DJ Premier - Hip Hop lyrics

[Hook] I know my streets, I know my sounds Y'all know my beats, how I get down I take my steps, and leaps and bounds n***a it's (hip hop) [Verse 1] Yeah, yeah, we started from nothing a couple MC's Beat-boxin, the crowd in the lunch room Me and Preem, both names go together Like they ain't supposed to be separate like D&D I said it before, I rep in records beats At the Headqcourterz, rest in peace n***a I'mma hold shotty, and knock you out And I ain't gotta know Karate like Afu-Ra It's hip hop, strong or not This is rap basketball, stats all you got Long as you hot, and your flow can hold up To knowing all of your short goals is long shots! Ninety percent of you n***as ain't hard Here just to get a rep, you not Gang Starrs The finest flow will amaze Rap without me is The Source minus the Quotable page [Hook] Hip hop is everything around you (No competition) Back to the voice, of today (It's real in the field) What's realer than hip hop? I know my streets, I know my sound Y'all know my beats, how I get down I take my steps, and leaps and bounds, n***a it's hip hop [Verse 2] Rhythmic, league come on with it, I'm long winded I will diss you, from long distances You will not get the chance, like Choppa Ness and Dylan, to disrespect, who you don't listen to Egg in the sk**et brain, n***a, this is you Smarten up, every person in the Earth Be harden up but the only target is us It's hip hop cars and trucks, I be dreaming about sh**, like having a hard time swinging On a n***a, or squeezing a trigger or falling, if I land, I won't wake up My six shot model, ya crew I'm leavin ya mommy faces blue, like a Hpnotiq bottle They feel you the realer, you spit This k**er sh** is hearin us Healin you if you ill or you sick mentally [Hook] It's - HIP HOP! is everything around you {*scratched - "Gotta be something for me to write this"*} Back to the voice, of today {*scratched - "No talent rappers"*} What's realer than - HIP HOP! I know my streets, I know my sounds Y'all know my beats, how I get down I take my steps, and leaps and bounds n***a it's - HIP HOP! [Verse 3] More venom, 5'9 is like a G5 Illest lyrics is stored in him Chorus is k**ing, any warrior feeling That I ain't God - Lord willing Trust me, after I crush ya building You will just hush, you won't restore the village We look toward wit k**ing, real Though this album is mor-bidly feeling to steel HIP HOP! - fu*k your feelings More rappers dying, much more k**ing It's no feeling, realer than gambling ya life Everyday, and waking up to more dealings Fourteen k**ings, compared to offshore millions Equals, I got a lot more villians You know that you easily lose, you be on MTV News For the first time, because you died over [Hook] HIP HOP! is everything around you {*scratched - "Come alive y'all"*} Back to the voice, of today {*scratched - "It's all in the game"*} What's realer than - HIP HOP! I know my streets, I know my sounds Y'all know my beats, how I get down I take my steps, and leaps and bounds n***a it's - HIP HOP!