Rap Shit

Remember hip-hop? Do you really? Do you? Before this rap shit Yo I was strugglin, jugglin, hustlin, bubblin, doing what I had to Before this rap shit It was by any means getting that cream even if I had to blast you Before this rap shit Yo it was me and my brothers and so many others just out to get this chedda baby Before this rap shit Yo I was plottin and scammin or rockin a scam whatever made it better baby Before this rap shit Yo I had hopes and dreams of publishing schemes of money off of every unit Before this rap shit It was just hip-hop and gettin yo pops not every fuckin body doin it Before this rap shit There wasn't no word wars or any conferences, but now this shit is like a fuckin circus Before this rap shit It was all about game and makin a name but now, what's the fuckin purpose? Before this rap shit It wasn't all about crime Before this rap shit Yo it was all about rhymes Before this rap shit It was about shapin the time, now it ain't about shit, the industry rapin you mind Put down your mic You lost your whole goal You take it too seriously like it's a gamble You take it too seriously like it's a gamble Rap is something ya do, hip-hip is something ya live / well let me tell ya [2x] Before this rap shit I was a sucka for love, a sucka for clubs, the only cat I fucked with was thug Before this rap shit Niggas was gansta for real and gangsta for life but now niggas is gangstas with deals Before this rap shit Had something to do with movin ya crew this music was all for you Before this rap shit Niggas was fightin for you, weren't liking it too, and now it's like, "Who's writin for you?" Before this rap shit Life wasn't fare but niggas ain't care, man, whatever kept ya hands in the air Before this rap shit Dog, it was all about vibe what niggas was live, whatever helped the music survive Before this rap shit It wasn't was he seem it was what was he sound like, and fuck him if he didn't sound right And yo this rap shit It's straight driving me nuts, studio ganstas and video sluts fuckin me up Man, this rap shit Put down your mic You lost your whole goal You take it too seriously like it's a gamble You take it too seriously like it's a gamble Rap is something ya do, hip-hip is something ya live / well let me tell ya [2x] After this rap shit Yo I'ma go the fuck home and move the fuck on and watch my newest youngin be born After this rap shit Yo I'ma count my dough, stack my flow, get money so my kids can grow After this rap shit I'ma retire a legend and chill with my brethren sit on corner smokin my medicine After this rap shit All of ya'll can suck my ass, and buy all of my full albums but don't touch my cash After this rap shit When I'm done and got nothing to write about I'ma a leave y'all fake thug niggas to fight it out This rap shit Put down your mic You lost your whole goal You take it too seriously like it's a gamble Put down your mic You lost your whole goal You take it too seriously like it's a gamble Put down your mic You lost your whole goal You take it too seriously like it's a gamble You take it too seriously like it's a gamble Rap is something ya do, hip-hip is something ya live You take it too seriously like it's a gamble Record companies out there throw rap on the wall -- know very little about -- and figure what sticks is it and what don't, don't be it