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Ode to Hip Hop!
So funky, like old crusty toes exposed in flip-flops!
50 years in the making,
Shakin’ ‘em up, breakin’ ‘em up, all yours for the taking
They love the taste, but hate how it’s made, like bacon!
Anything is possible with a M.C., DJ, graffiti, and cardboard on the floor
Rushing the door
Because they won’t just let us in, please insert your…
Favorite luxury car and brand of vodka or gin
What’s beef?
Blinged out with a mouth full of gold teeth
Sucker MCs can’t even compete with these… rhymes
Remember the times?
When you heard the latest jawn’ first drop on your favorite radio station?
Popped in a cassette and pressed record with no time wasting?
Callin’ errbody into the room
Soon, booties started shaking and moving all around!
You got nods and daps for the new song that you just found!
Rock the party party, and you don’t stop!
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire, y’all, this is Hip Hop!
(No not really, that’s just an metaphor)
The party won’t stop, cuz we’re on an award tour
Just give me all of the prizes, cuz I’m the nicest
Yesterday’s prices ain’t today’s prices!
We been overcharging the industry, for what they did to the Cold Crush
Companies made billions, while the artists mostly went bankrupt!
Hustlers about they paper, made ways out of no way
Turning lemons and oranges into lemonade and some OJ!
Now everywhere you go, and all that you see and hear
Is our culture being exploited hypnotizing every eye, soul, and ear!
Superbowl commercials, fashion, even our lingo
Next time you consume mainstream media, just play a game of Hip Hop BINGO!
