Baba Brinkman - Lit-Hop lyrics
[Baba Brinkman - Lit-Hop lyrics]
This is just a linguistic attempt to achieve
The effects of chemical ecstasy
Without the spiritual leprosy
Or physical lethargy it’s lyrical lechery
‘Cause you feel it comin’ on to you
So listen and see why the mixin’ of this
Delicate recipe is literally
What I feel like I was born to do yes indeed
I’m bringin’ the heat
But, I’m givin’ it that
Unique feelin’ of intimacy
MCs are dealin’ with so many difficulties
Like even illiteracy so listen to me
And if you only listen to criminals speak
I’ll flip it in Criminalese
Like Immortal Technique
Turn off the television and read
You little freaks!
‘Cause lit-hop for me isn’t just
A figure of speech sh yeah
I live it and breath it that’s
Why I rap better than Jesus
‘Cause, I’m so deep in this lyrical thesis
I feel like a religious extremist yeah
You better believe it
‘Cause if I said it I mean it
Unless it was facetious
Well I seen this vision of Hip-Hop
Once when I was dreamin'
It was ressurected lost lyrical genius
And as long as Lit-hop is breathin'
I'm still believin'
Well I seen this vision of Lit-hop
Once when I was dreamin'
It was ressurected lost lyrical genius
And as long as Hip-hop is breathin'
I'm still believin'
You wanna know how I
Started this lit-hop chronicle?
I went to a lot of shows
And I thought Hip-Hop was so ironical
When I saw so many wannabe
MCs all tryin’ to go
After the same kinda cars and clothes
And hoes and marijuana smoke
And I thought NOOO! I wanna go, I wanna go to
Enga laaand! And I heard a whole lotta people
Whingin’ on the subject of Hip-Hop changin’
And it wasn’t the same as back in
The day and I thought to myself, hey
Bring it on! ‘Cause
I don’t complain about changes
Some rap crews is tryin’ to go back to
The roots of the people they hang with
I’m just tryin’ to go back to
The roots of my language, and that’s English
I had to flip the script ‘cause I
Got sick of rap that’s brainless
MCs claim intellectual when they’ve
Never read a textbook
And educated professors never wrote
A sexy hook so they remain ineffectual and
Never get successful
And you now you’re listenin’ to the
Only one who’s ever repped both well I chose
To leave rap alone and get a Master's
So I could capture the most cinematic scope
And that's when it turned into a fashion show
Well this is the antidote
And I don't wanna teach
Any classes after shows
I just want put a coupl of
Classic quotes in my tracks
And maybe let the masses know
How to challenge the status quo
Well I seen this vision of Hip-Hop
Once when I was dreamin'
It was ressurected lost lyrical genius
And as long as Lit-hop is breathin'
I'm still believin'
Well I seen this vision of Lit-hop
Once when I was dreamin'
It was ressurected lost lyrical genius
And as long as Hip-hop is breathin'
I'm still believin' credit's
The effects of chemical ecstasy
Without the spiritual leprosy
Or physical lethargy it’s lyrical lechery
‘Cause you feel it comin’ on to you
So listen and see why the mixin’ of this
Delicate recipe is literally
What I feel like I was born to do yes indeed
I’m bringin’ the heat
But, I’m givin’ it that
Unique feelin’ of intimacy
MCs are dealin’ with so many difficulties
Like even illiteracy so listen to me
And if you only listen to criminals speak
I’ll flip it in Criminalese
Like Immortal Technique
Turn off the television and read
You little freaks!
‘Cause lit-hop for me isn’t just
A figure of speech sh yeah
I live it and breath it that’s
Why I rap better than Jesus
‘Cause, I’m so deep in this lyrical thesis
I feel like a religious extremist yeah
You better believe it
‘Cause if I said it I mean it
Unless it was facetious
Well I seen this vision of Hip-Hop
Once when I was dreamin'
It was ressurected lost lyrical genius
And as long as Lit-hop is breathin'
I'm still believin'
Well I seen this vision of Lit-hop
Once when I was dreamin'
It was ressurected lost lyrical genius
And as long as Hip-hop is breathin'
I'm still believin'
You wanna know how I
Started this lit-hop chronicle?
I went to a lot of shows
And I thought Hip-Hop was so ironical
When I saw so many wannabe
MCs all tryin’ to go
After the same kinda cars and clothes
And hoes and marijuana smoke
And I thought NOOO! I wanna go, I wanna go to
Enga laaand! And I heard a whole lotta people
Whingin’ on the subject of Hip-Hop changin’
And it wasn’t the same as back in
The day and I thought to myself, hey
Bring it on! ‘Cause
I don’t complain about changes
Some rap crews is tryin’ to go back to
The roots of the people they hang with
I’m just tryin’ to go back to
The roots of my language, and that’s English
I had to flip the script ‘cause I
Got sick of rap that’s brainless
MCs claim intellectual when they’ve
Never read a textbook
And educated professors never wrote
A sexy hook so they remain ineffectual and
Never get successful
And you now you’re listenin’ to the
Only one who’s ever repped both well I chose
To leave rap alone and get a Master's
So I could capture the most cinematic scope
And that's when it turned into a fashion show
Well this is the antidote
And I don't wanna teach
Any classes after shows
I just want put a coupl of
Classic quotes in my tracks
And maybe let the masses know
How to challenge the status quo
Well I seen this vision of Hip-Hop
Once when I was dreamin'
It was ressurected lost lyrical genius
And as long as Lit-hop is breathin'
I'm still believin'
Well I seen this vision of Lit-hop
Once when I was dreamin'
It was ressurected lost lyrical genius
And as long as Hip-hop is breathin'
I'm still believin' credit's