《Dear Hip Hop》歌词

歌曲： Dear Hip Hop

所属专辑：Exit 13

歌手： LL Cool J

时长： 04:27

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Dear Hip Hop - LL Cool J (埃勒·酷)[00:00:00]

Written by：James Todd SmithDoris McNeilMarlon WilliamsJohnny BristolShawn MoltkeNicholas Warwar[00:00:00]

You better stop foolin if you want to get along with me[00:00:00]

True[00:00:05]

We grew up on the block and we know about poverty[00:00:06]

Do you [00:00:10]

Dear hip-hop [00:00:11]

I apologize for how you've been treated[00:00:12]

I should've fought for my culture [00:00:14]

Instead I retreated[00:00:15]

The game is wounded [00:00:17]

I stood and watched while they beat it[00:00:18]

My culture starved [00:00:20]

I refused to feed it[00:00:21]

They sold you for a dollar like slaves in iron collars[00:00:23]

A&R's chase you with bloodhounds and rottweilers[00:00:26]

You went to the highest bidder [00:00:29]

You was pissed on like kitty litter[00:00:30]

But far from a quitter [00:00:32]

But there's somethin to consider[00:00:34]

Nah after much deliberation[00:00:35]

I decided I'm the hottest cat to ever receive rotation[00:00:37]

I'm the foundation [00:00:40]

One of the chief architects[00:00:42]

Of this dream we're all chasin [00:00:43]

I had to speak up[00:00:45]

Too much time was wastin WHOA [00:00:46]

So here we go[00:00:48]

I'm tired of the money talk and the[00:00:49]

B**ches and hoes[00:00:51]

Everybody's always soundin the same[00:00:52]

I have to walk on water I can't[00:00:55]

Drown in the game[00:00:57]

Hip-Hop was set out in the dark[00:00:58]

Hip-Hop was set out in the dark[00:01:01]

Hip-Hop was set out in the dark[00:01:04]

They used to do it out in the park[00:01:07]

Hip-Hop was set out in the dark[00:01:09]

Hip-Hop was set out in the dark[00:01:12]

Hip-Hop was set out in the dark[00:01:15]

They used to do it out in the park[00:01:18]

I remember your bar mitzvah [00:01:21]

That burgundy label[00:01:22]

Me and Jam Master had the battle of the big cables[00:01:24]

Before the Serratos real vinyls real tables[00:01:27]

Skills was the motto no hype no fables[00:01:30]

You seemed so happy you loved me so much[00:01:33]

You popped off and went platinum [00:01:36]

At my slightest touch[00:01:37]

Oversized hoodies Yukon trucks[00:01:39]

20 years later it's like lightning struck[00:01:42]

They're worshipin the money [00:01:45]

They're prayin to the bank[00:01:46]

They danced on slaveship slept as it sank[00:01:47]

The devil made 'em do it [00:01:51]

But only God do I thank[00:01:52]

Because we aren't done yet [00:01:53]

There's still gas in the tank[00:01:55]

You look in a man's eyes [00:01:56]

That's how you really tell his rank[00:01:58]

Not the size of his account check him he might bounce[00:01:59]

It's all on the line this time it really counts[00:02:02]

I'll bleed for this one on down to the last ounce[00:02:05]

Hip-Hop was set out in the dark[00:02:08]

Hip-Hop was set out in the dark[00:02:11]

Hip-Hop was set out in the dark[00:02:14]

They used to do it out in the park[00:02:17]

Hip-Hop was set out in the dark[00:02:20]

Hip-Hop was set out in the dark[00:02:23]

Hip-Hop was set out in the dark[00:02:25]

They used to do it out in the park[00:02:29]

They rent a crib they're frontin [00:02:31]

They rent a car they're stuntin[00:02:33]

They rent a chain they're bluffin [00:02:34]

That's why the culture's sufferin[00:02:36]

And even if you're a millionaire that don't mean nothin[00:02:37]

Unless you build your community and encourage some unity[00:02:40]

Too much ego too much posin[00:02:43]

If he's so hot then why's the culture frozen [00:02:46]

It's time for a change [00:02:49]

The order needs to be rearranged[00:02:50]

And this song was pre-ordained[00:02:52]

After 2 long decades LL still remains[00:02:55]

And you can blame it on my spirit not on my brains[00:02:58]

Time to put on my armor go to war for the game[00:03:01]

Cause it's on its last leg and that's more than a shame[00:03:04]

This is a lifestyle homey it's more than champagne[00:03:07]

But I will make a toast to Flash reachin the Hall of Fame[00:03:09]

I end it with a line from the book of King James[00:03:13]

Let there be light when I write graffiti on the train[00:03:15]

Hip-Hop was set out in the dark[00:03:18]

Hip-Hop was set out in the dark[00:03:21]

Hip-Hop was set out in the dark[00:03:24]

They used to do it out in the park[00:03:27]

Hip-Hop was set out in the dark[00:03:30]

Hip-Hop was set out in the dark[00:03:33]

Hip-Hop was set out in the dark[00:03:36]

They used to do it out in the park[00:03:39]

Let us proclaim the mystery and fame[00:03:42]

I pray the Lord my culture be saved[00:03:45]

If hip-hop dies before I awake[00:03:48]

May Jam Master Jay cut a LL break[00:03:50]

Let us proclaim the mystery and fame[00:03:54]

I pray the Lord my culture be saved[00:03:56]

If hip-hop dies before I awake[00:03:59]

May Jam Master Jay cut a LL break[00:04:02]