I Am (prod. by The Alchemist) (feat. DJ Revolution|Explicit)

Yo I'm a snare I'm a drum don't care where you're from

Started in the parks now look what I've become

I'm a loud mic I'm the

Emcee

Down right

I'm the one to get the crowd hyped

I've been sampling Michae and Lionel

I'm rap music twelve inches pressed up on vinyl

Nowadays I'ma rare song I'm white boys with backpacks

And hats who wear they hair long

I'm in every ghetto

Every

Worldwide never settle

Never

I'm even heavymetal with the devil

Ha ha ha

I'm ill rhymes and d**e beats

Starter hats fat laces rope chains and gold theet

I'm graffiti you wanna be me

I'm rich but mainly the needy trust that believe me

I'ma never switch spots

Never

I'm Kool Herc

Run D M C Rakim I'm hip hop

I'm hip hop so check it out

To the hipdip the hop you don't stop

I am hip hop so check it out

Cause who I'm talkin 'bout y'all is hip hop

Yo aiyyo I'm in BK when I write this poem

I'm two turntables and a microphone

Yo the feelin you get when you hear an ill line

The pad you scribble your rhyme into to kill time

I guess I'm kind of Summer Jam

I'm the larger rap than Kid 'N Play and the Running Man

Nowadays everyone wanna be this

From MY A DIDAS

Shell toes I'm Luda throwin elbows

How you wear your pants where you rock a cell phone

I'm battlin for hardcore props

I'm breakdancin daily on a cardboard box

What other flavor could have kinds pumpin

N W A in an all white neighborhood

I'm hot when you kids not

I'm Big L Pun Notorious I'm hip hop

I'm hip hop so check it out

To the hipdip the hop you don't stop

I am hip hop so check it out

It ain't nuttin like hip hop

Yo I'm Slick Rick's stories lots to tell

I'm the greatest of all time yeah I Rocked the Bells

Sometimes I fool you

Ha ha

Cause in ninety two

I had y'all rockin Cross Colours and FUBU

Maybe I start a coiple brawls with the cops

Yup

I'm everywhere now but I was born in the Bronx

B X

They made me ice and bling

Made it

It seems no one's Spike Lee'n and Doin the Right Thing

Went from Jheri curls to flat tops the steezes

Then Reebook pump sneakers to beepers

And I never care about who's on top

I'm Ralph McDaniels and Video Music Box

I'm hype chill d**e fly fresh ill

Fat bangin

What

And hot to death

Aiyyo I'm known to rip spots

Rip 'em

I'm Melle Mel G Rap and Grandmaster Flash I'm hip hop

Check it out I am hip hop

To the hiddip the hop you don't stop

Hip hop culture something you live

I came here to represent my people check it out

Hip hop *repeated*