REASON, Illy, Elemont - The Bridge lyrics

I'm growing up on the
Line known as Frankston, a young kid
Out to get respect upon the mic
I hope they felt it
No originator, more a second gen
A main participator of the paper and pen
(yeah)
Props, no fad, became a longterm member
Hip-hop's my drink
A twenty-five year bender
Take you way back to the eyes of the beholder
Initially I was infantry
A late eighties soldier
Way before revolver homies and lads
Used to sport pony and chill with undergrads
Went from theory to practice
Three stripes and maxes
Batter down the hatches
Fights and malpractice
I called your bluff and tried
To keep it fresh, bro
I just can't get enough like Depeche Mode
(Woop woop) was the sound of Obese
(Woop woop) I'm out and just peace

"I was born with the boom boom boom bap"
"I'm a rhy rhyme ar artist"
"And let me say a rhy rhyme in your ear"
"I was born with the
Boom boom boom bap" "It was all a dream"
"Long as the mic is loud
And the volume's pumpin'
I'ma move crowds to
Two-thousand and somethin'" (yeah)

From battle raps in backyards
Back when the accent
Was a replica of rap stars
I didn't know better
Heard Bias B's "Hursty" and
Overnight the US style
That I'd flirted with converted
To my native tongue
I met up with some older lads in school
Remember riding nine to a van
To see mates play gigs to twenty fans
When Obese Records was the mecca
Sharing ciggies with Muph on Izzett
St at the shopfront, i remember
Playing Solomon my demo tracks
Remember hanging at prahran park parties
Drinking metre's from where legend's sat
Too shy to speak, but too inspired to leave
Pegz's 350Z may as well have
Been a Rolls-Royce to me
Since, I've did it on my own
Still I tip my hat for those
Who made it possible, and wouldn't even know
Cheers for that, bridge the gap
Resonate on the track
Single moments in time
Generations of rap like that

"I was born with the boom boom boom bap"
"I'm a rhy rhyme ar artist"
"And let me say a rhy rhyme in your ear"
"I was born with the
Boom boom boom bap" "It was all a dream"
"Long as the mic is loud
And the volume's pumpin'
I'ma move crowds to
Two-thousand and somethin'"

Like it all began in 2006
Spinning Def Wish up in my
Discman Showing love to
The ones that weren't afraid
To go the distance
Persistence and train trips with mates
It amazed me
I'm looking back now loving that
It wasn't the mainstream
Embracing what I saw deemed as a dream
Was different to the other kids
While living through my teens i seemed free
Though intrigued by defeating the reach
Eighteen perceiving the means
Which involved achieving to be
Everything I wanted too
Inspired by the culture of kings
Since Hilltop I had some love for the shit
Pumped for the gigs
Train rides to the city of sins
Rhyming syllables every time if
The line wasn't in
Building a bridge in order to branch the gap
Influenced advance to rap
An answer back from being a fan of that
Infatuated from the Capricorn cat
And now months after my first track
I've enacted a firm grab

"I was born with the boom boom boom bap"
"I'm a rhy rhyme ar artist"
"And let me say a rhy rhyme in your ear"
"I was born with the
Boom boom boom bap" "It was all a dream"
"Long as the mic is loud
And the volume's pumpin'
I'ma move crowds to
Two-thousand and somethin'"