Real Prophecy - Hip Hop Lives Underground lyrics

[Intro: Real Prophecy] Check my melody out Yeah I like that sh** Scovery D... I need you to take me way back I need n***as to know that Hip Hop is a culture [Verse: Real Prophecy] Uh I spit that fire under a hot spoon The underground ain't got room for pop tunes Hip Hop should die soon at 12 o' clock noon The Glock boomed, I hit Hip Hop with shot wounds Disguised; my costume Now Hip Hop officially lives underground Rappers suffocate but it breathe through the nostrils I deem you as hostile Hip Hop don't need two apostles to teach you the gospel Prophet no one can box in as I get closer to top 10 Claiming they dope but none of these s**as been hot since They started; now they adults with multiple options Results of Hip Hop in 2015, the culture's forgotten I ain't accustomed, this game is lame as f** since We came from substance Who knew what changing it up meant? Yeah your catchy hit made you famous, you prideful Hate to remind you, labels made a mistake when they signed you First you were hot when they made you Somehow you flopped; you ain't able To come up with these hits, now you're dropped from the label Proud cuz they gave you 300,000 upfront Promised you 3 mill and now you realize they not gonna pay you You thought you were on top when you got your breakthrough But then you flopped when you dropped your debut; disabled Who's fault is that? You're the cause of that for breaking the laws of rap, it's all a factor Velociraptor; you got your jaws attached to the game Like cobras striking, these n***as are known for biting Don't like that they overhyping n***as who don't enlighten I give respect to the person who's first to confess They sold their soul for commercial success What depresses me is no one impresses me Now let's agree success doesn't determine the best emcee Respectfully, I give it honor, it's in most of my lyrics Hip Hop is not genre, it's a culture I live it And you can live it too through knowledge and overstanding No tolerance, silence em' if they garbage we spose' to ban em' When they forgot to implement the 5 elements The culture died ever since and that's why I represent The lifestyle, n***as are careless, I'm here to bring awareness And there will be no interference And what the f** these new rappers be acting soft for? The rap I know is hardcore in it's purest art-form Not a DJ, not a B-Boy, or graffiti artist I'm an emcee, don't worry bout me I'mma eat regardless Talent, I was given all this So I turned my studio into a business office Imma make a living off this instead of wasting my time The term failure was erased from my mind And replaced with dedication and grind, yeah education is fine But I got a different plan for me mom If I have a boss I can't be a don And I won't stop until my family is on, make that a promise I'mma do whatever it takes to pay homage One day you'll see my album in stores I got a lot to live for, I gotta make it out, my block is piss poor And they all depending on me You got beef then send an army It's impossible to offend or harm me So I told myself this isn't rap, where's the criticism at? In fact, I'm bringing lyricism back I do it for the love, I do it for wealth Cuz I know I will always stay true to myself Hip Hop is dead and not only cuz Nas said it did With all this negative it's hard to let it live Back when gangs ran the block I give props to Africa what Bambaataa did was take the culture and made it positive Names you gotta respect, first and last was the Grandmasters n***as trynna destroy what they built like sandcastles Don't represent the culture if you don't know how to Cuz I'm bout to restore it's historic values For certain it wouldn't hurt you to be aware I'm the future (Prophecy) and this is my purpose for being here Rappers don't provide so I figured it won't survive And when the culture died it multiplied underground Uh give a f** how you feel son k** Hip Hop so I can resurrect the real one