Bo,  Godfather of rock and roll

try to leave you out  what is that all about?

they don't know?  bout the guitar flow

gotta jam my man  to the Diddley band

can't hold him back it's the rap game

mixed with the Rock-n-Roll hall of fame

we get down low  wit the Bo sound

how it go?

chan , chan, chan, cha, chan...chan

came a long way baby  Dutchess wreckin' it lady

from crazy governors to governments shady

sax machines  don't be so mean

thump it like a trumpet

if you cant tear it down  jump it

cant take it for granted  over the Pacific and Atlantic

rock and roll I guess  put it to the test

Bo got soul up in that chest

king of checker and chess

cant stop backdrop beats

reason rock and roll got em out dem seats

fast cars, faster women

took it to the limit

the struggle  takin names down wit it

history is quick on that sick guitar lick

Bo Diddley  how can we ever forget?
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Chuck D
Public Enemy 2004

One of my most memorable moments in music... period, was the day I spent with Mr. Bo Diddley. Scott Free arranged a meeting, which started from his bedside where he was recovering from his burns. He was talking music, Chess (as in records), and things that were on TV at that minute. Bo was motivated by this idea he had been working on that he sprung out of bed and rolled into the studio next door. He and Scott lit the board up with some super futuristic layered funk I couldn't describe. It was very percussive. I later rapped on a project that he was working on. Couldn't help the fact that I better had paid attention because it took 10 years for folks to catch up for what he did in the 1950s. I figured in order to get down with Mr. Bo I'd better set my mind, skill, and soul somewhere around 2025. Elvis was a hero to most but y'all better make some room for Bo Diddley.
Chuck D
Public Enemy