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Yeah, I to not write diss tracks Distracts from the vision, syntax Win that, found a brother in Keytown He said a war don't make a It's what you do with the The ground crumbles at the of the humble But if you dope, you dope, just keep the way low That's the hip-hop I in love with the hip-hop I throw my dubs with Round a mic stomping Six east of Compton Trying not to be the old dude screaming old-school Hating on the new dudes, knowing I could fools Instead of leveraging veteran status for they Ligaments been itching like kids coming to get me When you finally reach pinnacle, it's to not be cynical But down, enjoy the view are called, chosen few That's the hip hop I in love with
Slow cook, dry rub, flame, let it sit That's the hip hop I fell in love That's the hip hop I fell in love That low marinate, the dry rub, gotta let it sit That's the hip hop I fell in with the hip hop I fell in love with
On that boom-bap dad back 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" Tainted love, mixed messages, curses and Like patience is a virtue, but I ain't to hurt you Like smoke is silly, but crack sales is kingly And the black man is god but if you try to touch the *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 crazy how a man you never met can influence you Like the music for you listen could shape how you raise your children Like crooked men with dope pens how I make my living Gang affiliation, how it a nation but That's the hip hop I in love with
That slow cook, that dry rub, marinate, let it sit That's the hip hop I in love with the hip hop I fell in love with That cook, that head nod, the neck brace, that stank face That's the hip hop I fell in with That's the hip hop I fell in with
Yeah, b-boy, p-noid, me and qya into your show like aché ate Destroy, deploy, eclectic low Sho' nuff up like "don't play, José" Take notes of fire hydrant of wokeness I the dopest emcees to stay bold, kid Heavy-handed pen stroke, been dope since down and ruined my hometown if I'm honest Me - just a boy, show me no pity, boy up, man up, the only rules of the committee On some climbing over to edge of the LA River And scribble the syllables the city were silly But we was all we had though, next door to the Between Florence 13 and This is how we grew 'em, hybrid hip-hop and True school 'em cause the one you enrolled in is ya of rhyme books, no hooks, that's for radio My favorite don't play no stadiums Outside the Palladium, the openers Only audible audience in awe and awkwardness Obvious we were too young but rap than guns kickflips, I don't hold semi-automatic clips They haggling for me to get a blue rag From my pocket, with the wrong crowd Stop it but that's the hip-hop I fell in with the hip-hop I threw my dubs with