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• Ed ' Fletcher • • • singles chronology 'Scorpio' (1981) ' The Message' (1982) 'New York, New York' (1982) 'Scorpio' (1981) ' The Message' (1982) 'New York, New York' (1982) Music video on ' The Message' is a song. It was released as a single by on July 1, 1982 and was later featured on the group's first studio album,.

Drivers Emax 536s. 'The Message' was the first prominent song to provide a social commentary rather than the self-congratulatory boasting or party chants of earlier hip hop. Featuring alternating lead vocals by and Ed ' Fletcher, the song's lyrics describe the stress of inner city poverty: Rats in the front room, roaches in the back Junkies in the alley with the baseball bat I tried to get away but I couldn't get far Cause a man with a tow truck repossessed my car The chorus includes the repeated refrain 'It's like a jungle sometimes / It makes me wonder how I keep from going under.' 'The Message' took rap music from the house parties of its origin, to the social platforms later developed by groups like,, and. Said in an interview with NPR: 'Our group, like Flash and the Furious Five, we didn't actually want to do 'The Message' because we was used to doing party raps and boasting how good we are and all that.'