Substantial - My Favorite Things lyrics

[Hook: Steph] MCs kick rhymes to beats or acapella Graf artists tagging year round through all weather Our culture's evolving what next will it bring Hip-hop is one of my favorite things DJ's b-boys and b-girls are so clever They called it a fad but we're hip-hop forever We love our culture to it we shall cling Hip-hop is one of my favorite things [Verse 1: Substantial] Hip-Hop culture a way of life that's preyed on by vultures To fatten up their pockets some really thought they'd stop it And called it a fad all to the bad when you dissing they're way of life Son is a trip bu*ton your lip peep what I say tonight See it started in the South Bronx but this brother here's from Maryland Home of Mambo sauce and emcees who be shining like sterling That's a whole ‘nother song moving along back to the subject H-I-P to the H-O-P man I love it It consist of four elements some say five or more If you didn't know that until now what the hell you rhyming for There's breaking & rhyming, deejaying & graf I add on beatboxing because I practice that craft Like (beatbox) it's crucial When you ain't got a beat in the cipher it's quite useful Then there was breaking see I stopped that quite early Didn't like the idea that some dance moves could hurt me But still find popping and locking to be mad nice Just now all my energy is used only to grab mics And rock rock on to the dawn of early morning Still do graffiti just took my moms warning And kept it on the paper to avoid central booking But to hell with jail I was more scared of bu*t whuppings Now I'm a grown man with hip-hop still way up in me And I'll love it for life even if I never see one penny [Hook: Steph] MCs kick rhymes to beats or acapella Graf artists tagging year round through all weather Our culture's evolving what next will it bring Hip-hop is one of my favorite things DJ's b-boys and b-girls are so clever They called it a fad but we're hip-hop forever We love our culture to it we shall cling Hip-hop is one of my favorite things [Verse 2: Substantial] See an ignorant man made a statement that's so wrong When he said rap music is an oxymoron True most of us don't sing some curse when they're rapping Some of us use sample and others utilize scratching But it's still all music stop judging and listen Some of the joints you don't like were the best songs ever written No genre that was conjured has accomplished what rap has Filled with brilliant poets who you thought just rap fast And that's sad, only heard when using curse words Racial slurs and calling women out of their name And they claim that our graffiti isn't real art Like they rule the art world please tell me when did this start See art is opinion only techniques have guidelines Smarter than what yall think and I haven't even reached my prime Don't try to diss breaking see I find that quite funny I peeped yall in time square giving breakers yall money ‘Cause you know you love it from our clothes to our lingo That's why most trends start with us blacks and latinos Don't take that as a diss ‘cause I'm telling you that it's not All kinds of people have contributed to hip-hop Making my culture more beautiful than it's ever been Hip-hop heads worldwide from Japanese to Mexican Taking me places I've never been, peace to the veterans Swear on my life it will never end [Hook: Steph] MCs kick rhymes to beats or acapella Graf artists tagging year round through all weather Our culture's evolving what next will it bring Hip-hop is one of my favorite things DJ's b-boys and b-girls are so clever They called it a fad but we're hip-hop forever We love our culture to it we shall cling Hip-hop is one of my favorite things [Bridge: Steph] Whether I rock mics in the spotlight Or remain underground Hip-hop will still be my favorite thing As long as the earth's still round