Shear Genius Productions - Dear Hip Hop (ID, Ego, Superego) lyrics

Chorus: I don't want to lose ya Can't live my life without you I don't want to lose ya Cuz I know I couldn't make it without I don't want to lose ya Can't live my life without you I don't want to lose ya Cuz I know I couldn't make it without Verse 1: Dear Hip Hop Or Whom It May Concern I just want to see my voice get heard I just want to see my pain unlearned We can't help these Streets we were tossed in My survival was awesome Yeah, my pride's an obstacle But how could you blame me Before they front paged me Their hate for me was crazy Before these streets made me A product of this game The ‘80s made my n***as baby products of c**aine And I promised if I made it in this game I would never let ‘em take from me again I would never be the same I would always be a man I would always be the man to voice their suffering and pain I would never claim king Cuz to me it's like a brotherhood They hate me here at home But they love me in every other hood You can hate me But forget me not Here's a letter to the love of my life Dear Hip Hop! (*Sing it!) Chorus: I don't want to lose ya Can't live my life without you I don't want to lose ya Cuz I know I couldn't make it without I don't want to lose ya Can't live my life without you I don't want to lose ya Cuz I know I couldn't make it without Verse 2: Dear Hip Hop You misunderstood me You act like you ain't come from the hood B You ain't like you ain't leaves to our woodtree Like you ain't the soundtrack to our movie Explain to me how could this be When we gave you flight like a frisbee How could you turn around and forget we? How could you turn around and forget me? Like I ain't day one Hip Hop I thought you was listening See you can't fool us Cuz we was really there Your first block party For those that really care You talk about elements We talk about elements The elements of hell cuz where we live ain't heaven-sent I grew up with no ends that's why I'm in this Benz And we all starved together That's why we all friends ...You can hate me But forget me not Here's a letter to the love of my life Dear Hip Hop! (*Sing it!) Chorus: I don't want to lose ya Can't live my life without you I don't want to lose ya Cuz I know I couldn't make it without I don't want to lose ya Can't live my life without you I don't want to lose ya Cuz I know I couldn't make it without Verse 3: You throw s**er punches at me And I just roll with them You looking at the hood 2K Paul Robeson Basquiat with a ring tone Gibran of the sing songs They prayed for me to be born So ASHES could bring it home Seattle, I brought it back And you can reject that But it wouldn't be fact If I forgot the trap And why would I do that They love me cuz I care We share the same diary So they say word to when hear And I love all my peers Though they shun me with disdain And judge me character Cuz they don't understand this pain I'm fed up with this game But I don't write for yall I write to make it right the inner-cities And fight for all The single parent mothers Incarcerated brothers The babies with no fathers Whose teachers ain't even bother You can hate me But forget me not Here's a letter to the love of my life Dear Hip Hop (*Sing it!) Chorus: I don't want to lose ya Can't live my life without you I don't want to lose ya Cuz I know I couldn't make it without I don't want to lose ya Can't live my life without you I don't want to lose ya Cuz I know I couldn't make it without © Shear Genius Publishing ™SmG, Music, LLC