Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The Essence, artist - LowKey. Album song Dear Listener, in the genre Рэп и хип-хоп
Date of issue: 14.02.2009
Age restrictions: 18+
Record label: SO Empire
Song language: English
The Essence |
I don’t know exactly when it started going downhill |
Let’s take it back to the days it was about skill |
Before it was sweet boys parading as tough geeza’s |
Educated men naming themselves after drug dealers |
When it was a way to vent a mans pain |
Before it became a tool for presidential campaigns |
Before the 50's, Lil' Wayne’s and Rick Ross’s |
I’m about to show you the essence of what Hip-Hop is |
Before it was about street credibility |
When it was he’s alright but he’s better lyrically |
Think about the zombies your bad words influence |
Before Hip-Hop became an advert for ignorance |
Before it became Kamikaze |
I’m half Gil Scott-Heron and half Talib Kwelli |
You think getting shot makes you the next best thing |
For every 50 cent there’s at least 50 MF Grimms |
And that’s grim |
I know you think that this is easier |
But don’t believe the flippin' media |
Or what you read on Wikipedia |
It used to be all for the love |
Now pricks are greedier |
This business is sicker than an infant with leukaemia |
I live Hip-Hop, don’t disrespect my household |
I’m about to kill these rappers sales like internet downloads |
We’ve come a long way from the old timers |
Now it’s all 360, deals and fucking ghost writers |
Am I controversial cause I’m not commercial? |
Or cause I don’t rap like a rapper that wants to hurt you? |
Every man’s bragging, making anthems with gang-banging |
I’m like a man standing, over the Grand Canyon |
Hip-Hop broke down barriers like skin tone |
Hip-Hop 2008 is selling ring tones |
Hip-Hop even had your son dressing up in pink clothes |
Is Hip-Hop responsible for your kids soul? |
I think so! |