Masta Ace - This Is How (Hip Hop is Supposed to Sound) lyrics

[Hook/Sample/Scratches: DJ Reflux] "This how hip hop is | This how hip hop is | This how, this how, this how, this how | This how hip hop is supposed to sound" "Sposed, sposed, sposed to sound" | "This how hip hop is supposed to sound | Sposed, sposed, sposed to sound" | FUNKOARS "This how hip hop is supposed to sound" VENTS ONE "This how hip hop is supposed to sound" HILLTOP "This how hip hop is supposed to sound" DEF WISH "This how hip hop is supposed to sound" [Verse 1: Trials] Ahhhh what you wanna say, I probably did And if I didn't say it already it's probably sh** See I'm sick of rappers saying they're fresher than whatever When my sh** fresher than Fran Dresher in maid dress up I'm nice from the neck up, bu*t-neck jam Skin colour keg brown and my stomach gat round The trap packed out like Sandra Sully's rack out When they heard Peepshow bought the gimps back out FU-NK-OA-RS too stank for the sweet smell of success If you see me in the street, one f**ing shoe on Don't mean I lost one - mean I got a new one Using a coupon, don't you know I'm still broke but they know why I'm like 'leave me alone' I'ma self-sabotaging expert marksmen Son of a gun shooting my mouth off to seargents One for the drinks that I had last night Two for the drinks that I have tonight Three for the drinks that I have tomorrow And four for the money that I have to borrow PEGASUS "This how hip hop is supposed to sound" A.E "This how hip hop is supposed to sound" SBX "This how hip hop is supposed to sound" L.C "This how hip hop is supposed to sound" [Verse 2: Hons] I've been dope since two thou when I burst on the scene like an appendix Still drinking like an Irishman on St Patty reckless K Federline pennyless Might be seeing Seth Green or the Sherminators taking on apprentices You know, the set redder than a break light Certified Funkoar, so every verse I lace tighter Than a plus-sized mole in snug-fit jeans Ain't sh** gonna change 'til I conquer the scene cos I got plans for world domination like the Mongrels Hons crowned the king of the concrete jungle We smash it, hit up the hit like Babe Ruth Still working 7 years so I guess I paid my dues Still running with that same crew, Funkoars You may have heard of us if you like that rap sh** from A.U S.T. underground, let 'em know now "This how hip hop is supposed to sound" Hospice "This how hip hop is supposed to sound" 7:50 "This how hip hop is supposed to sound" Cross-Bred "This how hip hop is supposed to sound" Clandestine "This how hip hop is supposed to sound" [Verse 3: Sesta] Ay, 25 summers into this mother f**er Still staggering stuck-ups, still labelled a f**-up Ill-rated and such Who rates greater than us? *croak croak* NO-ONE'S RATED GREATER THAN US You can line up for a date with the nut But be nice and speak nice and lye safe for the nuts Serenate but no getting engaged with the nuts Play your cards right and you might take 'em straight to the guts "Sesta tone down your lyrics My kids feel it's a little to explicit for them to listen" Listen. I'mma God-fearing Christian I'm even giving praise when I'm pissing -- "JESUS CHRIST!" It burns, cos I drink and I scream and I curse Like I'm cursed with a birth defect And infects me like I'm injected directly To the vein with scotch, then I'd be a Pepsi [Trials] This how hip hop supposed to sound We tear them other cats posters down This how hip hop supposed to sound "It's about time for Masta Ace" [Verse 4: Masta Ace] Yo this what hip hop supposed to sound like Any flow not like this don't sound right So take that back to the lab Cos I'm mad that's the one CD that I happened to grab That sh** is going back to the store Yeah the package is torn but it's already back in the bag You ain't got the talent to spit And you just don't fit like Shaq in the back of a cab Every line's an accurate jab Write a verse about me, that's the same thing as smacking your dad That'd be a bad result, you'll get sent to your room as a victim of a bad a**ualt It's all about the flow Don't let a rapper get up on a song and say it's all about the dough Tell me your the MC who holds it down cos This how hip hop supposed to sound