Hi-Tek - Music for Life (feat. Nas, J Dilla, Marsha Ambrosius, Busta Rhymes, Common) lyrics

Yo, I don't know where to start
Uh, check it out, music is
- my total existence, dawg, straight up
Everything with my life revolves around music
It's like you can't get a relationship with
I'm still with my first love which is music
You'know'what'I'm'sayin'? For real
The reason I'm here is is
J Dilla, just like that, peace

Yeah, yeah it started with rhythms I heard
Listenin' to the wall
The bouncin' of basketballs on
Playgrounds and all
The empty bottles that's hollow
Wind blowin' inside 'em
The flow and the rhymin' got
My alignment to a science
Mixin' with my moms in the kitchen
Them spoons rattlin'
Pots and pans, faucet water pourin'


Tunes managin'
To come from all the fussin' and ramblin'
What I noticed was - pure music
Untampered with by things showbiz does older
Thugs showed us stuff
Like how to hold a plug
Juice from the street light
It almost could have blowed us up
Crates of records
Great sessions had the whole hood jammin'
Large speakers, fresh made
Smell the wood sandin'
Father did his blues smooth
Legendary jazz man
Saw his wife secondary to his true passion
Started with my crew rappin'
New jacks in '82 never looked back
Now look what it changed me to: music

We gotta believe the future
We gotta believe the past
We gotta believe in more
That know that we have
We gotta believe each other
We gotta open up our minds
'Cause music is for life for life

Uh, what's the difference between me and you?
It's I'm a real connoisseur of this rap shit
I really do it
My whole life, man, is really music
Through my bassline, I'm livin' through it
Another expression of life I
Couldn't live without
I like my music straight pure
Not watered down
DAMN, it felt good to fulfill the
Dreams of gettin' out the hood kept me busy
Gave me a chance to stop sellin' drugs
Spendin' time in the basement kept
Me from actin' up
Zonin' out, wishin' Dre could check it out
I'm here now, I can't believe it
Proof in the puddin'
Everything happened for a reason
Through this music I'm able
To feed the family
When I'm stressed out, it's my sanity
It's a lifestyle
All on the street and in Hollywood
Music in my DNA, it's my livelihood: music

We gotta believe the children
We gotta believe in hope
We gotta believe in more
That know that we know
See, we gotta believe each other
We gotta open up our minds
'Cause music is for life for life

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Keep the music alive
The good and the strong survive
I closed my eyes and imagined
I was 'Jackson Five'
Randy and Michael, goin' through life cycle
Music allowed me to let life go
So vital to a youngster
Comin' up amongst street hustlers
The big beat'll touch us in
Such a special place
Givin' the ghetto a taste of
What freedom is like
I reached a point in my life
Where I was needin' the mic
No second guessin'
Self-expression in lessons learned
Aggression became sessions where
Sessions burned
Put my soul into it, now my feet is firm
In the game, where a name is hard to earn
And hot cats' careers gets scarred and burned
Through the years, mine took a Godly turn
This is the story of my life
Here trapped in a verse
No matter money or the
Movies, music is first, yeah

We gotta believe the future
We gotta believe the past
We gotta believe in more
That know that we have
So we gotta believe each other
We gotta open up our minds
'Cause music is for life

See, we gotta believe the children
We gotta believe in hope
We gotta believe in more than all we know
See, we gotta believe each other
We gotta open up our minds
'Cause music is for life

Ayo, Hi Tek whattup?, you know who this is
It's your boy Busta Bus down, Flipmode Squad
Aiight now, you know
This is serious thing behind the
Music that we're doing
It's like, music, for me man
It mean, it means everything, family
You know when we going through
Our personal strifes in life
You know what I'm sayin'
We get up in that studio
Close that door, we locking ourselves
In, that little four-wall space, man
Get up in the vocal booth and
Become whoever you wanna be
Express whatever you wanna feel
You know what I mean?
When you going through your most
Frustrating time in life
You know what I'm sayin'
You can realize that
When you can't find nobody else to speak to
You can speak through the music
Help other people feel your
Pain, your struggle, your passion
You know, what you live and die for
Your values in life you know what I mean?
Music, man
It's the voice of every being in the universe
The platform provided for us to communicate
When all else fails
It's what allows us to be able to connect
With touching our hearts and the
Soul of the streets

Yo, I'm a Rosemont legend nigga
I'm a felony nigga
Keep rollin' the motha'fuckers in, my nigga
Like the bait, theythey hoppin' on it
When the bait go in, nigga
They can't playa hate on it
I'm comin' back niggas, stronger than ever
Watch this, nigga, Bony Bones, clever if ever
Playa hater, can't motha'fucker
Fuck with this
My baby mama even talk about my shit, ha
I'm hotter than hot, hotter, what? Tell 'em
Boo (Hang up the damn phone) , yeah, I'm on
Alright bony Bones in the house, nigga