*Here’s another one* br br Verse 1: br I beat myself up ‘cause rap br We cuss, I don’t care about that br Coping mechanism, coping medicine br so obsession will hook me since I was in br high school, I listened to rappers buzzing br I moved myself too because then br I didn’t get where I should have been br What? What will I become of, man? br Rap taught me to go for what I can br For critics, it’s good encouragement br This is not what they would’ve seen br A mic booth they are not working in br so stop, go and listen in br I for one can’t stop listening br and look past the negatives br It’s all music, there are no exceptions br br *Ya can’t kill rap or hip hop, ever* br br Verse 2: br Hip hop, what a rich history br Since the seventies rap gave us celebrities br Celebrate the knowledge they kick to we br Span the globe, kids get it instinctively br If it’s clean and it’s not explicit, these br fans will listen to it regardlessly br Hip hop head, I fed on rap br I’m fed up with anti-rap br ideas like it doesn’t help man br but when cats can’t get jobs br they jump on the rap bandwagon br Born in “Poorville,” poured over here br I need this music to breathe br I see this music is me br This music is harmless br so don’t you go saying that it harms us br br *Wait, I’m not done yet* br br Verse 3: br From poverty to consciousness to positive br from gangsta shit to the greatest hits from A to Z br we’ve come a long way from NYC br I’m keeping it up, don’t you start hating me br They’ll keep saying the N-word forevermore br It ain’t nasty, I said it bad, there’s plenty more br where that came from, I need a microphone br Hearing my voice heals the scabs on br my back from lashes, I don’t bat eyelashes br Rap shatters wine glasses on impact br What hurts me is thinking that I’m bad br for making rap, it’s how I react br I tell a story, my feelings, I don’t want approval br I don’t care if you disapprove, it is not wrong br I will listen to rap until the end br tell you it matters, I know it for certain br br *So if ya don’t like rap, br don’t say anything bad about it br Just leave it be*