[Intro] Yo do me a favor (what?) Accidentally step on your white sunglasses...we don't wear those over here This is Hip Hop This is Carhartt jackets, Timberland boots unlaced This is Champion hoodies, chicken wings and french fries R.I.P pieces on the handball court This is us still fighting police brutality This is Hip Hop!
[Joell Ortiz] I ain't tryin' to bring New York back I'm just a breath of fresh air That good ole' New York rap Slick talk to the track C'mon who brought that To the game Graffiti all on the train Get up your name I don't feel how I used to feel I'm in my 20's So a new Nas joint used to give me the chills In the barbershop tryin to cop a new hot tape The Rob Lowe's is crazy The doowops greatest, Hip Hop(Hip Hop) And yes I'm a fan first If you from the South finger-snap til' your hands hurt If you from the West W's in the air If you from the East coast act like you from here The good ole' two-step The classic head nod The thirsty ice grill Who wants to get robbed?(robbed) That was the energy in the club On the real, that was the energy that I loved
[Chorus] Aww, man, this is (Hip Hop) Hands up if you forever a fan of (Hip Hop) I wake up (Hip Hop) Go to sleep (Hip Hop) Dream bout (Hip Hop) Cause I am (Hip Hop) Aww, man, this is (Hip Hop) Hands up if you forever a fan of (Hip Hop) I wake up (Hip Hop) Go to sleep (Hip Hop) Dream bout (Hip Hop) Cause I am (Hip Hop)
[Joell Ortiz] I ain't tryin make you dance I just rip beats But the soul in my voice give you quick feet I don't know what it's like to not dig deep When I'm holdin' this mic, I don't just speak pip squeeks The tides come in and the Earth shakes 200 mph winds I'm your worst fate Birthdate: July 6,1980 How can your age even matter when you rhyme this crazy? Awww, man, I gotta think the Lord Cause with this pen in my hand I don't think that hard It just happens Wrist action, classic in the making I kick back, and just laugh I'm happy I'm amazing Look at me, gaze into my eyes, see the poverty Now understand why me and this music gotta be It's something that's inside of me And I can't shake it So I embrace it And let ya'll taste it
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[Joell Ortiz] Something happened to my body when that track's smokin' Yall swim all wild on the beat, I be backsrokin' I'm the best and my fans'll second that notion I'll be the last man standing with my back broken Crack open a couple of forties celebrating and shit My competition man they squarer than the H3 I run circles around them like the "???" and turn a little buzz into "yo whatever happened" so don't play b I ain't talkin shit, I just got an awful gift That'll make your office doors get stiff, they won't open So no braggin' and no boastin' while I'm hungry Matter fact don't do that when I got a lot of money Yup! I'm feeling myself that's damn right You gotta step in that ring listen I'll pound Mike You gotta step on that court like I could hold down Mike The way I step on the stage and have the whole crowd like