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Ain't No New ThingWe'd like to go into a thing called, uh, "Ain't No New Thing"It's, um, based on, um The fact that white people continue to rip off black artists They continue to uh, steal their material, their styles The very cultural elements that make The black artist the outstanding artist The master of music that he has been Um, and, it ain't no new thing, to tell the truth That these things are going on We point out, very expressly the fact that Stanley Crouch comments on his album "Ain't No Ambulances for No Niggers Tonight" That, uh, Chuck Berry was doing like a very heavy thing A very rock and roll thing The king of rock and roll as a matter of fact but, um, like White people couldn't dig having their daughters go to no shows And cream over no black man wiggling… |