Slow cook, dry rub, flame, let it sit That's the hip hop I fell in with the hip hop I fell in love with That's the hip hop I fell in love
Yeah, I fight to not write diss Distracts from the vision, reversing Win that, found a brother battling in He said a war don't make a what you do with the crown The ground crumbles at the feet of the But if you dope, you dope, just keep the way low the hip-hop I fell in love with That's the hip-hop I throw my dubs Round robin a mic Six east of Compton Trying not to be the old dude always old-school Hating on the new dudes, knowing I could school Instead of leveraging veteran status for they Ligaments been itching like them coming to get me When you finally reach pinnacle, hard to not be cynical But down, enjoy the view Many are called, few That's the hip hop I fell in with
cook, dry rub, little flame, let it sit That's the hip hop I in love with That's the hip hop I fell in with That low marinate, the dry rub, gotta let it sit the hip hop I fell in love with That's the hip hop I fell in with
On that boom-bap dad back my neighbor's dad Ran his truck through living room And they set the crib on fire like "if I can't you, no one can" Tainted love, messages, curses and blesses Like patience is a virtue, but I ain't afraid to you Like crack smoke is silly, but crack sales is And the man is god but if you try to touch the squad *pow* My uncle Charles got smoked by a reppin' Ghostown And I wish I coulda him My granny said he cold on saxophone And why I love music crazy how a man you never met can influence you Like the music for which you listen could shape how you raise your Like crooked men with dope pens inspired how I make my Gang affiliation, how it a nation but That's the hip hop I fell in with
slow cook, that dry rub, marinate, gotta let it sit That's the hip hop I fell in love That's the hip hop I fell in love That slow cook, that nod, the neck brace, that stank face That's the hip hop I in love with That's the hip hop I in love with
Yeah, b-boy, p-noid, me and qya Roll into your show aché ate Destroy, deploy, eclectic low Sho' showed up like "don't play, José" Take of this fire hydrant of wokeness I the dopest emcees to stay bold, kid pen stroke, been dope since Reaganomics Trickle down and ruined my hometown if I'm Me - just a boy, show me no pity, boy Stand up, man up, the rules of the committee On some climbing over to edge of the LA River And scribble the syllables the city were silly But we was all we had though, next door to the Between 13 and dieciocho This is how we grew 'em, hybrid and hoodlum True 'em cause the one you enrolled in is failing ya Backpack of rhyme books, no hooks, that's for My favorite emcees don't play no Outside the Palladium, the openers audible audience stood in awe and awkwardness Obvious we too young but better rap than guns kickflips, I don't hold semi-automatic clips They haggling for me to get a blue rag From my pocket, tangling with the crowd Stop it but that's the hip-hop I fell in with That's the I threw my dubs with