AK - Family Tree lyrics
AK [Austin Kassabian]
[AK - Family Tree lyrics]
Think about where all your inspiration
Comes from, is he from your generation?
If he's not I'm sure you probably hate it
But ask yourself
Would you have even made it?
If it wasn't for him
And everybody else before him and before him
And before him
'Cause, you would never make it
If it wasn't for him and those before him
And before him and before him (Haha)
Yeah, yeah i am AK, I am not the next Em
But everybody telling me that
I'm the next him
But understand there will never be a next Em
You'll probably twist my words and
Say I don't respect him
I always preach to keep it real
So I'm about to now
Em did not influence me 'cause
I was not allowed to listen to 'em
My parents said I was just a child
I wondered why and I look back
And I got it now
My young mind back then probably wasn't ready
To hear the shit that he talked about
They said he was too edgy
I couldn't listen to anything
Younger me he was begging
I couldn't wait to hear the
Song about his momma's spaghetti
His influence on me was indirect
'Cause, I was listening to Hopsin
I was obsessed
I come to find he was the same
Way when it came to Em
That's when it hit me this
Culture's a family tree
And this shit affects the whole game
From the beginning 'til I'm hitting old age
'Cause even after when I'm gone
Kids come up with more flames
And artists feed the industry with songs
That bring 'em more rage
'Cause they just hate the fact
The era of sound's evolving
But where would they be?
If it wasn't for him
And everybody else before him and before him
And before him
'Cause, you would never make it
If it wasn't for him and those before him
And before him and before him (Haha)
Once Cole became my idol I
Was looking for his
Found out Nas was the reason that
He did what he did
So I was looking up his classics
Try'na find all his hit's
To see what spoke to Cole
So I could grow even though I was a kid
Illmatic still classic, I feel that shit
Even though it dropped five years
Before the world had me
Shit was blessing the next king
Of this real rap shit
I don't hate the new generation
Though I love it let's make that clear
Happy I got it off of my chest
Now the truth is out
Look, already I can see all the
Fans that I'm losing now
Just because I fuck with Pump
Roddy Ricch and Lil' Uzi sound
If you don't like it then don't listen
It's simple I'm cruising 'round in the Civic
Just wondering on how it'd
Be if they listened
They'd see that they got it
Twisted and all these kids
They been dissin' all this
Time have been gifted
I'm just minding my business
Shit I'm blind to the situation
I plead the fifth
The old must respect the new
The new must respect the old
If you a youngin' coming up but
You've been hating on what's old
Do your homework, learn the game
Watch the way this shit's evolved
Without the old, your biggest idol?
You would never even known
If it wasn't for him
And everybody else before him and before him
And before him
'Cause, you would never make it
If it wasn't for him and those before him
And before him and before him (Haha)
Comes from, is he from your generation?
If he's not I'm sure you probably hate it
But ask yourself
Would you have even made it?
If it wasn't for him
And everybody else before him and before him
And before him
'Cause, you would never make it
If it wasn't for him and those before him
And before him and before him (Haha)
Yeah, yeah i am AK, I am not the next Em
But everybody telling me that
I'm the next him
But understand there will never be a next Em
You'll probably twist my words and
Say I don't respect him
I always preach to keep it real
So I'm about to now
Em did not influence me 'cause
I was not allowed to listen to 'em
My parents said I was just a child
I wondered why and I look back
And I got it now
My young mind back then probably wasn't ready
To hear the shit that he talked about
They said he was too edgy
I couldn't listen to anything
Younger me he was begging
I couldn't wait to hear the
Song about his momma's spaghetti
His influence on me was indirect
'Cause, I was listening to Hopsin
I was obsessed
I come to find he was the same
Way when it came to Em
That's when it hit me this
Culture's a family tree
And this shit affects the whole game
From the beginning 'til I'm hitting old age
'Cause even after when I'm gone
Kids come up with more flames
And artists feed the industry with songs
That bring 'em more rage
'Cause they just hate the fact
The era of sound's evolving
But where would they be?
If it wasn't for him
And everybody else before him and before him
And before him
'Cause, you would never make it
If it wasn't for him and those before him
And before him and before him (Haha)
Once Cole became my idol I
Was looking for his
Found out Nas was the reason that
He did what he did
So I was looking up his classics
Try'na find all his hit's
To see what spoke to Cole
So I could grow even though I was a kid
Illmatic still classic, I feel that shit
Even though it dropped five years
Before the world had me
Shit was blessing the next king
Of this real rap shit
I don't hate the new generation
Though I love it let's make that clear
Happy I got it off of my chest
Now the truth is out
Look, already I can see all the
Fans that I'm losing now
Just because I fuck with Pump
Roddy Ricch and Lil' Uzi sound
If you don't like it then don't listen
It's simple I'm cruising 'round in the Civic
Just wondering on how it'd
Be if they listened
They'd see that they got it
Twisted and all these kids
They been dissin' all this
Time have been gifted
I'm just minding my business
Shit I'm blind to the situation
I plead the fifth
The old must respect the new
The new must respect the old
If you a youngin' coming up but
You've been hating on what's old
Do your homework, learn the game
Watch the way this shit's evolved
Without the old, your biggest idol?
You would never even known
If it wasn't for him
And everybody else before him and before him
And before him
'Cause, you would never make it
If it wasn't for him and those before him
And before him and before him (Haha)