All you people, you know the blues got a soul Well this is a story, a story never been told Well you know the blues got pregnant And they named the baby rock & roll Muddy waters said it, you know the blues got a soul James brown said it, you know the blues got a soul Well the blues had a baby and they named the baby rock & roll Ray charles said it, you know the blues got a soul John lee hooker said it, you know the blues got a soul Well the blues had a baby and they named the baby rock & roll Otis redding said it, you know the blues got a soul Queen victoria said it, you know the blues got a soul Well the blues had a baby and they named the baby rock & roll