I do it for hip hop
I do it for hip hop
Yeah, I do it for hip hop
Now this is what they call poetry in motion
My soul bleeds on the paper, heart screams with emotion
This my daily devotion that verses stay deeper than the ocean
So hip hop you owe me a promotion
Yeah, I do a little boastin and braggin
Whats all the commotion and naggin about
Cause Im still the champ in the south
Cause rappers get in the booth and I keep draggin them out
Where they fired and these pink slips I keep handin them out
Cause this is Theater of the Mind, consider it a sign
Of whats to come next, my moneys just fine
Bank filled with dump cheques
Terrorist threat flow, proceed to drop bombs like Mr Funk Flex
But I dont do it for the money, I do it from the heart
Ill do it with the beatbox, I did it from the start
Ill do it for the DJs, Ill do it for the charts
The Van Gogh flow, Luda do it cause its art
I do it for the fans, I do it on command
I do it for the front row, I do it for the stands
I spit it for the hood, I do it for the block
And since nine years old, I did it for hip hop
I dont do it for the cars and the fancy drops
I do it for hip hop
I do it for hip hop
I do it for hip hop
And I dont do it for the chains and the flashin rocks
I do it for hip hop
I do it for hip hop
I do it for hip hop
They say Im so low key, Im socially awkward
Only niggas who really know me, who I talk with
They smile in the light, hate in the dark
You call it beef, to me its just a fuckin walk in the park
Because you are who you are when nobody is lookin
Thats who you are, so when the cash and cars is gone
The day after tomorrow dont be askin to borrow
Ski maskin it hard like the way you rap in your bars
I could ride on you and whoever, devise new endeavors
Im as live as hive full of predators
Twenty thousands different species of bees
Some half poisonous sting, some just pollinatin leafs
Its just like rap, some will buzz some will attack
Compromisin own life in fact
Sixteen years since my first sixteen, pardon the rest of my niggas
But Im the best whoever did it
I dont do it for the cars and the fancy drops
I do it for hip hop
Yeah, I do it for hip hop
I do it for hip hop
And I dont do it for the chains and the flashin rocks
Why we do it kid? I do it for hip hop
Yeah, I do it for hip hop
I do it for hip hop
Hip hop started out in the park
We used to do it to avoid the Narcs
I used to do it so the homeboy
Clark can get the fuck off my back
While I knocked off these packs
I used to rap to impress my friends
The past of time when I was gettin it in
Just so happens Im so illegal with the pen
They aint want me to do anythin illegal again
I lost a lot of dawgs to these streets
I got Grammy awards on these beats
Thank God for Cool Herc
Without this shit I probably wouldve got murked
Shout out to Grandmaster Flash and the cash and even Jaz bum ass
Hip hop helped me wash my rocks
These other rappers couldnt wash my socks
Thats why I took the number one slot
The realest shit in rap comes from my voice box
Lord knows when I was on my clock
I probably never wouldve stopped
Thank God for hip hop
I dont do it for the cars and the fancy drops
I do it for hip hop
I do it for hip hop
I do it for hip hop
And I dont do it for the chains and the flashin rocks
Come on, I do it for hip hop
I do it for hip hop
I do it for hip hop
Now this is what they call poetry in motion
Now this is what they call poetry in motion
Now this is what they call poetry in motion
I do it for the fans
Now this is what they call poetry in motion
I do it for the front row, I do it for the stands
Now this is what they call poetry in motion
I dont do it for the cars and the fancy drops
I do it for hip hop
I do it for hip hop
I do it for hip hop
And I dont do it for the chains and the flashin rocks
I do it for hip hop
I do it for hip hop
I do it for hip hop