In Rock n Roll is Cold, Matthew E. White cleverly takes on the pop world in 2015:
I’m almost aggressively aware of where rock & roll comes from. I want to see that honoured. I find the lack of respect for someone like Kanye West appalling. Kanye is more rock & roll than ninety per cent of t...
[Verse 1]
You said you found the soul of rock and roll
You said you found the soul of rock and roll
Hey, hey, rock and roll, it don't have no soul
Everybody knows that, everyone knows
Everyone knows that rock and roll is cold
[Verse 2]
You said you found the key to R&B
You said you found the key to R&B
Hey, hey, R&B, it don't have no key
Everybody sees that, everyone sees
Everybody sees that R&B is free
[Chorus]
Because everybody likes to talk
Everybody likes to talk shit
Because everybody likes to talk
Everybody likes to talk shit
[Verse 3]
You said you found the trick to gospel licks
You said you found the trick to gospel licks
Hey, hey, gospel licks, they don't have no tricks
Everybody knows that, everyone gets
Everybody gets that gospel licks are gifts
[Bridge]
Pick it up
Pick it up, pick it up
[Chorus]
Because everybody likes to talk
Everybody likes to talk shit
Because everybody likes to talk
Everybody likes to talk shit
[Verse 4]
You said you found the soul of rock and roll
You said you found the soul of rock and roll
Hey, hey, rock and roll, it don't have no soul
Everybody knows that, everyone knows
Everyone knows that rock and roll is cold
[Chorus]
Because everybody likes to talk
Everybody likes to talk shit
Because everybody likes to talk
Everybody likes to talk shit
Rock ‘n’ Roll is Cold was written by Andy Jenkins & Matthew E. White.