歌手: Jay-Z&Ludacris
时长: 05:22
I Do It For Hip Hop - Jay-Z (杰斯)/Ludacris (卢达·克里斯)[00:00:00]
I do it for hip-hop[00:00:16]
I do it for hip-hop[00:00:19]
Yeah I do it for hip-hop[00:00:21]
Now this is what they call poetry in motion[00:00:23]
My soul bleeds on the paper heart screams with emotion[00:00:25]
This my daily devotion that verses stay deeper than the ocean[00:00:28]
So hip-hop you owe me a promotion[00:00:31]
Yeah I do a little boastin' and braggin'[00:00:34]
What's all the commotion and naggin' about[00:00:36]
'Cause I'm still the champ in the south[00:00:38]
'Cause rappers get in the booth and I keep draggin' them out[00:00:40]
Where they fired and these pink slips I keep handin' them out[00:00:43]
'Cause this is Theater of Mind consider it a sign[00:00:45]
Of what's to come next my money's just fine[00:00:48]
Bank filled with dump checks[00:00:50]
Terrorist threat flow proceed to drop (bombs) like Mr Funk Flex[00:00:52]
But I don't do it for the money I do it from the heart[00:00:56]
I'll do it with the beatbox I did it from the start[00:00:59]
I'll do it for the DJs I'll do it for the charts[00:01:01]
The Van Gogh flow Luda do it 'cause it's art[00:01:04]
I do it for the fans I do it on command[00:01:07]
I do it for the front row I do it for the stands[00:01:10]
I spit it for the hood I do it for the block[00:01:12]
And since nine years old I did it for hip-hop[00:01:15]
So I don't do for the chains and the fancy drops[00:01:18]
I do it for hip-hop[00:01:22]
I do it for hip-hop[00:01:24]
I do it for hip-hop[00:01:27]
And I don't do for the chains and the flashin' rocks[00:01:29]
I do it for hip-hop[00:01:33]
I do it for hip-hop[00:01:35]
I do it for hip-hop[00:01:38]
They say I'm so low key I'm socially awkward[00:01:40]
Only those that really know me are the ones that I talk with[00:01:42]
They smile in the light hate in the dark [00:01:45]
You call it beef to me its's just a f**kin' walk in the park[00:01:48]
Because you are who you are when nobody is looking[00:01:50]
That's who you are so when the cash and cars is gone [00:01:53]
The day after tomorrow[00:01:56]
Don't be askin' to borrow ski maskin' it hard [00:01:57]
Like the way you rap in your bars[00:01:59]
I could ride on you and whoever devise new endeavors[00:02:01]
I'm as live as hive full of predators[00:02:04]
Twenty thousands different species of bees[00:02:07]
Some half poisonous sting some just pollinating their leafs[00:02:09]
It's just like rap some will buzz some will attack [00:02:12]
Compromising their own life in fact[00:02:14]
Sixteen years since my first sixteen [00:02:17]
Pardon the rest of my niggas[00:02:20]
But I'm the best whoever did it[00:02:21]
I don't do for the cars and the fancy drops[00:02:23]
Uh I do it for hip-hop[00:02:26]
Yeah I do it for hip-hop uh[00:02:29]
I do it for hip-hop[00:02:32]
And I don't do for the chains and the flashin' rocks[00:02:34]
Why we do it kid I do it for hip-hop[00:02:37]
Yeah I do it for hip-hop uh[00:02:40]
I do it for hip-hop[00:02:43]
Hip-hop started out in the park[00:02:45]
We used to do it to avoid the Narcs[00:02:48]
I used to do it so the homeboy Clark can get the f**k off[00:02:51]
My back while I knocked off these packs[00:02:54]
I used to rap to impress my friends[00:02:56]
The past of time when I was gettin' it in[00:02:59]
Just so happens I'm so illegal with the pen they ain't[00:03:01]
Want me to do anything illegal again[00:03:05]
I lost a lot of dawgs to these streets[00:03:08]
I got Grammy awards on these beats[00:03:10]
Thank God for Cool Herc[00:03:14]
Without this sh*t I probably would've got murked[00:03:15]
Shout outs to Grandmaster Flash and the cash[00:03:18]
And even Jaz bum a**[00:03:22]
Hip hop helped me wash my rocks[00:03:24]
These other rappers couldn't wash my socks[00:03:26]
That's why I took the number one slot[00:03:29]
The realest sh*t in rap comes from my voice box[00:03:32]
Lord knows when I was on my clock[00:03:35]
I probably never would've stopped[00:03:37]
Thank God for hip-hop[00:03:38]
I don't do for the cars and the fancy drops[00:03:40]
I do it for hip-hop[00:03:44]
I do it for hip-hop[00:03:46]
I do it for hip-hop[00:03:49]
And I don't do for the chains and the flashin' rocks[00:03:51]
Come on I do it for hip-hop[00:03:54]
I do it for hip-hop[00:03:57]
I do it for hip-hop[00:04:00]