Standing There

Hip hop, you mean the world to me. Shit, you mean more than a girl to me. And when I need to talk, well, you provide The beat. And when I'm ready to listen, I Can hear you speak. 'Cause boom bap rap gets Through to me. I know you're honest, you speak The truth to me. And when I'm on it, You're not abusing me. You're getting loose with me, you're not a noose To me. You're my savior, my Christ, you're my Flavor, my light. You're the soundtrack to every day Of my life. You're the reason I fight through The season, the tide. To my morning, my afternoon, My evening, and night. Love it or hate it, We're no longer segregated. Hip hop's here, man, now I am elated. You got my attention, made my head rock. Now I just wait for that beat to drop. Hip hop, I saw you standing there. Hip hop, you called me at a time when I didn't care. Hip hop, you got my attention, Made my head rock. Hip hop, now I just for wait for that Now I beat to drop. Now I just wait for beat to drop. My first hip hop was Arrested Development on AM Radio back when it was relevant. I started writing lyrics, man, just for the hell Of it. That's how I found my place fits In the four elements. Breakdance, breakdance, cuts, and raps. My new history lesson, Grandmaster Flash. All the way through to Tupac and Nas. Yeah, The Fugees, Lauryn, Wyclef, and Pras. But it was J5 that changed my life. The night that I saw them rocked my life. I thought, "Yeah, that's how it's supposed to be." And ever since, hip hop, you've been close to Me. But then it changed with trap rap and Trip hop. Put it in a Ziploc, hip hop's In a pit stop. It went from boom bap, Get back to the doo-wop. Now I just wait for that beat to drop. Hip hop, I saw you standing there. Hip hop, you called me at a time when I didn't care. Hip hop, you got my attention, Made my head rock. Hip hop, now I just wait for that beat To drop. Now just for that beat to drop. Now I just drop. Now I just wait for Beat to drop. Well, it feels so long since we got it On. So me and hip hop, we gotta write This song. We gotta stay strong and improve the Quality. The airwaves filled with posers and Wannabes. Honestly, hip hop, where are you going? It's time to bring it back to rhymes, raps, And flowing. It's time to show that the boom Bap is growing. Educate young cats with facts they Should be knowing. Protest songs opposing what's Wrong. It's a voice for the streets to speak Through song. It was a chance for the poets You know and to drop bombs. Now I look for the poets and man, they're All gone. Trends like these, they need to stop. Gotta free these shackles, break these locks. Well, I'm done waiting for that beat to drop. So pass me the mic 'cause I'm ready to Rock. Hip hop, I saw you standing there. Hip hop, you called me at a time when I didn't care. Hip hop, you got my attention, Made my head rock. Hip hop, now I just wait for that beat To drop.