Funky jazz rap from Newark, New Jersey's unsung bop poet Babs Gonzales. One of the best cuts from his rare 1969 LP "Ghetto Street Poetry & Funk". Jazz connoisseurs will recall the melody from "Soul Stirrin", originally written by Gonzales for trombonist Bennie Green. Going back to the late 1940s, Babs was working rhythmic poetry into his repertoire, alongside his better-known bebop vocals - we can now recognise these as valuable contributions to the development of rap music.