Journey of an Artform

Hip Hop Hip Hop Hip Hop Hip Hop They used to do it out in the park Hip Hop Hip Hop Hip Hop Hip Hop How it all got started way back when Hip Hop Hip Hop Hip Hop Hip Hop They used to do it out in the park Hip Hop Hip Hop Hip Hop Hip Hop How it all got started way back when Reminiscing in a dark room over some Jack D Feels like I'm floating adrift on the Black Sea Thoughts running on my mind like a track meet Tracing it back to when the artform was fresh y'all Yes y'all shout out to Grand Master Caz Salute only the real heads know the truth In the booth Cold Crush and Kurtis Blow Damaging the microphone and rocking every show B-Boys spinning on the pavement (oohh) Memorex 90 minute mixtapes hustle and flow Trivial fill in the gap only if you know Here we go, I can't live without my (Radio) Flashback when it wasn't about dough But the culture had to grow and done a new appearance Cut throat measures in form of a sample clearance But the artform lived despite the interference Hip Hop Hip Hop Hip Hop Hip Hop They used to do it out in the park Hip Hop Hip Hop Hip Hop Hip Hop How it all got started way back when Hip Hop Hip Hop Hip Hop Hip Hop They used to do it out in the park Hip Hop Hip Hop Hip Hop Hip Hop How it all got started way back when Listen hey we didn't have a snowballs chance Wild style beat street the bri-the break dance Krush groove got me in a B-boy stance Levi pants addidas no laces Run DMC got play on daily basis And Hip Hop started having mainstream faces Weathered the storm and saw many phases From pro black to the beads and the kente To the whips and the chains kunta kinte Then it became the in thing to talk politics Studied the 5 Percenters, Supreme mathematics I use to keep vinyl just for the graphics In the golden era became a rap addict After school kicking verses like a bad habit Right now I feel it's losing it's magic Word to Nas Hip Hop is dead and that's tragic Hip Hop Hip Hop Hip Hop Hip Hop They used to do it out in the park Hip Hop Hip Hop Hip Hop Hip Hop How it all got started way back when Hip Hop Hip Hop Hip Hop Hip Hop They used to do it out in the park Hip Hop Hip Hop Hip Hop Hip Hop How it all got started way back when Hip Hop Hip Hop Hip Hop Hip Hop They used to do it out in the park Hip Hop Hip Hop Hip Hop Hip Hop How it all got started way back when Hip Hop Hip Hop Hip Hop Hip Hop How it all got started way back when Yeah, I'm not saying that the music shouldn't evolve But yo man let's make some good music Its Hip Hop Peace