Bliss n Eso - Then Till Now (Phazed Out) lyrics

See it was hip hop that
Damn near changed my life
From meeting Ozone in LA in '85
From my attempts to try and
Step on stage and rhyme
To my beyond 2005 state of mind
From a copy of a culture
To teaching a tradition
From electric boogaloo
To the beat that keeps my rhythm, from
Wanderin' the tracks, to the mud
That's in my hand, from
Wantin' to be black, to lovin' who I am
From not knowing where you're from
To the image of Sydney
From noone knowin' hip hop to
Kids thinkin' they're 50

From the dramas on film
To the dramas in life, from posh clothes
To now knowin' they're worth
Half of the price
And from thinking to be king
You gotta have wealth
To the inner revolution I
Call knowledge of self
So from back then till now I
Still rap for the pleasure
Being rich or poor man
I'm still happy as ever
(You gotta understand me)
You gotta understand me
(I gotta understand you)
I gotta understand you
So we can stand together
Recognise and vision
It's one love, one life
Sets aside our differences
(You gotta understand me)
You gotta understand me
(I got to understand you)
Cos that's what gets me by, in my life

From a punk in the Bronx to
The heart of the 'burbs
From a dyslexic kid to a artist of words
From a wild child to my
Parents trying to steady me
From taking my Pac and Cube
To giving me Heavy D
From mimicking thugs thinking the
Lyrics were dope
To getting no satisfaction cause it
Was mirrors of smoke
From a home of hip hop to
A land owned by rock
From rhyming to my mirror to
Thousands blowing the spot
But through all the cheers and
The brew and the beers
Was just a kid on the bus

Headphones glued to his ears
Who just grew through the years
To pursue with the tears the blood
Sweat and make something with his
Crew and his peers
See it was hip hop that put
Three lost souls on a map
From showing us the country
To putting clothes on our back
And from finding myself in
My mic's reflection
To this musical marriage that
Gave my life direction
(You gotta understand me)
You gotta understand me
(I gotta understand you)
I gotta understand you
So we can stand together
Recognise and vision
It's one love, one life
Sets aside our differences
(You gotta understand me)
You gotta understand me
(I got to understand you)
Cos that's what gets me by, in my life

From a major label deal to
Buskin' on the street
Know this soul's not for sale when
I'm fucking with these beats
The landlord of these lyrics with a
Touch of what can be
And if it doesn't break ground you
Could trust it wasn't me
The deepest of minds can't
Frame what I've imagined
Three eyes on the train writing
Rhymes on a napkin
See these kids don't have Bentley's
They sit and take the bus
But, if you're playing this
Tape your situation's sussed

From backstage butterfly's to
A passionate debut from not having a path to
Bush bashing a way through
From this rhyming release to stress
I've got off my chest
From chasing a dream to holding
It hot off the press
And from shoe store days to
Writing sessions at night
To a culture that ultimatly taught
Me lessons in life
So from back then till now I
Still rap for the pleasure
Being rich or poor man
I'm still happy as ever

And we won't stop until we get that feeling
That's why we get on up (yeh)
That's why we get on up
Ohhh we won't stop until we get that feeling
That's why we get on up

(You gotta understand me)
You gotta understand me
(I gotta understand you)
I gotta understand you
So we can stand together
Recognise and vision
It's one love, one life
Sets aside our differences
(You gotta understand me)
You gotta understand me
(I got to understand you)
Cos that's what gets me by, in my life