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Dear Hip Hop

LL Cool J2008年1月1日

Dear Hip Hop 歌詞

Dear Hip Hop - LL Cool J (埃勒·酷)

Written by:James Todd SmithDoris McNeilMarlon WilliamsJohnny BristolShawn MoltkeNicholas Warwar

You better stop foolin if you want to get along with me

 

True

We grew up on the block and we know about poverty

Do you

Dear hip-hop

 

I apologize for how you've been treated

I should've fought for my culture

Instead I retreated

The game is wounded

I stood and watched while they beat it

My culture starved

I refused to feed it

They sold you for a dollar like slaves in iron collars

 

A&R's chase you with bloodhounds and rottweilers

You went to the highest bidder

You was pissed on like kitty litter

But far from a quitter

But there's somethin to consider

Nah after much deliberation

 

I decided I'm the hottest cat to ever receive rotation

I'm the foundation

 

One of the chief architects

Of this dream we're all chasin

I had to speak up

Too much time was wastin WHOA

So here we go

I'm tired of the money talk and the

B**ches and hoes

Everybody's always soundin the same

I have to walk on water I can't

Drown in the game

Hip-Hop was set out in the dark

Hip-Hop was set out in the dark

Hip-Hop was set out in the dark

They used to do it out in the park

Hip-Hop was set out in the dark

Hip-Hop was set out in the dark

Hip-Hop was set out in the dark

They used to do it out in the park

I remember your bar mitzvah

That burgundy label

Me and Jam Master had the battle of the big cables

Before the Serratos real vinyls real tables

Skills was the motto no hype no fables

You seemed so happy you loved me so much

You popped off and went platinum

At my slightest touch

Oversized hoodies Yukon trucks

20 years later it's like lightning struck

 

They're worshipin the money

They're prayin to the bank

They danced on slaveship slept as it sank

The devil made 'em do it

But only God do I thank

Because we aren't done yet

There's still gas in the tank

You look in a man's eyes

That's how you really tell his rank

Not the size of his account check him he might bounce

It's all on the line this time it really counts

I'll bleed for this one on down to the last ounce

Hip-Hop was set out in the dark

Hip-Hop was set out in the dark

Hip-Hop was set out in the dark

They used to do it out in the park

Hip-Hop was set out in the dark

Hip-Hop was set out in the dark

Hip-Hop was set out in the dark

They used to do it out in the park

They rent a crib they're frontin

They rent a car they're stuntin

They rent a chain they're bluffin

That's why the culture's sufferin

And even if you're a millionaire that don't mean nothin

Unless you build your community and encourage some unity

Too much ego too much posin

If he's so hot then why's the culture frozen

It's time for a change

The order needs to be rearranged

And this song was pre-ordained

After 2 long decades LL still remains

And you can blame it on my spirit not on my brains

Time to put on my armor go to war for the game

Cause it's on its last leg and that's more than a shame

 

This is a lifestyle homey it's more than champagne

 

But I will make a toast to Flash reachin the Hall of Fame

I end it with a line from the book of King James

Let there be light when I write graffiti on the train

Hip-Hop was set out in the dark

Hip-Hop was set out in the dark

Hip-Hop was set out in the dark

They used to do it out in the park

Hip-Hop was set out in the dark

Hip-Hop was set out in the dark

Hip-Hop was set out in the dark

They used to do it out in the park

 

Let us proclaim the mystery and fame

I pray the Lord my culture be saved

If hip-hop dies before I awake

May Jam Master Jay cut a LL break

Let us proclaim the mystery and fame

I pray the Lord my culture be saved

If hip-hop dies before I awake

 

May Jam Master Jay cut a LL break