Life Mc - This is Hip Hop lyrics

(Verse) I'm a hip-hop hooligan, snatch microphone vandal Talkin' hip-hop as in ?, gazelles, saints and scandals Hip-hop as in busy being K arrest Dj GO Hard, drum was a Theodore Them days was the best, the sound was the best The MC's and the power connect The Dj's grabbed for the final and got down to their desk From the undergrounds of New York, it was the sounds of success Bad news for ghetto celebrities who were out of respect Back then an artist felt like a king with a crown on his head A noose king had a gold medallion and chain on his neck And then B-Boy started to win and spend the rhyme on their heads Inventing a new style of rhymes, the ma** dishonor they plead Hip-hop's attorney said it's so damn funky, so damn fresh A music that was born from the streets, a voice that would address Hip-hop has seen so many trend from dance session to art A world wide session better scene take over the charts From around, I sink in the tarts, hip-hop is in the hearts So many people that's been only 40 years since they start (Hook) This is hip-hop, nothing more and nothing less Straight out beats and rhymes, I ? up the desk As a hip-hop soldier, disclosure is what I come to rep My hip-hop history, that is something I cannot forget A movement in inhibition, a groove in decision From the old school to the new school Cause ? listen A music with a message of vision knowledge and wisdom Now I can pray to hip-hop and bring homage to the musician This is hip-hop, nothing more and nothing less Straight out beats and rhymes, I ? up the desk As a hip-hop soldier, disclosure is what I come to rep My hip-hop history, that is something I cannot forget A movement in inhibition, a groove in decision From the old school to the new school Cause ? listen A music with a message of vision knowledge and wisdom Now I can pray to hip-hop and bring homage to the musician (Verse 2) I grew up on electro-hip-hop from the time it came out I was spittin' a line, always tryna spit live from my mouth Every time my mother went out, I blew the furniture about Grabbed the mirror, turn the stereo and start to feel down I was so excited and delighted to feel part of a movement That united a lot of the 80' and 90' to the ? I learned a lot from hip-hop cause back then it was more positive When hip-hop was more hip-hop, before money was a prerogative A lot of tracks were made by rappers living in poverty With no six figure deal and go to studio quality MC who used to live for respect not a check As well as freestyle was an instantaneous rhyme from the head It was so new and so fresh and the sound was so d**h I danced to Big Daddy Kane music till I ran outta breath And ghetto blast, the one I showed ya, I bought em the new ca**ette Searchin' for the perfect leaders that now you search on the web Those are the two elements of hip-hop I just cannot forget It's that I will reflect on this history and pay my respect (Hook) This is hip-hop, nothing more and nothing less Straight out beats and rhymes, I ? up the desk As a hip-hop soldier, disclosure is what I come to rep My hip-hop history, that is something I cannot forget A movement in inhibition, a groove in decision From the old school to the new school Cause ? listen A music with a message of vision knowledge and wisdom Now I can pray to hip-hop and bring homage to the musician This is hip-hop, nothing more and nothing less Straight out beats and rhymes, I ? up the desk As a hip-hop soldier, disclosure is what I come to rep My hip-hop history, that is something I cannot forget A movement in inhibition, a groove in decision From the old school to the new school Cause ? listen A music with a message of vision knowledge and wisdom Now I can pray to hip-hop and bring homage to the musician