Song Description
the song questioned the current state of hip hop music
| Song Length |
3:43 |
Genre |
Rap - Hip Hop, Rock - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Subject |
Encouragement, Evolution |
Similar Artists |
D'Angelo, Tribe Called Quest |
| Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
Chorus:
Whatever happened to this hip hop music
Back in the days we communicated thru it
Voice of the people under priviledged music
But nowadays we just mock and abuse it
Verse:
They call her hip hop/ And she's been rocking since the days of my youth/from beatboxing pop-locking on the train, now shuffling shoes/in a world confused by the synchopated beats and blues/my common sense used to love her/like ladies love needed her too/and now we live in the lost days of chicken noodle soup/ass shaking like laffy taffy as time pass we/don't excel but regress/lost the love & finesse/like the tribe without a quest/underwater no vest, we're drowning, clowning in our degradation/ the voice of a generation lost/while the false government pays the cost to stay boss/let us floss in the grand illusion/keep us hypnotized by our own pollution/they plan holocaust is a true solution/their games our lives, war's retribution/rules of a grand chessboard sacrifice/lost life for the sake of a king & queen/humanity greed for the need/of false power fueling dreams/abuse our music for their petty schemes/stupidity and ignorance we fiend/for the lust of the c.r.e.a.m.
Chorus 2X
Verse:
We went from gold to platinum & back again/progression towards freedom now oppressed again/sacrifice our art for the price of fame/but when the disaster strikes they say hip hop's the blame/they did the same thing to rock, dont forget about jazz/critics too critical, life is change not past/what if kool herc didnt exist?/would will still have the time to debate, who the greatest rapper is?/or even entertain the thoughts that still remain/is hip hop still alive or dead?/slain from the pain/of congested expression, due to our misdirection/cause we never took the time to stop/to peep our reflection/of what we're projecting, to the youth no protection/because we like it raw disregard who's infected/let this be a blessing, peep the jewel in this lesson/and ask yourself again, ask yourself
Chorus 2x
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