Slow cook, dry rub, flame, let it sit That's the hip hop I fell in with That's the hip hop I fell in love the hip hop I fell in love with
Yeah, I fight to not write tracks from the vision, reversing syntax Win that, found a brother in Keytown He said a war don't a king It's what you do with the The ground crumbles at the of the humble But if you dope, you dope, just the pride way low That's the hip-hop I fell in with That's the I throw my dubs with robin a mic stomping Six exit east of not to be the old dude always screaming old-school Hating on the new dudes, knowing I school fools Instead of leveraging veteran status for they Ligaments itching like them kids coming to get me you finally reach pinnacle, it's hard to not be cynical But down, enjoy the view Many are called, few That's the hip hop I fell in love
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 the hip hop I fell in love with That's the hip hop I fell in with
On that dad back when my neighbor's dad Ran his truck through they living And they set the crib on fire "if I can't have you, no one can" Tainted love, mixed messages, and blesses patience is a virtue, but I ain't afraid to hurt you Like crack is silly, but crack sales is kingly And the man is god but if you try to touch the squad *pow* My uncle Charles got smoked by a reppin' Ghostown And I wish I known him My said he cold on that saxophone And why I love music It's 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 dope pens inspired how I make my living Gang affiliation, how it fascinated a 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 fell in with That slow cook, that head nod, the neck brace, 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 Roll into show like aché ate Destroy, deploy, fresh low Sho' nuff up like "don't play, José" Take of this fire hydrant of wokeness I inspire the dopest to stay bold, kid Heavy-handed pen stroke, been since Reaganomics Trickle down and my hometown if I'm honest Me - a city 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 the syllables the city thought were silly But we was all we had though, door to the vatos Between 13 and dieciocho is how we grew 'em, hybrid hip-hop and hoodlum True school 'em the one you enrolled in is failing ya Backpack of books, no hooks, that's for radio My favorite emcees don't play no Outside the Palladium, battling the Only audience stood in awe and awkwardness Obvious we were too young but better rap than Master kickflips, I don't hold semi-automatic haggling for me to get a blue rag dangling From my pocket, with the wrong crowd Stop it but that's the hip-hop I in love with the hip-hop I threw my dubs with