Sphere of Hip Hop

[Verse 1] It's there and it's here, it's far and it's near All my hopes and all my fears are manifested in the sphere It's distorted but it's clear, it's my enemy and my peer It's as wack as radio rap and it's doper than Premier It's all of what you see and it's all of what you hear It's Def Jams, it's So So Def, it's On Def Ears It makes you cheer and lets you chill, it saves and it kills It's unbelievably creative and it's run of the mill It's fake and it's real, it's politics and it's skills It takes up all my money, but it pays all of my bills Still it's simple to decipher and difficult to discern It's hip-hop, it's paid in full, it's hard to earn It's you must learn and I got it made, it's who's the man It's brothers gotta work it out, it's parents just don't understand It's overblown and underhanded, Pacific to Atlantic Watching all your dreams get shattered and all your wishes granted Where ignorance runs rampant and knowledge reigns supreme Where loyalty's highly regarded but everybody switches teams It's closet aficionados and It's microphone fiends It's where we say what we mean by any means for Elohim It's all that you despise and everything that you hold dear It's war and peace, it's this and that, it's hip-hop and it's the sphere It's all that you despise and everything that you hold dear Yin and Yang, it's love and hate, it's hip-hop and it's the sphere [Verse 2] It's up and it's down, It's free and it's bound It's sight and it's sound, it's mainstream, it's underground Profound and common sense, it's past and present tense It's dollars, it's cents it's guilt it's innocence It's bent and it's sober, it's on my mind and on my shoulders It's the Bronx, it's Queensbridge, I forgot, the bridge is over It's New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Minnesota It's hip-hop, it's even freaking North and South Dakota It's contained within my headphones but still it blows my speakers It's big willie wannabes and it's Poor Righteous Teachers It's living for the moment and it's dying over nothing It's we're all in the same gang and it's headed for self destruction It's tougher than leather, it's no one can do it better It's ripping a freestyle and it's your writtens to the letter It's a sling and a stone and it's fully automatic It's the sphere of hip-hop, peace to Plastic