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's the hip hop I in love with
Yeah, I fight to not diss tracks from the vision, reversing syntax Win that, found a brother battling in He a war don't make a king It's you do with the crown The ground crumbles at the of the humble But if you dope, you dope, just keep the way low the hip-hop I fell in love with That's the hip-hop I my dubs with Round a mic stomping Six exit of Compton Trying not to be the old dude always old-school on the new dudes, knowing I could school fools Instead of leveraging veteran for they betterment Ligaments itching like them kids coming to get me When you finally reach pinnacle, hard to not be cynical But slow down, the view are called, chosen few That's the hip hop I in love with
Slow cook, dry rub, flame, let it sit the hip hop I fell in love with That's the hip hop I in love with low flame marinate, the dry rub, gotta let it sit That's the hip hop I fell in love That's the hip hop I fell in with
On boom-bap dad back 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" Tainted love, mixed messages, and blesses Like patience is a virtue, but I ain't afraid to you Like crack smoke is silly, but crack sales is And the man is god but if you try to touch the squad *pow* My uncle Charles got by a bloke reppin' Ghostown And I I coulda known him My granny said he cold on saxophone And he's why I love crazy how a man you never met can influence you Like the music for which you listen could shape how you raise your Like crooked men dope pens inspired how I make my living affiliation, how it fascinated a nation but That's the hip hop I fell in with
That cook, that dry rub, marinate, gotta let it sit That's the hip hop I fell in love That's the hip hop I in love with That slow cook, that nod, the neck brace, that stank face That's the hip hop I fell in with That's the hip hop I fell in love
Yeah, b-boy, p-noid, me and qya Roll into your like aché ate Destroy, deploy, fresh low Sho' nuff showed up "don't play, José" Take notes of fire hydrant of wokeness I inspire the emcees to stay bold, kid Heavy-handed pen stroke, been dope Reaganomics Trickle down and ruined my hometown if I'm Me - just a boy, show me no pity, boy Stand up, man up, the only of the committee On climbing over fences to edge of the LA River And scribble the syllables the thought were silly But we was all we had though, next door to the Between 13 and dieciocho This is how we 'em, hybrid hip-hop and hoodlum True 'em cause the one you enrolled in is failing ya Backpack of books, no hooks, that's for radio My favorite emcees don't no stadiums Outside the Palladium, the openers Only audience stood in awe and awkwardness Obvious we were too but better rap than guns Master kickflips, I don't semi-automatic clips They haggling for me to get a 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 my dubs with