Hip Hop

Used to bump the old school shit, you know the classics,

Black Star's debut album, RD Jay, and Illmatic,

the Marshall Mathers LP and we had Straight Outta Compton,

way before I knew addition had the new edition copy,

the Wu Tang Clan's 36 Chambers, that was a dream,

'cause we bumped that Method Man, Chessboxin', and C.R.E.A.M.,

and Mobb Deep was runnin' shook ones, they was meant for this

you all know my homies, they were runnin', coppin' Infamous,

that Rakim, AZ, Nas, and Kool G Rap multis was changin' us,

Big Pun and Big L's Lifestylez ov Da Poor and Dangerous,

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, Paid In Full, and Liquor Swords,

it takes A Nation of Millions, Public Enemy would spit it raw,

Low End Theory, Beats, Rhymes, and Life, Midnight Marauders,

Electric Relaxation, People's Travel started the slaughter,

De La Soul, 5 Feet High and Rising, brought if back dawg,

The Roots, Things Fall Apart, my favorite was Black Thought,

kickin' shit, deeper meaning expressed, R.A. The Rugged Man,

lyrics, couldn't understand, still didn't pop rubber bands

 

Cypress Hill, Insane in the Brain, changed the game,

became the greatest group ever, never will remain the same,

Jeru the Damaja and Naughty by Nature had a name,

The Fugees, Lauryn Hill rocked the mic and Big Daddy Kane,

took us through that shit with the straight fire, plus LL,

released the classics and would later go on to rock the bells,

OutKast, Andre and Big Boi gave a name to the South,

released Aquemini, Stankonia, since they opened their mouth,

there was a flood of emcees tryna hop on and bite the style,

that shit was way ahead of time, had emcees runnin' miles,

on The Road to Riches, KRS and BDP, and Ready to Die,

and listened to Doggystyle when Snoop Dogg was puffin' lye,

the West Coast too, E-40 and them made the hardest music,

fuck the police, Ice Cube and gangsta rap made me do it,

of course we can't forget the greatest of all time,

Tupac Shakur gave voice to all the masses with his rhymes,

Doctor Dre and them gave birth to gangsta rap, and it flourished,

and Common made this shit too, back then hip hop was nourished

 

Around the same time people opened tapes to dub shit,

and rappers started selling out to make a few club hits,

the underground conscious scene began, you can't doubt it,

that they kept us fully alive and the others knew nothin' 'bout it,

that was a blessing in disguise like Jamaicans getting high,

speaking of which I'm just now bumpin that new Masterminds,

and Ricky took it through, The Devil Is A Lie,

and Weezy's gonna drop Tha Carter 5, We Alright, Thug Cry,

and Sanctified, niggas got they pockets fat, overweight,

they sayin' "fuck the mainstream" this era is a golden age,

we still got emcees who spread hip hop and I thank 'em,

but in no specific order, man, here is how I rank 'em,

we got Joey Bada$$ and man, he'll soon be a star,

A$AP Rocky, Drake, Big K.R.I.T., and we got Kendrick Lamar,

Big Sean, Kanye West, Meek Mill, and we got Diabolic,

Jay Electronica and Earl Sweatshirt still have got it,

hip hop changed the world forever, and it brought a new light,

and we'll keep goin' back to Kool Herc, turntables and mic