In 1977 in Dayton,Ohio
A new type of funk music was born in a
Group called Zapp,
Roger Troutman was the frontman.
He was on the mic playing the guitar
Or the keyboard singing
And speaking through his infamous
Talk box.
Everywhere the band played from
Montreal to Detroit the crowd went
Wild on Computer Love,
So Ruff, So Tuff,
Marvin Gaye’s I Heard It Through The
Grapevine.
It changed the view of music for artists
From Snopp Dogg to T-Pain
Music would never be the same
Any artist that dared to use a talk box
Would be booed if they didn’t rock
The house especially similar to Roger
It got rough and tough out here in these
Industry streets after his passing
There is and will never be another like him
The music he created was his and his alone.
By Toyhoney
