Hi Papi
If Hip-Hop is 50 years old
And I'm 45
That means I was introduced to Hip-Hop
When Hip-Hop was 5
When the curtain closes
They gon' be throwin' black roses
To the back of your Jordans
Hip-Hop ain't dead, your soul is frozen
I've been poured out, well poured out
Was locked in a mental prison till I broke out
I don't wanna talk about it
Just let the essence of my being
Free every living being
From the trap that was placed
By the man who wanted to dictate the race in the first place
So he's ultimately in first place
I've been enlightened
Struck in the head with a bolt of lightning
You're really bro
You gotta battle rap just to prove that you got flow
Back in the day, that wasn't the way we rolled
I gotta be honest with ya
It was about creativity and your flow
Not how many cars you got w/matching hoes
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the lettuce show
The music ain't dead, just know where to go
The music ain't dead
The music ain't dead
Hip-Hop ain't dead, it just got nowhere to go
After the lights, cameras, action, and the show stops
They just some regular dudes like me and you
No more hype and rap
I got a beef with cats to get a name
A chain, a little bit of fame
Everybody soundin' the same, how you value to the game
They take up space in all they verses
Nothin' to say and fill em up with curses
In all the interviews, talk about famo
I'm so focused, I took notice
Word you double-quoted, spit it like you own it
You want originality, you better throw the lettuce on it
Let em perform it, they're the performance
I'm high performance
8,888 horses
I had the same amount of losses
And that's when I lost it
One single bead of water comin' out of a broken faucet
Could change the direction of the Earth's orbit
They playin' themselves like Eddie Murphy, Norbit
Just know where to go
The music ain't dead, just know where to go
Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go
The music ain't dead, just know where to go
The music ain't dead
Go, go, go, go, go, go, go
Hip-hop ain't dead, it just got nowhere to go
The music ain't dead, just know where to go
The music ain't dead, just know where to go
The music ain't dead
Hip-hop ain't dead, it just got nowhere to go
The music ain't dead
The music ain't dead
It just got nowhere to go
Just know where to go
Just know where to go
Hip-hop ain't dead, it just got nowhere to go
The music ain't dead