[Intro - Will.I.Am] + (Nas) Hip hop Hip hop (Ugh!) Is dead (Had to flip this track again, yall!) Hip-hip hop Hip hop (Ugh!) Is dead Hip-hip hop (Ugh!) Hip-hip hop...is dead (NYC! Dirty South!) Hip-hip hop (West Coast!) Hip hop (Midwest!) Hip hop (Lets go!)
[Chorus - Nas] If hip hop should die before I wake Ill put an extended clip inside of my AK Roll to every station, murder the DJ! Roll to every station, murder the DJ! If hip hop should die before I wake Ill put an extended clip inside of my AK Roll to every station, murder the DJ! Roll to every station, murder the DJ!
[Will.I.Am] Hip hop just died this mornin And shes dead, shes dead
[Verse 1 – Nas] Yeah, people smoke, chill, party, and die in the same corner Get cash, live fast, body their mans mama Quick fast, trigger fingers, on the llama Revenge in their eyes, Hennessy and the ganja Word to the wise with villain state of minds Grindin, hittin Brazilian dimes from behind Grindin, hittin Brazilian dimes from behind (Grindin, hittin Brazilian dimes from behind) Whenever, if ever, I roll up, its sown up Any ghetto will tell ya, Nas helped grow us up My face once graced promotional Sony trucks Hundred million and billin, I helped blow em up Gave my man my right, I could have went left So like my girl Foxy, the kid went Def/deaf So people, whos your top ten? Is it MC Shan? Is it MC Ren?
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[Bridge - Will.I.Am] Hip hop just died this mornin And shes dead, shes dead
[Verse 2 - Nas] The bigger the cap, the bigger the peelin Come through, something ill, missin the ceilin What influenced my raps? Stick-ups and killings Kidnappings, project buildings, drug dealings Criticize that, why is that? Cuz Nas rap is compared to legitimized crap Cuz we love to talk on nasty chickens Most intellectuals will only half listen So you cant blame jazz musicians Or David Stern with his NBA fashion issues Oh, I they like me, in my white tee You cant ice me – we here for life, B! On my second marriage, hip hops my first wifey And for that, we not takin it lightly If hip hop should die, we die together Bodies in the morgue lie together All together now!
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[Bridge - Will.I.Am] Hip hop just died this mornin Hip hop just died this mornin Hip hop just died this mornin And shes dead, shes dead
{*Beats stops*)
(*Crowd chants "Hip hop!" before and during all of Verse 3*)
[Verse 3 – Nas] Everybody sound the same, commercialize the game Reminiscin when it wasnt all business It forgot where it started So we all gather here for the dearly departed Hip-hopper since a toddler One homeboy became a man, then a mobster If it dies, let me get my last swig of Vodka R.I.P., well donate your lungs to a rasta! (*Beats starts up again*) Went from turntables to MP3s From "Beat Street" to commercials on Mickey Ds From gold cables to Jacobs From plain facials to Botox and face lifts Im lookin over my shoulder Its about eighty people from my hood that showed up And they came to show love Sold out concert and the doors are closed shut A.G. THE BEST