A Love Letter To Hip Hop
Black Thought
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Beneath the flickering lamp post we dance Managing to keep the kick of the amp closer than What some refer to as the Spirito Santos That spanned days of Dapper Dan through June Ambrose The band made us clap our hands What came after was the scratch from the grand wizards and grand masters One topic of discussion was whose hands were faster Than a six train where the illest tags were plastered The pillars of a village at the origin of it Came to occupy the space of our eternal beloved This culture we constructed was determined to thug it And kept it rugged while the proverbial gates got flooded Cold-blooded, no budget, but we became raw to end the gang war Is what we started this thing for So were we kings or pursuing visions of grandeur When through the rhythm it was true religion we came towards When Sylvia Robinson became a hip hop mogul Who could've known we'd ever reach the tip top total Or how one common cause could become so noble That we be going exit through the gift shop global That gift that kept givin' us light and keeps givin' advice Took on a life of its own and keeps livin' We found strength in numbers many of whom were women like Sha-Rock and them who were there From the beginnin' is all rocks, they could never be kept in a vault There'd be no Kim or Nicki Minaj without Pepa-N-Salt I hope Cardi B and Megan thank Latifah and Light and L Boogie Super heroes who were eager to fight Before out entire lives became computerized We were back spinnin' in shell toes and Puma Clydes as we watched Some of our stars continue to rise up to Jupiter and Mars We learned to utilize our credentials And how to maximize the potential to build brands Laying a proper ground work's essential to go From Public Enemy to Tribe Called Quest To Jay-Z, Diddy, Pharrell, Drake, or Kanye West To where our world could be as free as Ron Artest In a place where no one else has got to sign our checks We made fortunes out of fame like Run and DMC When we came in the door like Ra' and Eric B To make somethin' outta nothin' And it's come to define a legacy more meaningful than just a moment in time The kind of brilliance we reveal instead of holdin' inside Ordained by God's the only way we know to describe If you rollin', let's ride, you're welcome to get in the car Be whoever you need to be but don't forget who you are You are a north star as black as my thoughts are It's true that back in the day they used to report How you were too black or too Latin, too tapped in, too from the hood But ever since we conquered Hollywood, it's been all good And it don't even really feel like it take long to get from a pay phone to Twitter You stay strong and diligent, great songs created the safe zone That Diddy's citizens rep in the name of they place zone They fit a set, it ain't where you ain't from It ain't where you was headed, it's where you at From here lookin' back, I say we did it, we made it, they hate it And said we were over and gone I feel it's the move to say we proved all of them wrong You got your money right, mind right We been in the limelight It's the joint till you on point all the time Fight, thug life, fan life, jet life, tramp life Do it for the 'Gram, SoundCloud, Bandcamp life Can't stop, won't stop, body rock Don't knock us, bolt lock Clock hangin' 'round the neck Show shot, tour stop, next joint to drop Gonna be more hot, pure pot Walk me to see if the corner store got the boogie down Break down, face down, take down H Brown, H Town bass Harlem Shake down, Cape Town Till the details of our escape down We was hungry but it's more than enough on the plate now 8 mile, Rosecrans, Ten Toes, both hands Peach Tree to Ninth Ward, in and out the psych ward Cos and POs and OGs and GOs The rights of passage that's passed down from the Griots In search of caption hear in the absence of egos Extraordinary ethos, TakeOff from the Migos We rose to become entire ecosystems It's wild to think about how long the people have listened now Fifty years down the line, we could spark this My eternal beloved hip hop is where our hearts live And that's word, I'm not the herb Understand what I'm saying, saying Saying, saying, saying
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