DJ Spinna, Shadowman - Rap Shit lyrics

Remember Hip-Hop? Do you really?
Do you?

Before this rap shit yo I was strugglin
Jugglin, hustlin, bubblin
Doing what I had to before this rap shit
It was by any means getting that cream
Even if I had to blast you
Before this rap shit
Yo it was me and my brothers and so many
Others just out to get this chedda baby
Before this rap shit
Yo I was plottin and scammin or rockin
A scam whatever made it better baby
Before this rap shit
Yo I had hopes and dreams of publishing
Schemes of money off of every unit
Before this rap shit
It was just Hip-Hop and gettin yo pops
Not every fuckin body doin it
Before this rap shit
There wasn't no word wars or any conferences
But now this shit is like a fuckin circus
Before this rap shit
It was all about game and
Makin a name but now
What's the fuckin purpose?
Before this rap shit
It wasn't all about crime
Before this rap shit
Yo it was all about rhymes
Before this rap shit
It was about shapin the time
Now it ain't about shit
The industry rapin you mind

Put down your mic you lost your whole goal
You take it too seriously like it's a gamble
You take it too seriously like it's a gamble
Rap is something ya do
Hip-hip is something ya live
Well let me tell ya

Put down your mic you lost your whole goal
You take it too seriously like it's a gamble
You take it too seriously like it's a gamble
Rap is something ya do
Hip-hip is something ya live
Well let me tell ya

Before this rap shit
I was a sucka for love, a sucka for clubs
The only cat I fucked with was thug
Before this rap shit
Niggas was gansta for real
And gangsta for life
But now niggas is gangstas with deals
Before this rap shit
Had something to do with movin ya crew
This music was all for you
Before this rap shit
Niggas was fightin for you, weren't liking
It too, and now it's like
"Who's writin for you?" before this rap shit
Life wasn't fare but niggas ain't care, man
Whatever kept ya hands in the air
Before this rap shit
Dog, it was all about vibe
What niggas was live
Whatever helped the music survive
Before this rap shit
It wasn't was he seem it was
What was he sound like
And fuck him if he didn't sound right
And yo this rap shit
It's straight driving me nuts
Studio ganstas and video sluts fuckin me up
Man, this rap shit

Put down your mic you lost your whole goal
You take it too seriously like it's a gamble
You take it too seriously like it's a gamble
Rap is something ya do
Hip-hip is something ya live
Well let me tell ya

Put down your mic you lost your whole goal
You take it too seriously like it's a gamble
You take it too seriously like it's a gamble
Rap is something ya do
Hip-hip is something ya live
Well let me tell ya

After this rap shit
Yo I'ma go the fuck home and move the fuck
On and watch my newest youngin be born
After this rap shit
Yo I'ma count my dough, stack my flow
Get money so my kids can grow
After this rap shit
I'ma retire a legend and chill with my
Brethren sit on corner smokin my medicine
After this rap shit
All of ya'll can suck my ass
And buy all of my full albums
But don't touch my cash after this rap shit
When I'm done and got nothing
To write about I'ma a
Leave y'all fake thug niggas to fight it out
This rap shit

Put down your mic you lost your whole goal
You take it too seriously like it's a gamble
Put down your mic you lost your whole goal
You take it too seriously like it's a gamble
Put down your mic you lost your whole goal
You take it too seriously like it's a gamble
You take it too seriously like it's a gamble
Rap is something ya do
Hip-hip is something ya live

You take it too seriously like it's a gamble

Record companies out there throw rap on
The wall - know very little
About - and figure what sticks
Is it and what don't, don't be it