HIP HOP is...!!!!!!!

Some think of Hip Hop as rap...

 

Some think of rap as wack...

 

I think of HIP HOP as a Culturally Passionate Movement that takes you in and gives you a place to call home...

 

 A place to feel understood, accepted and made to feel like you matter...BECAUSE YOU DO!!

 

 When I think HIP HOP I think LYRICIST!! 

 

When I think LYRICIST...I think...

 

Talib Kweli and Mos Def  
 

BLACK STAR-THIEVES IN THE NIGHT
 Caught up, in conversations of our personal worth
Brought up, through endangered species status on the planet Earth
Survival tactics means, busting gats to prove you hard
Your firearms are too short to box with God
Without faith, all of that is illusionary
Raise my son, no vindication of manhood necessary

[Hook]
Not strong (Only aggressive)
Not free (We only licensed)
Not compassionate, only polite (Now who the nicest?)
Not good but well behaved
(Chasing after death, so we can call ourselves brave?)
Still living like mental slaves
Hiding like thieves in the night from life
Illusions of oasis making you look twice
Hiding like thieves in the night from life
Illusions of oasis making you look twice

[Verse 2: Mos Def]

Not strong, only aggressive cause the power ain't directed
That's why we are subjected to the will of the oppressive
Not free, we only licensed, not live, we just exciting
Cause the captors own the masters to what we writing
Not compassionate, only polite, we well trained
Our sincerity's rehearsed in stage, it's just a game
Not good, but well behaved cause the camera survey
Most of the things that we think, do or say
We chasing after death just to call ourselves brave
But everyday, next man meet with the grave/Great
I give a damn if any fan recall my legacy
I'm trying to live life in the sight of God's memory like that y'all

 

 

 

 

#HIPHOP

#BROWNSUGAR

#MOSDEF

#TALIBKWELI