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The question that lurks thru many minds
is one that has been formulated over time
thru many rhymes
you ask has that on which we thrive
really
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We call it hip hop...
surging thru my veins and pouring out through my melodious soul
struggles turned into aspirations
frustrations of a life so cold
ferociously shooting venom thru lines
seeping into lyrical minds
somehow poetic
through the lifeline of music
causing you to press rewind....
giving sight to those who were harmoniously blind
you cant kill something
that is unable to die
Hip Hop.. I is He and He is I....
remembering those days when
the radio played
When Eric B. and Rakim
spit Lyrics of Fury
Chuck D and Public Enemy
was screaming Fight The Power...
those days have seemed to
have gotten clouded...
misguided by those high off dollar signs
they cant live without it
and so we've simply
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We continue to reminisce
on the days of De La Soul
and the empowerment
of the Last Poets
we keep living vicariously through
the sounds of KRS-One
when those days are simply over and we know it
no longer are we spitting hot shit on the corners
they dribble watered down lyrics on vinyl records
that you steady shake your ass too
mentally screwing with your mind
you see thats how they entrapped you
got you celebrating the reincarnation
of an ignorant people....
since thats what makes the money
You gotta sell it...
damn somebody has too???
I stand up and Ask you.....
Has Hip Hop Flat-Lined????
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yesterday is gone
but the resuscitation
of the Hip Hop Legacy
is here......
I survive knowing that
Hip Hop has always been alive
and although it hasnt always been very clear
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with a faint pulse we
attempt to get a glimpse at a future
holding onto the hopes that true MCees
will take back there rightful place
Heeding this resurrection and
rid the game of
the partying and bullshit that has fallen into place
giving hip hop a material infested nauseousness
we need more
lyrical consciousness!
look deep inside of Talib Kweli's Beautiful Struggle
and Let Black Thought spit while you Listen To This....
Mixing New and Old School Like
Word to Ya Mother...
Styles formulating what we have in Common
cuz He Used To Love Her
Ask Lupe if Kick Push was more than just skateboarding
find out why Mos Def is Undeniable and help
Asheru figure out why we sitting around waiting
for a Revolution!
Unpluggin the Hip Hop Life Support is the solution...
Allow it to survive on the conscious lines
of those who only have Hip Hop inside of their hearts
and hidden inside their minds.....
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Until you find it for yourself
you'll suffocate off of the
toxic bullshit spewing from the television
Im tired of watching this nigga UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
Soulja Boy Selling more than a Common Album???
Niggaz are you kidding???
That shit I just cant envision!!!
like making a incision
Niggaz CUT IT OUT!!!!!
IS this all we've been resorted too??
IS this wat its all about???
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If Hip Hop has flat lined
its cuz niggaz with puerile minds
have jumped onto this brand new design
spitting out a lot of words
but saying nothing in their rhymes
You say you cant stand the way HIP HOP has changed
But niggaz steady lying
The Proof is in the Sells
So If you want to Stop the Death Of HIP HOP
then Tell me why your Buying????

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The Real Killer Of Hip Hop..Can Only Be You!!!!

FLAT LINED!!!