Baba Brinkman - Lit-Hop lyrics

This is just a linguistic attempt to achieve The effects of chemical ecstasy without the spiritual leprosy Or physical lethargy; it's lyrical lechery ‘Cause you feel it comin' on to you, so listen and see Why the mixin' of this delicate recipe is literally What I feel like I was born to do; yes indeed I'm bringin' the heat, but I'm givin' it that unique feelin' of intimacy MCs are dealin' with so many difficulties, like even illiteracy So listen to me, and if you only listen to criminals speak I'll flip it in Criminalese like Immortal Technique Turn off the television and read, you little freaks! ‘Cause lit-hop for me isn't just a figure of speech Sh-yeah, I live it and breath it; that's why I rap better than Jesus ‘Cause I'm so deep in this lyrical thesis, I feel like A religious extremist; yeah, you better believe it ‘Cause if I said it I mean it, unless it was facetious Well I seen this vision of Hip-Hop Once when I was dreamin' It was ressurected lost lyrical genius And as long as Lit-hop is breathin' I'm still believin' Well I seen this vision of Lit-hop Once when I was dreamin' It was ressurected lost lyrical genius And as long as Hip-hop is breathin' I'm still believin' You wanna know how I started this lit-hop chronicle? I went to a lot of shows, and I thought hip-hop was so ironical When I saw so many wannabe MCs all tryin' to go After the same kinda cars and clothes and hoes and marijuana smoke And I thought NOOO! I wanna go, I wanna go to Enga-laaand! And I heard a whole lotta people Whingin' on the subject of hip-hop changin' And it wasn't the same as back in the day and I thought to myself, hey Bring it on! ‘Cause I don't complain about changes Some rap crews is tryin' to go back to the roots of the people they hang with I'm just tryin' to go back to the roots of my language, and that's English I had to flip the script ‘cause I got sick of rap that's brainless MCs claim intellectual when they've never read a textbook And educated professors never wrote a s**y hook So they remain ineffectual and never get successful And you now you're listenin' to the only one who's ever repped both Well I chose To leave rap alone and get a Master's So I could capture the most cinematic scope And that's when it turned into a fashion show Well this is the antidote And I don't wanna teach any cla**es after shows I just want put a coupl of cla**ic quotes in my tracks And maybe let the ma**es know How to challenge the status quo Well I seen this vision of Hip-Hop Once when I was dreamin' It was ressurected lost lyrical genius And as long as Lit-hop is breathin' I'm still believin' Well I seen this vision of Lit-hop Once when I was dreamin' It was ressurected lost lyrical genius And as long as Hip-hop is breathin' I'm still believin' Credits