Crooked I - If You Ever Hear Me lyrics

[Intro] The world lost a luminary recently It's name Hip Hop And it drowned from to much **** and champagne What the hell happened to you Hip Hop Artist with names like, Terminator X and Furious Five And Ni**as With Attitude(NWA) Once preached about social awareness And political enlightenment When did fight the power Become "Wait til you see my D***!" (Laughs) [Verse 1] I started off in this game, heart full of high hopes Young and naive, Notebook full of fly quotes Critically acclaimed, they say Crooked I's dope Doper than white coke, walking a tight rope Trying not to fall, this industry you see it got traps Record executives rape you with those paper contracts Got my first deal and they pulled out my arteries Shot me in the heart I mean they k**ed the best part of me Ask me to be a gimmick sh**ting on my artistry Ain't nobody hard as me! f** being RnB! Told you crooked go hard, told you it's a G thang Told you f** that auto-tune sh** unless its T-pain! I like Lil Wayne, cos he's Lil Wayne I like the game cos he's game and we ain't the same You need a little variety on your spice rack AnR's want me to change so I don't like RAP! Ask me for ringtone song homey I might snap! And treat my automatic weapon to life snack! A lot of rappers let it slide but I fight back Cos 99% of hip hop is quite wack! So you can hate me or get back on the right track Either way I don't give a f**! and its like that Yeah its like that, used to be a nice cat Last year I was sick of this music now Im twice that! [Hook] Do you remember the first time You heard P.E.?, NWA and B.D.P.? Do you remember the last time You heard Kool G, Big Daddy Kane, Rakim & Erik B You ever hear 2Pac and B.I.G You ever hear Big Pun and D.O.C You ever hear Big L, Eazy and Ice T That's Where we will be If You Ever Here Me!!! [Verse 2] You like rappers in shoot-outs I really been through em I swear to god I could have did the 50 cent to em! A little guidance from Dre, let Jimmy mentor em! Instead my enemies witnessed my semi spit for em I could have did the Snoop, im from the beach homey I could have did the Eminem Im a beast homey! Look at the word play I use in the chorus The verse way, over your head I confuse a thesaurus Im worth cake! Making moves in the torus You smoke weed? I got so many tree's you'll be abusing the forest We serve weight While executives in music ignore us In the first place f**! Fugitive warrants! Id rather have a lucrative future in touring On my first date stupid supporters May I first state my news to reporters Yo, ill call a press conference to say fu*k rap! Then go to the radio station and let the GUN clap! I spit like a hundred Kanye's and 3000 Andre's Still im stuck HERE! Where the thugs at! Magazine covers tell you were my buzz at Everything you do to get a big deal I done that! [Hook] [Verse 3] Yo I give rap stars a blind folded cigarette They kick me of they videos sets Because im a bigger threat! (f** em) Hate it or love it I thought nothing of it My n***a chuck tried to bring me to the mainstream public But its back on the block where the Glocks be poppin Selling Orange county's ya'll call em oxy cottons Selling purple syrup and kush, while the cops be watching Hit the studio with guape we clocking off the boulevard I wanna live legal buts its so expensive being the leader of the underground! Shine when I come around! Standing in the VIP with Russell and Jay- Z in Vegas And didn't do it from selling a CD! (no) Everywhere you rappers go, you gone see me!(yo) A hood star with or without the TV! Play me in your whip im so Ill you'll get car sick! Now Id rather spill my pain over guitar licks! Flying a mosh pit, something like a star ship! Rap till your heart skip a beat, but on some dark sh**! You AnR's wanna trap me in this hood life Some say its my past affiliation with Suge Knight Me and Suge parted ways along time ago Didn't think you labels would react so vagina though! I don't know Maybe im a big flop Maybe I should end this nightmare with a quick shot Maybe I should join Eazy-E, Pac! And Big Pop! Maybe I should say fu*k HIP-HOP! [Hook]