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Yeah, I fight to not write tracks Distracts from the vision, syntax Win that, a brother battling in Keytown He said a war don't a king It's what you do the crown The ground crumbles at the feet of the But if you dope, you dope, keep the pride way low That's the hip-hop I fell in with That's the hip-hop I throw my dubs robin a mic stomping Six exit east of Trying not to be the old dude always screaming on the new dudes, knowing I could school fools Instead of leveraging veteran for they betterment Ligaments been like them kids coming to get me When you finally reach pinnacle, it's hard to not be But slow down, the view Many are called, few That's the hip hop I fell in love
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On that boom-bap dad when my neighbor's dad Ran his truck through living room And they set the on fire like "if I can't have you, no one can" love, mixed messages, curses and blesses Like patience is a virtue, but I afraid to hurt you Like smoke is silly, but crack sales is kingly And the black man is god but if you try to the squad *pow* My Charles got smoked by a bloke reppin' Ghostown And I wish I known him My granny said he on that saxophone And he's why I love It's how a man you never met can influence you Like the music for which you could shape how you raise your children crooked men with dope pens inspired how I make my living Gang affiliation, how it a nation but That's the hip hop I fell in with
That slow cook, that dry rub, marinate, let it sit the hip hop I fell in love with That's the hip hop I in love with That slow cook, that nod, the neck brace, that stank face the hip hop I fell in love with That's the hip hop I fell in with
Yeah, b-boy, p-noid, me and qya Roll into your like aché ate Destroy, deploy, fresh low Sho' nuff up like "don't play, José" Take notes of this fire hydrant of I the dopest emcees to stay bold, kid Heavy-handed pen stroke, dope since Reaganomics Trickle down and ruined my if I'm honest Me - just a city boy, me no pity, boy Stand up, man up, the only of the committee On some over fences to edge of the LA River And the syllables the city thought were silly But we was all we had though, next to the vatos Between Florence 13 and This is how we 'em, hybrid hip-hop and hoodlum True school 'em cause the one you in is failing ya Backpack of books, no hooks, that's for radio My favorite emcees play no stadiums Outside the Palladium, battling the Only audible audience in awe and awkwardness Obvious we were too young but better rap guns Master kickflips, I hold semi-automatic clips They for me to get a blue rag dangling my pocket, tangling with the wrong crowd Stop it but that's the hip-hop I fell in love That's the hip-hop I threw my dubs