

I’m pessimistic, I won’t even get my hopes us But if it’s gon' all implode before it blow up Need more than overcharging for what they did to the Cold CrushĬan’t get a quarter back now, what about future music? They only there to extort us Who gon be there to record us, nigga?Įven deeper who gon' care for our daughters?Īnd the hip-hop that raised this kid is one that spoke up Salute, you broke through many barriers for us When we couldn’t move the needle you carried us for us Look forward, maybe in 30 years they’ll implore us Push to the back of the red ignore us I think we nearing that border Hov was like the GOAT, congratulations on Tidal If you live long you see your idols be your rivals Of everything streaming and doing the extremistĭon’t take a genius to see the genius is stewingĪin’t got the reach to do it, so let me reach you can do it It go Look, look They stole our musical freedom, up next it’s freedom of musicĪs a tenth grade drop-out I’m watching the aftermath I’m brewing from eyes that have seen through it It’s no time for even a body to be reclusiveĮxecs’ll feed you excuses, and if its seasoned, you chew it We got old ideologies, I think we should renew it The psychology for some of that reasoning’s even stupidįor me it’s deeper than music, much deeper than music What we deemed as mere dreams and illusions The overlap and the generational gap I’m seeing is prudent Life don’t always come full circle, I can’t explain, God Me and Premier tight right now, we in the same squadĪlways tell me stories on the game and how it changed, y’all Ice Cube raised me, gotta mention Gang Starr Smooth B was dope, Greg Nice had characterīefore I ever knew image would even matter, bruh This when I was asking Carrie Anne to make me Hammer pants This before I ever met Em, way before «Hammer Dance» Some niggas thought Pete Nice, me, I thought MC Serch Which emcee was the worst before my emcee search When we ain’t know who was the nicest nigga in 3rd Base Remember the cover of Black Panther with the fat gold chains Lived in Queens so on Farmers we would see Todd James G-Rap was God, I learned to punch from Kane Rakim was like Jesus, Chuck D wrote the Bible Look, long live your idols, may they never be your rivals
