Slow cook, dry rub, flame, let it sit That's the hip hop I fell in love That's the hip hop I fell in with That's the hip hop I in love with
Yeah, I fight to not diss tracks Distracts the vision, reversing syntax Win that, a brother battling in Keytown He a war don't make a king It's what you do with the The ground crumbles at the feet of the But if you dope, you dope, just keep the way low That's the hip-hop I in love with That's the I throw my dubs with Round a mic stomping Six east of Compton Trying not to be the old dude screaming old-school Hating on the new dudes, knowing I could school Instead of leveraging veteran status for they been itching like them kids coming to get me When you finally reach pinnacle, it's hard to not be But slow down, enjoy the Many are called, few That's the hip hop I fell in love
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On that boom-bap dad back my neighbor's dad Ran his through they living room And they set the crib on fire "if I can't have you, no one can" Tainted love, mixed messages, curses and Like patience is a virtue, but I afraid to hurt you Like crack smoke is silly, but crack is kingly And the black man is god but if you try to touch the *pow* My uncle Charles got smoked by a reppin' Ghostown And I wish I known him My granny he cold on that saxophone And he's why I music It's how a man you never met can influence you Like the music for which you listen could how you raise your children Like crooked men with dope pens inspired how I make my affiliation, how it fascinated a nation but That's the hip hop I fell in love
That slow cook, 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 the hip hop I fell in love with That's the hip hop I fell in with
Yeah, b-boy, p-noid, me and qya Roll into your like aché ate Destroy, deploy, eclectic low Sho' showed up like "don't play, José" Take of this fire hydrant of wokeness I inspire the emcees to stay bold, kid Heavy-handed pen stroke, dope since Reaganomics Trickle and ruined my hometown if I'm honest Me - a city boy, show me no pity, boy up, man up, the only rules of the committee On some climbing over fences to edge of the LA And scribble the the city thought were silly But we was all we had though, door to the vatos Florence 13 and dieciocho This is how we grew 'em, hip-hop and hoodlum True school 'em cause the one you enrolled in is ya of rhyme books, no hooks, that's for radio My favorite emcees don't no stadiums Outside the Palladium, the openers Only audible audience stood in awe and Obvious we were too but better rap than guns Master kickflips, I don't semi-automatic clips They haggling for me to get a rag dangling my pocket, tangling with the wrong crowd Stop it but that's the I fell in love with That's the hip-hop I my dubs with