SC Static - Forgot How To Listen lyrics

Forgot How To Listen Lyrics (Verse 1) Hop in your whip whether it's Pontiac, Infiniti, Ford Pop in a tape, disc, ca**ette, or an auxiliary cord Grad a dutch and take an L ride with your homies and chill Recline your seat till you can barely see over the wheel Slam your foot flat on the gas and start traveling fast Turn up the volume, blast it on max till it rattles the gla** Get absorbed in some cla**ical records and old songs Till you're so lost you can't concentrate on your own thoughts Because a real MC attacks a song like a poet So feel free to spit the verse and rap along if you know it Cause I've never been disturbed when I listen to verse ever I even turn the base down so I can hear the words better Cause there's nothing worse than missing sh** when it's spit Like when you hit a pothole, the disc skips, and you pissed And if you're riding with a chick who doesn't listen to words And skips through the verse, than kick that stupid b**h to the curb (Chorus) Cause I'm a true MC and a Hip Hop head So I refuse to believe that this Hip Hop's dead But it seems like nowadays that no one's properly spittin' And the only explanation's they Forgot How To Listen So forget about the swagger and the diamonds that glisten Get some Big Pun, Gang Starr, and Nas in your system Find the tempo of the song and then just nod to the rhythm And Imma open up your ears since you Forgot How To Listen (Verse 2) Now before you make a choice and determine selections Know that everyone's different and has a personal preference So don't only search for what you're expected and you're supposed to Google Make your own decisions instead of just what's promoted to you Experiment with lyrics, rhymes, and the pace And overtime you will develop and acquire a taste Don't be blinded by blatant garbage who lie and say they're the hardest Just find who you can relate to and follow your favorite artists And when an album dropped I would be anxious for weeks And when the singles were released, I wouldn't listen to leaks Cause it would spoil the experience with words I knew So I could listen to it entirely the first time through And you should show appreciation and support to the posse Whether you cop it in the store or go preorder a copy Then grab your stashes with some matches and a blunt that's lit Rip the plastic off the package then bump that sh** (Chorus) Cause I'm a true MC and a Hip Hop head So I refuse to believe that this Hip Hop's dead But it seems like nowadays that no one's properly spittin' And the only explanation's they Forgot How To Listen So forget about the swagger and the diamonds that glisten Get some Big Pun, Gang Starr, and Nas in your system Find the tempo of the song and then just nod to the rhythm And Imma open up your ears since you Forgot How To Listen (Verse 3) You should seek those original, sublime, and unique And find whose rhymin' schemes are properly combined with beat Refrain from using any speak because silence is key And just sit reclined in your seat until the rhyme is complete Because fans nowadays have fallen victim to the fake As a slave of Lil Wayne and prisoner of Drake So nod to the tempo and the rhythm of the base And my lyrical display'll let you listeners' escape And homage should be paid to the lanes that the legends paved There's alotta knowledge you can gain from the heavy weights So don't be distracted by the base when the record plays Let the lyrics soak into brain till it resonates Then you could understand the logic and intentions If you process every sentence and then comprehend the message Then you could decipher between the real and the whack And that's how the f** you're really supposed to listen to rap (Chorus) Cause I'm a true MC and a Hip Hop head So I refuse to believe that this Hip Hop's dead But it seems like nowadays that no one's properly spittin' And the only explanation's they Forgot How To Listen So forget about the swagger and the diamonds that glisten Get some Big Pun, Gang Starr, and Nas in your system Find the tempo of the song and then just nod to the rhythm And Imma open up your ears since you Forgot How To Listen