Hip-hop's a genre, and so is rap-- genres of
Music, not influenced by non-musical crap, so when I
See that Fiddy's got men on Khaled's mom's block, can't help but
Think "this ain't hip-hop, like coke isn't cock"-- see, there's an-
Other thing, what's a drug got to do with a lyric? Just 'cause
Jefferson Starship did it, it's just a gimmick, not a
Serious corporal offense, it's not self-degratation, it's just
Harmless banter backed up by wild self-aggrandization
Hip-hop and rap are poetry, meant to transcend the
Tendency of man to give in to decadent trends, instead of
Setting aside a minor vice or three, and living
Life in moderation, living life free and easy
Free from games of the lame name-dropping rapper
Not worried about being a thug, not trying to be dapper,
But expanding the cerebral mass and conferring with the masses
Stop looking for new kinds of inflammable grasses

I don't mean to generalize, but it seems like rap's just what you say:
Rap's a game, and that is... how do you say? Right, that's "gay"

just a song to ma homie rip jamie c if you lost a homie this is fore you 2

just a year ago frome me you would never hear a flow but coz of ma homie i got my fear to go
now fore him this is just a song to say i got lost along the way
i payed the price so now i stopped the bong and yay
pluss the weed the coke the crack to rid this shit i just needed flow a rap
so hers a thanks homie i must owe ya that
i no ya dead and gone but ya still live on keepin ma head so strong
so now fore you i bless the song i stand up straight push my ribs out like the chest of kong
i fight the evil and clime the towers our lives are equal its time fore power
now il use my power and pride coz thats all thats left i no the hour is nigh so i call the set
and keep standin high i changed my ways and managed to rime
i try to play the game and savidge the time's but from the pain and rain i damaged my mind
but il pick ma self up and all this shit il see thoe to the end dont worry homin il see you agen
but untill that time i see the light il take what ya sed and let it fill my mind till i feel the light

rip jamie c and 2 all the thugs gee's and balla's out there that was taken before there time

Emcees. bag the soil/
off this rap battle royal/
flows to spoil/
wit' plots to foil/
from pots and aluminum foil/
to snakes that coil/
to my feelings, i remain as loyal/

as the whole genre/
shot at each other like Contra/
bullet holes in a Mazda/
wit' no eye witnesses in front of a plaza?/

my impression/
of this natuaral selection/
viewer's discretion/
monies invested/
lwit' essons refreshened/
let the best man win/
chalk up the sin/
wit' devils i sip gin/
then spit it back at them/
let the 808 track trap them/

like roach hotel/
all ya'll sellin' coke will fail/
'cause their approach is frail/
where's the coffin? i forgot a nail/

garbage pails are callin' names/
haters, melt away chains/
as radio waves melt away brains/
my mind's on the stock exchange/
as hip hop cops are trained/
to cock and aim/
bullets fly through glasses of champagne/
i smell a foiled campaign/
as we're left dancin' like mad men in the rain/
the beats stay the same/

i like that man ya got some good shit to to put down dawg keep comein wit it

At tic tac:

Alright, so maybe hip-hop can be cathartical
But it seems even the most demure rappers turn farcical
The Game is the biggest sign that the game is straight up lame
Talking that car shit, in respect to fallen pinnacles of
Friendliness; In fact, that motehrfucker mentions his Phantom twice
Might as well be 'quating homies to rings, all gold and icy
I'm starting to think the hardcore rap game is not so nice
If it leads one to objectify the friends who've paid great prices
Tac tac, man, you aren't a popular rapper, are you?
You don't have twenty-two hundred gleaming rings, do you?
Weezy and Jeezy and Yeezy, they haven't starred you
On a track or in a vid or in any of these things
So I feel that foul urges present aren't amplified in you
If it's true that this is rap, don't get signed, whatever you do
I understand some rappers are, indeed, poets, but
Most rappers seemed to be solely concerned about how to flow it
Sugar coat it; you throw some dirt at him he'll dash behind the
Moat to avoid contact with what he was birthed from
"Compton" is another word that's said so much, it don't sound like a word
Compton, Compton, Compton, Compton, Compton, Compton, Compton
What was I saying? Oh, yeah, you lost someone, that's horrid
And you understand that, but you don't talk so sordidly 'bout
Gold dubloons and seenin' poon as long as coons' ages
You might elevate yourself to the level of sages

Other rappers sound straight up pompous, even
When talking 'bout a loved one who's forever lost to us

At Cell:

EXACTLY.

at 'Mr. Glass'

yer man i understand what ya sayin i dont cear if im reconised or not who give's about money and fame im rappin fore my m8 fore his name to live on in my music i used to be 1 mothere fucker who dint give 2 shit's about anythin or any 1 then 1 day he holla'd at me fore some weed i whent round dropped it of and me and him hung around he had a lot of influce on me about respect how every body's equal and tellin me not t take shit of any body and if ya have beef sort it as calm as ya can no voilence coz ya see words do more damage than actions say some 1 ruff's ya up skin and bones heel some 1 say somethin bad about ya thats stuck with your ass fore ages ya see where im goin with this and to be truly honest man if ya can only diss some 1 in a song and not talk about the shit thats happerning around you just iv got this and iv got that iv done this and ive done that whats the point in rappin yer alot of gangster shit if fuckin out a controll but if you say somthin deep and real meaning full that people can relate to there gonna listen to ya ya feel me fore instence like

the goverment wanna make a change is this fact or fiction now im just gonna laff and listen
coz to me its just a bad description the only truth we no is when a thug jams the clips in
coz he's sick and of livein a man's restriction will he get ritch die tryin or end up with his ass in prison
eathere way its a sad position

now how many people do you no that can relate to that and you can actuly see this shit goin of in ya own hood ya see rappin aint just about money fame bitchers its a way of ascape releasing all that shit thats builedin up in ya stomac thats waghitin to get out any way it can and that of the above thats whats happnin fyi the money would be nice but its the feel and vibe that ya get from doin it just usein ya mind body and sole to do some sick shit that gets talked about fore day weeks or years on end