I Am Hip Hop (Off of my song Impressive)

[Johnny Hip Hop]

I am HiP-HoP that is right

Nas declared me dead one night

Jeezy swore I was alive

Dr. Carter Saved my life

Everybody thinks I'm tight

Some hate me they fuss and gripe

Many fight to see me strive

Some depress me with wack lines

Swear that they are on my side

Disrespect me everytime

Yes I'm partial to some artist, those who know me press Rewind

Those who love me let me ride

Those who hate get tossed A-side/aside

All my brothers call me odd

cause I still hooked on words and rhyme

R&B says I'm too fast

Country Says that I'm too Ruff/rough

Rock & Roll thinks I'm ok but sometimes I'm not loud enough

I'm the youngest out the bunch

So I struggle to keep up

But I'm growing as I go/and as I go I'm growing up

Coming off crazy, as a 70's baby

I was born in New York, but I exlpored the whole nation

Now I'm exploring the world, I go on anyone's stage

But I'll never forget (stutter) my-my roots

like Keith Wiggins named me

(chanting)

I gotta be

The greatest thing

Since applesauce

And Apple Bee's

The apple falls

Not far from tree

And I was grown

In HiP-HoP's seed

Tell my father Cool Herc I hope I made him proud

Birthed me in a breakbeat and threw me in the crowd

All my B-boys and B-girls really went to town

Afrika Bambaataa helped me grow, worked me out

But in the End of Days

Only roaches and I will survive

these troubling times

Still I rise

In the end of Days

Only roaches and I will survive

these troubling times

Still I rise...



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