There's nothing you can say to change the way that my brain works
When I step on the stage, I gave the same shit that they heard
I took time to reflect and changed the way that I trained words
The pain hurts, but put that pain into a page on paper
Translate the lyrics and then analyze the data
If hip hop was a girl then I would have to try to date her
I rap to beats 'til I get a pain when my brain hurts
I write too much, I give it all up when the flame burns
The names earned, from all the years upon the same earth
We share it every day just by living up in the same dirt
The same worth, we bottle pain until the pain bursts
I express myself when I reflect the name, I gave first
Don't be flexing just step up and let the flame
Surface to the top, and expect the best will set to gain worth
I came first, I may have changed I have the same thirst
Since I started rapping when I came into the lane first
Hip-hop is our life, the way that we live
It ain't the same, this shit has changed but we give
Reminiscing for the greats that we miss
Hip-hop is the way that we live, it's the way that it is
Hip-hop is our life, the way that we live
It ain't the same, this shit has changed but we give
Reminiscing for the greats that we miss
Hip-hop is the way that we live, it's the way that it is
Now there's nothing you can tell me I've not already heard
I put a lot of work in this and I embody the verse
I took a modern censorship with such a moderate curse
And spat it back at all the sensitive, vomiting words
Hip-hop is unity, of course we're a community
Would take a lot of force behind your thought to sum up beautifully
The way that I can do it cause I'm one of a kind
I'm sunny at night, brother ain't no dulling my shine
I'm like the raddest hip-hopper to ever have in his pocket
A pen and pad and the proper use of language he proffers
Like how am I even writing insane flows
My brain goes a thousand miles an hour in plane mode
One of the best of us, so cunts will be impressed as fuck
And get to jump around and bang their heads until their necks are fucked
I am a part of something bigger than me
My spirit achieved greatness and the critics agree because
Hip-hop is our life, the way that we live
It ain't the same, this shit has changed but we give
Reminiscing for the greats that we miss
Hip-hop is the way that we live, it's the way that it is
Hip-hop is our life, the way that we live
It ain't the same, this shit has changed but we give
Reminiscing for the greats that we miss
Hip-hop is the way that we live, it's the way that it is