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