Remember hip-hop?
Do you really?
Do you?
Before this rap sh**
Yo I was strugglin, jugglin, hustlin, bubblin, doing what I had to
Before this rap sh**
It was by any means getting that cream even if I had to blast you
Before this rap sh**
Yo it was me and my brothers and so many others just out to get this chedda baby
Before this rap sh**
Yo I was plottin and scammin or rockin a scam whatever made it better baby
Before this rap sh**
Yo I had hopes and dreams of publishing schemes of money off of every unit
Before this rap sh**
It was just hip-hop and gettin yo pops not every f**in body doin it
Before this rap sh**
There wasn't no word wars or any conferences, but now this sh** is like a f**in circus
Before this rap sh**
It was all about game and makin a name but now, what's the f**in purpose?
Before this rap sh**
It wasn't all about crime
Before this rap sh**
Yo it was all about rhymes
Before this rap sh**
It was about shapin the time, now it ain't about sh**, the industry rapin you mind
Put down your mic
You lost your whole goal
You take it too seriously like it's a gamble
You take it too seriously like it's a gamble
Rap is something ya do, hip-hip is something ya live / well let me tell ya
[2x]
Before this rap sh**
I was a s**a for love, a s**a for clubs, the only cat I f**ed with was thug
Before this rap sh**
n***as was gansta for real and gangsta for life but now n***as is gangstas with deals
Before this rap sh**
Had something to do with movin ya crew this music was all for you
Before this rap sh**
n***as was fightin for you, weren't liking it too, and now it's like, "Who's writin for you?"
Before this rap sh**
Life wasn't fare but n***as ain't care, man, whatever kept ya hands in the air
Before this rap sh**
Dog, it was all about vibe what n***as was live, whatever helped the music survive
Before this rap sh**
It wasn't was he seem it was what was he sound like, and f** him if he didn't sound right
And yo this rap sh**
It's straight driving me nuts, studio ganstas and video s*uts f**in me up
Man, this rap sh**
Put down your mic
You lost your whole goal
You take it too seriously like it's a gamble
You take it too seriously like it's a gamble
Rap is something ya do, hip-hip is something ya live / well let me tell ya
[2x]
After this rap sh**
Yo I'ma go the f** home and move the f** on and watch my newest youngin be born
After this rap sh**
Yo I'ma count my dough, stack my flow, get money so my kids can grow
After this rap sh**
I'ma retire a legend and chill with my brethren sit on corner smokin my medicine
After this rap sh**
All of ya'll can s** my a**, and buy all of my full albums but don't touch my cash
After this rap sh**
When I'm done and got nothing to write about I'ma a leave y'all fake thug n***as to fight it out
This rap sh**
Put down your mic
You lost your whole goal
You take it too seriously like it's a gamble
Put down your mic
You lost your whole goal
You take it too seriously like it's a gamble
Put down your mic
You lost your whole goal
You take it too seriously like it's a gamble
You take it too seriously like it's a gamble
Rap is something ya do, hip-hip is something ya live
You take it too seriously like it's a gamble
Record companies out there throw rap on the wall -- know very little about -- and figure what sticks is it and what don't, don't be it