wind blows
Deafer than Def Jam
I'm so so deaf
Deafer than Deaf Leppard
I'll make the world go deaf
I got deaf tones but I'm not tone-deaf
I'll stop stating the obvious
I ain't done yet
(Music)
I look like a cyborg
I'm so robotic
I'm the next spokesperson for Hooked on Phonics
People often ask me
"So where are you from?
'Cause you speak with an accent And wear an earplug."
I never felt the need to denounce
Stand up, speak, or repronounce
Now, there's people out there telling you
What you can't do
"You can't overcome you got too much to prove."
I never listened
How ironic
Friends without benefits
How platonic
I hear with an aid
I see with four eyes
They call me "Seen"
Now tell me, "Why?"
"Would I lie!?"
Deafer than Def Jam
I'm so so deaf
Deafer than Deaf Leppard
I'll make the world go deaf
I got deaf tones but I'm not tone-deaf
I'll stop stating the obvious
I ain't done yet
(Music)
It's a message I'm acknowledging
To stand up, listen, start following
Never be held back or feeling lost
'Cause I know what it's like
I've been down that route
I've been awe-inspired by Jimmy Abbott
Pitching with one hand full of talent
Stevie Wonder never saw the keys
And Hellen Keller was capable of communicating
I can't hear the bass
Can't hear the treble clef
What do you expect when you're so so deaf
And when they tell you
"You got a lot to prove."
You better move
'Cause when the day is over everything is full circle
I'd rather be deaf than be Steve Urkel
I'd rather not hear
Rather not listen
I'm the "perfect imperfection"
Never restricted
Uh huh!
Huh?!
Deafer than Def Jam
I'm so so deaf
Deafer than Deaf Leppard
I'll make the world go deaf
I got deaf tones but I'm not tone-deaf
I'll stop stating the obvious
I ain't done yet
Deafer than Def Jam
I'm so so deaf
Deafer than Deaf Leppard
I'll make the world go deaf
I got deaf tones but I'm not tone-deaf
I'll stop stating the obvious
I ain't done yet
(Music ends)
(Applause) (Cheers)
Thank you.
(Applause) (Cheers)