[INTRO]
Original - A first form from which varieties arise
An authentic work of art as opposed to an imitation or reproduction
[CHORUS]
Why should I try to sound like yaīll sound
Thatīs whatīs wrong with the rap game right now
Man, itīs like a circus wit a bunch of clowns
Wit a bunch of clicks Iīll probably rap circles around
[VERSE 1]
I spit heatrock and I ainīt talking rollin
Soon as the beat knock Iīm crowd controlling
When I hear yaīll that a awful sound
I donīt ride beats I take them off the ground
Land them somewhere show them the town
Even on foreign ground I let them know Iīm around
I donīt follow everybody when itīs time to rap
At one time everybody thought the world was flat
Sounds like you that was my intention
I paid dues now dudes pay attention
I live for it even though the flicks is hittinī
Cribs sick you can see the booth from the kitchen
Speak on it cause I saw it happen
This is hip hop dawg
I ainīt just rappin
Yaīll looking at a real MC
Man you couldnīt check a mic for me
[CHORUS]
Why should I try to sound like yaīll sound
Thatīs whatīs wrong wit the rap game right now
Why should I try to flow the way yaīll flow
Or do a show like yaīll show
Naw that ainīt where my head at now
Yaīll in the hip hop lost and found
Man, thatīs wrong with the rap game right now
Itīs like a circus wit a bunch of clowns
Wit a bunch of clicks
Iīll probably rap circles around
[VERSE 2]
Letīs talk about rhyme capability
Letīs talk about hip hop versatility
Letīs talk about taking the game beyond
Now how the hell we gon have a battle of wits
Trick you ainīt armed
Letīs talk about love for the game
I mean real love
Back before there was fame
Iīm real wit it
I ainīt claiming to reign
But when yaīll talk about rap
Yaīll gon start saying my name
For real though I ainīt playin
Plenty of yaīll love a brotha just scared to say it
Yo the first ever rap grammy
Letīs talk about the only reason yo ass went to Miami
(Yup) truck wit rims (check) throw back jersey (check)
champagne bottles (check) lotīs of models (check)
Damn thatīs the list for 90 percent of yaīll videos and songs
Am I wrong
[CHORUS]
[VERSE 3]
LOST
When you a slave to the biz
Wit no care for the cost of what you sayin to kids
FOUND
Is when ya lyrics are a test of time
And your mom hear that your spirit is blessed divine
LOST
Is when you rhyme til your throat gets sore
But you donīt even believe what you say no more
FOUND
Is when you bleed heart into the mic
And the pain you sustain it can change a life
LOST
Is when you hide behind the freedom of speech
While sure youīre free to do it
But what it mean to do it
Did you mean to do it
Did you need to do it
Did you take time to think about the seeds you ruined
FOUND Is ESCO, dead PREZ and them
FOUND Is Lauren Hill
FOUND Is Rakim
FOUND Can be you
If you felt the message and ask yourself this questioin
[CHORUS OUT]
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