Az - This is What I Do lyrics

[Intro: AZ] Yes, yes, ladies and gentlemen I'll like to thank you for your support, love Not only to me, but to the whole hip-hop industry itself We as a whole, we've been weathering in the storm From the start, 30-plus years ago to now But uh, like all victims of hate, we persevere So allow me to speak not only for me But on behalf of the hip-hop coalition Every hood, every ghetto across the United States of America [Verse One: AZ] Yea, as a youngin' I was innocent and sponge-in' Just learnin' a life, and Christ second comin' Well mannered and nice, got advice from a woman But when the money get tight, the stomach start grumblin' It was summer then, wasn't no Hummers then Went in the Benz, it was kingpin and bubblin' We started huddlin', puttin' in, and jugglin' A year later we straight, no more strugglin' HUH!, but that was only the start The love between homey started fallin' apart I guess anything's addictive when it's callin' your heart d**h and incarceration had us all in the dark We was done, some will say "we had a beautiful run" And the beauty is skin deep was beneath the slums I was numb, that was like speakin' in tongues So relax, I adapt within a week, I was sprung Spoke facts on the track, it's like squeezin' a gun No more crack, all the boys on my back hearin' "RUN" Yea, I changed & came, all them years, on the stairs G Rap & Kane I felt pain, them demons still lurkin' my brain But the ways of the most high is too preserve to explain It was the fame, that focused me, perfected my game And like that, there's so many others that this rap will remain And in exchange, we give fans the force of the reign To feed, nurture, and breed, and be the voice of the slain It's a shame, but that real sh** come wit the life And in order to obtain you gotta sacrifice It's like cuttin' your bid shorter, don't pa** on fights I'mma tourer, so you know all my facts is right Plus my aura is like used spoilers on the porch at night So be polite, just go for them critics that write This is rap, we from the hood, just tryin' to get us a slice Some'll bite, but the most just coast wit ice And rock a little chain, get a little brain **Immediately changes to AZ talking** Ha ha-ha ha, yea, hey, it is what it is You know rap has no rules See my enlightener he-he once told me once said "If there is no devilish-men, then there won't be Godliness" "One can't exist without the other" Knaw'mean?, it's like a Doctor is only needed to heal And he caters to the sick, so the sick must exist, ya heard? A Minister - he only gives sermon to - uh you know - Those seeking for forgiveness - so them sinners must exist You know? it's simple simplistic, ha ha-ha ha It's AZ the GOD - Constantine - Quiet Money for life +This is What I Do+, I'm here