Non-Fiction

[Intro: Raheem DeVaughn] Yo, 9th Wonder, we got one Never, never done (Rapsody) And Radio Raheem DeVaughn Church on the move [Verse 1: Raheem DeVaughn] My birthplace was the Bronx Adidas with the fat shoelaces Cazelles on the frames of our faces Boom Bap, out the boom box We've been building this 40 years strong The game is for the taking this is history in the making And let me make it clear (Ooh la la laa) This ain't no bubble gum rap with 9th on the track And Rapsody (Ooh la la laa) [Hook: Raheem DeVaughn] This is, this is (Hip Hop) This is (Ooh la la laa) The Real (x4) [Verse 2: Rapsody] I stay on my Ps and my Qs - Ss, Ts, Us I'm always working, how you spell success in the stu Some get they money, like to blaze in the coupe Was raised to spend days practicing like the hoops We the truth, none realer, too uncommon like Dilla, The Light I shine, my rhymes come paired like the Williams Two 22's, I'm a sister worth millions, lyrically They all fear the flow like Big Williams Polo dipped, loco whips Weren't impressed if the flows won't potato crisp Rap back like the NATO, connect with gods Cause my odds of being large weighed out like Chris Yo, Biggie the goal, I'm really the mold Of what you really want to be if you hadn't of sold Your soul, I burn slow like fo'-fo's hitting '95 spirit, in the days it was written Cats stay trippin', but rip and I never stop Got a little buzz now I bubble like a kettle pot I know the devil watch and wanna touch me But like metal box, I stay locked under this Hip Hop forever God Reckless, necklace, flows all hang 'em Real coming back, now these rappers all changing Fearful careers, I don't cower, the new power Duracell it never runs out for an hour Keep destroying, smoke 'em like sour Break 'em all down to rebuild 'em like towers That's the Real [Raheem DeVaughn] This is, hip hop (Ooh la la la) This is this is, hip hop This is, hip hop (Ooh la la la) This is this is, hip hop This is, hip hop (Ooh la la la) [Verse 3: Rapsody] The modern day saints of our stories New torch bearers, we the children like Corey Gunz of the ones that ran Nation of Millions and watched Mike in Delores Used to ride to Nore, now the people inquiry About the 5’3” emcee with ovaries Got a bite on the mic like the likes of ol’ Lauryn Hip-hop, score gotta settle it's the flip flop Back to when cats rolled Lexus like wrist watch Elbow out the door, bumpin' Nas 'til the speaks pop Couldn't see me eye to eye, keep pumpin' your Reeboks Rattle rear views, clear view, I don't fear you or you You keep an ear to the streets, too, to hear true I been in the booth, yea killin' on the daily Jamla representer another baby of the 80’s Katy Perry, I grew up on Mary The flow varies cause I studied those old from the erry Of the gold, why I shine like that find it scary The game over, I kill wack emcees, all buried It's the real [Break: Raheem DeVaughn] The game is for the taking this is history in the making Let me make it clear (Ooh la la laa) This ain't no bubble gum rap with 9th on the track TDE, ladies and gentlemen Ab-Soul! [Verse 4: Ab-Soul] And while you niggas keep bangin' the same drum I'm smokin' like I ain't got the same lungs I had when I started, pardon my ignorant rants I rap like I move keys but Apple S can't save 'em There's only so much you can show 'em They been reading his story so long, they think they know him I'm sewing up the game, I need needle and thread Some people lead sheep Some people just need wool, the shit cuts deep Rugby toughin' the feel, you be where the rugs be In the house nigga, with the rest of the house niggas Thug life, rolling, my homies are screaming "fuck life" Showin' love at the same damn time I'd say the future is looking bright contrary to CNN Give me a mic and about three nights I turn straw into gold like Rumpelstiltskin Man I made a man cry vibing to Be A Man Walking like an Egyptian, life ain't fair oh Boy just got shipped and the judge don't care I'll take my steak rare, maybe it will help me bare With all the bloody consequences obvious in this here So I guess I got the game figured out all wrong I guess you never know what you got til it's gone Til' every terrain on this plane experience sunshine Two fingers up and fuck one time [Outro] So allow yourself to get caught up in the Rapsody And the 9th Wonder of the world actually Raheem DeVaughn Soul!