Slow cook, dry rub, flame, let it sit That's the hip hop I fell in with That's the hip hop I in love with That's the hip hop I fell in love
Yeah, I to not write diss tracks from the vision, reversing syntax Win that, a brother battling in Keytown He a war don't make a king what you do with the crown The ground crumbles at the of the humble But if you dope, you dope, just the pride way low That's the I fell in love with That's the hip-hop I my dubs with Round robin a mic Six east of Compton Trying not to be the old always screaming old-school Hating on the new dudes, I could school fools of leveraging veteran status for they betterment Ligaments been itching them kids coming to get me When you finally pinnacle, it's hard to not be cynical But slow down, 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 with That's the hip hop I in love with That low flame marinate, the dry rub, let it sit That's the hip hop I fell in with That's the hip hop I in love with
On boom-bap dad back when my neighbor's dad Ran his through they living room And they set the crib on fire "if I can't 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 smoked by a bloke Ghostown And I I coulda known him My said he cold on that saxophone And he's why I music It's how a man you never met can influence you Like the music for which you could shape how you raise your children Like crooked men with dope inspired how I make my living affiliation, how it fascinated 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 fell in love That's the hip hop I in love with That slow cook, that head nod, the neck brace, that face That's the hip hop I fell in with the hip hop I fell in love with
Yeah, b-boy, p-noid, me and qya Roll into your show like ate Destroy, deploy, eclectic low Sho' nuff up like "don't play, José" notes of this fire hydrant of wokeness I inspire the 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 Stand up, man up, the rules 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 to the vatos Between 13 and dieciocho This is how we grew 'em, hybrid hip-hop and True school 'em the one you enrolled in is failing ya Backpack of rhyme books, no hooks, that's for 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 hold semi-automatic clips They for me to get a blue rag dangling From my pocket, tangling with the wrong Stop it but that's the hip-hop I fell in with the hip-hop I threw my dubs with