Budo - I Said Hey lyrics

[Verse 1] The first time I heard Digital Underground I was in the first grade My homie lace brought it over and he dubbed it on a mixtape I would do the Humpty Hump and perform to his verses 12 Years later, I learned that Shock G and him were the same person I loved Hammer I can't front he taught me how to dance Along with Bell Biv DeVoe I had Jay-O's and a pair of zebra pants But this was the foundation What would come to be a life long pa**ion, journey and drive an MC Some people ask me what it means I dont know where to start Its the deepest connection between my soul and my heart When I first stepped to do a cypher in a jam at the park I got served No for real I got served But see I learned something observed others And watched an urge hungered Verse studier earned a turn on that block I dont care who you are or where you're from or what you believe in But if you love Hip Hop I bet Its more or less for the same reason This is it when you spit you exist in that moment And if you're sick with that gift you then rip it when you perform it Then all the sh** that you live begins to lift off your shoulders And the audience well they get to experience where your soul is The most amazing feeling rocking a crowd to your anthem To the front to the back with their motherf**ing hands up Cause I'm an MC won't be the first won't be the last Just another B-Boy and I'ma die in my stance [Hook] If you got a pen and a pad put your heart down If you got a record and can crab lay your scratch down If you got a marker and a can bomb your art now If you got a floor and you're fast kick that ill style If you got a pen and a pad put your heart down If you got a record and can crab lay your scratch down If you got a marker and a can bomb whole damn town But If you live for hip hop dont ever put your hands down Dont put your hands down Keep that sh** up We're gonna rock it like this It goes front back front back front back front Come on It goes front back front back I said front back To my people you know it It goes front back front back it goes front back Ok Bring it down [Verse 2] I dont know if its the clothes the hoes or the cars That make people rap like they're trapped inside these bars This sh** ain't complicated man just be who you are To busy searching for the light missing the fact that you're a star Now whose got pa**ion stand the hell up Cause I want to hear somebody rapping whose got it inside their cuts Now you can get intricate displaying your fancy cadences But if you're not speaking the truth you might as well be saying sh** I said whose going to teach the kids You wanna blow up and get famous so you can get some new rims All the money in the world can help you look like a star But money can't buy you the heart to go and put inside your bars And I like nice sh** too Believe me I Got a closet full of Nikes and whole bunch of Velour suits Fitted white Tees and an Icy earrings like the whole youth population of hip hop But look beyond it when I record to these beats But if I dont speak me Whats the difference between my lyrics and what you hear on MTV People fear if they're steering away from the mainstream Then the album won't sell but I could give a f** Im just gonna freestyle and spit whats inside my gut And if you want to you can go and label me concious But remember theres a kid at a bus stop beatboxing Whose life's gonna be affected by whats inside of this walkman [Hook] If you got a pen and a pad put your heart down If you got a record and can grab lay your scratch down If you got a marker and a can bomb your art now If you got a floor and you're fast kick that ill style If you got a pen and a pad put your heart down If you got a record and can grab lay your scratch down If you got a marker and a can bomb the whole damn town But if you live for Hip Hop dont ever put your hands down