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It's like this (what?)
I ain't just came about
I once was a musket
Before my record came out
I grew and I grew and I grew without a crew
On shoulder to lean on
No clue on what to do
Like you (what?)
I'm programmed never to stop
Just like heavy cream, yo
I'm rising to the top
I started at the bottom and I'm on my ascent
I'm a damn good investment
Money well spent
It's good to be free
It's good to be me
It's good to spend my life in bondage and break free
It's good to fight authority and still respect seniority
It's good that I'm responsible for every single part of me
Drink big, just like Gelato
I'm the kid to follow, that's always been my motto
Gordon Gekko of the ghetto
I'd rather hold the shooting stars and never let go
All the police, them come from downtown
Speak to the rhythm and make a new sound
Stick 'em up and draw them guns down
Hip-hop heroes that come from downtown
Never stop, them come from downtown
Hip-hop heroes that come from downtown
Keep 'em up and keep them heads down
Hip-hop heroes that come from downtown
Life is a treat (what?) or is it a trick? (What?)
I'm looking for a cure to keep from getting sick
It's getting hard to breathe, this air is so thick
So I'm out here on the roof and I'm flying at six feet
We all need heroes, someone to emulate
That deliver, teach us to make it, do great things
Turn from drugs and thugs into the hey-dees
Earned your dream, fresh and clean like mountain springs
I look to the beat, keeps the very first words
Hip-hop forefathers and their prodigals served
Who rapped about hip-hop through a lot of pre-Ks
But the secrets of hip-hop, we're all the same race
Hip-hop ain't about skin tone and big clothes
Everyone's face has two eyes and one nose
I'm laying it down, I got no fear
All I care about is you can hear who got two ears
R-r-r-r-r-rock on, rock on, boom, boom
Rock on, boom, boom, sho-sho, hey
Rock on, boom, boom, rock on, boom, boom
Hip-hop pills come, come down, come down, hey
Shaka-shaka-dong, shaka-shaka-shaka-dong
Shaka-shaka-dong, shaka-shaka-shaka-dong
Shaka-shaka-dong, shaka-shaka-shaka-dong
Hip-hop pills come, come down, come down
I see hip-hop records next to flip-flops and Comfort
I used to pedal mixtapes from the back of my car
Feelin' the air waves with my Ransom Rays
From the pimped out booth in my own back cave
I started off, make it dope beats
Mixin' sounds in my head from the sounds in the streets
It wasn't 'bout the money, but more of what I can teach
Like a tidal wave, I'm ready to run up on the beach
I maneuver my opponent with terms and fits of phrase
I hit 'em 'cross the face with rhythm beyond their age
I tell you 'bout the bad, I teach you 'bout the good
The only lessons you can learn by living in the hood
Like a sage with a stash, you better not sip my rhymes, I stash
It's fun, I see I got the phony rappers on the run
When they hear me, they fear me, they really should be scared of me
Like starin' at a barrel of a big shotgun
Drop one, drop two, drop down to your knees
I drop dope beats like I drop MC's
And gotta thank me, 'cause I know you'll be down
With the hip-hop heroes that come from downtown
Call the police that come from downtown
Speak to the rhythm and make a new sound
Pick 'em up and throw them guns down
Hip-hop heroes that come from downtown
Never stop, they come from downtown
Hip-hop heroes that come from downtown
Keep 'em up and keep them heads down
Hip-hop heroes that come from downtown
