Rappers and poets
Cut from the same slab of concrete
The one with graffiti art and history on it
Spitting rhymes and verses
Crossing curses between sick beats
Beats of Drill, trap, right on drum beat
808 beats, Boom bap,
built-in with reggaeton and afrobeat
Starting between the coast of Africa
On talking drums and djembes
Destined To cross seas and be born again
On turn tables
At lit Block parties
Where DJ Kool Herc the father of hip hop
Gave the gift and Completed the ultimate feat
Gbe mi travae
Make you no dey shalaye…
Burna Boy
Make you no dey shalaye
The sound of this hip-hop beat
that travels through me
From my head to the tips of my feet
I a turntable of artistic soulful beat
50 years turnin' still on repeat
NY City lives and breaths art
Records and ancestries
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
There's nothin' you can't do
Now you're in New York
These streets will make you feel brand-new
Big lights will inspire you
Hear it for New York, New York, New York
Alicia keys
Rappers, I monkey flip 'em with the funky rhythm
I be kickin',
Nas
Suited up in street clothes,
Bandanas, rings and jewelry
Baggy pants -oversized shirts
And ghetto hoops
we fought to survive
On Hip hop
Why am I trying to see, when there ain't nothing in sight?
Why am I trying to give, when no one gives me a try?
Why am I dying to live, if I'm just living to die?
Tupac
This is our heritage
Rap and Hip-hop inside our DNA
I got loyalty and royalty inside my DNA
Kendrick Lamar
Born this way
roam the streets of rap this way
music and beats resound our DNA
Poetry and rap go in the same flow
The words of inspiration come and go
Rapping on dark corners
Lips moving fast in the crunchy cold
Heads popping to the beat
filtering down to the grounds
Need you for the old me
Need you for my sanity
Need you to remind me where I come from
Can you remind me of my gravity?
Ground me when I'm tumbling, spiraling, plummeting down to Earth
You bring me down to earth
SZA
Through funk and soul
Through Break-dancers
B- girls and b-boys
They created the bridge
Between
The sounds of drum beat machines
born on “new school hip-hop.”
And the party rhymes and funk
Founded on old school hip hop
From Jay Z
To Tupac, to Drake
To Nas, Nicki,
and Dr. Dre
Kendrick, J. Cole
Fugees and Mary. J
Cardi, 21 Savage, Future
Dave, and Cench
They carved paths of strong, rhythmic beats:
Bringing Cultural movements to life
Girls you know you better watch out
Some guys, some guys are only about
That thing, that thing, that thing
That thing, that thing, that thing
Lauryn Hill
That thing
that small thing that grew out
Bronx neighbourhoods
That crossed landlines and boundaries
That settled in hearts and influenced cultures
Hip hop in our state of mind
We, an entire generation
Influenced by Hip hop culture
The rhythm flowed through every verse,
Fifty years have passed since the birth,
A movement that set souls alight.
Voices arose, bold and complete,
Through words, they painted realities untold,
Voices of the marginalized became bold,
Hip-hop became a bridge of connection,
The rap songs that have been written and composed
Will live on in our movements, history and souls
I see no changes, all I see is racist faces
Misplaced hate makes disgrace to races
We under, I wonder what it takes to make this
One better place, let's erase the wasted
That’s just the way it is
That's just the way it is
Things will never be the same
That's just the way it is
Aww, yeah
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