MC Lars, Rittz, KRS-One, MC Chris - What is Hip-Hop? lyrics

Everything's fallin'
Every-Everything's fallin'
Everything's fallin'
Every-Everything's fallin-fallin'
Everything's fallin'
Every-Everything's fallin'
Everything's fallin'
Every-Everything's fallin' a-

It's always a privilege to spit with Lars
I'm a reality speaker, forget them cars
I'm learning how to teleport to reach to Mars
When you love this to live this
You spit your bars
I spit a quick barrage switch to Rs
Before you get burnt by all these lit cigars
I spit because the time is upon us
Prophecy: Edgar Cayce, Nostradamus

Are they in the future or
Really far behind us?
Past perceptions trying to find
Us and blind us
Topical, poetically philosophical
Today's education is unappliable
I think with my abdominal, life is phenomenal
You make it all up with your optical
Every moment is optional
That means anything I think in
A blink is possible

Everything's fallin'
Every-Everything's fallin' a-
Everything's fallin'
Every-Everything's fallin' apart!
(can't you tell me)
Every-Everything's fallin' apart!
(can't you tell me) every-Every-Everything

What is Hip-Hop? Is it what you wear?
Is it the brands that you rep or
The way you wear you hair?
Is it your attitude, gratitude
Identity or fate? Your history
Your future or the problems that you face?
Is it the spirit of the times? The Zeitgeist
Believe it divinity inside of me
We breathe it cause we need it
The Gospel of Hip-Hop
It really changed my life
KRS relieved the stress - I
Had to read it twice

When it all falls apart I
Remember what he said
It's not about the cheddar, cream, fame
Skill or bread
Its's the karma, truth and beauty
Learning to respect learning how to love
Putting selfishness in check
What is Hip-Hop? Divine self-discovery
Mastering the elements
Defining just what love can be
Testifying truthfully, rhyming with the best
I see the light, it feels so right cause
Hip-hop's got me blessed

I stay up
Even when everything's falling apart

Everything's fallin'
Every-Everything's fallin' a-
Everything's fallin'
Every-Everything's fallin' apart!
(can't you tell me)
Every-Everything's fallin' apart!
(can't you tell me) everything's fallin' a-

Yeah, you fuck on me your whole
Career is gonna fall apart
Servin' rappers individually, a la carte
Who got an open menu
Nobody cool and don't pretend you
Ain't feelin' this, I'm killing shit
Please don't continue to hate
It's safe to say I'm one
Of the hottest rapping
Hotter than wasabi dressing
Hot like the Mojave Desert
I fuck your bitch
My homie got the sloppy seconds
I got her legs in the air
Kickin' like she taking karate lessons

Rittz you got a second? Nah bitch
I'm kinda busy
My grind is grizzly, the timing is the
Key to everything
Impeccably my timing is oh so sublime
You've heard this slow shit now
Back to the double time
I was ripping the microphone when I was young
And I stepped up as I kicked butt
I was losing my mind in depression off half
Of a pack of the stiff dope
Every bitch that I dated I hated and then
Pray for the day that I get fucked
They say that they were just sick of
Rapping the shit that they get to

Fall apart (apart)

Everything's fallin'
Every-Everything's fallin' a-
Everything's fallin'
Every-Everything's fallin' apart!
(can't you tell me)
Every-Everything's fallin' apart!
(can't you tell me) everything's fallin' a-

What is Hip-Hop? It's the sound
That a bunny makes
Today's Hip-Hop might leave a funny taste
Flavor that you savor is a little artificial
Pinky-wink twinkies got no filling
In the middle keep it simple follow
The Hip-Hop commandments
Keep it real represent like
Our fucking dads' did
Our elders, our betters
The ones who did it first
Pioneers are outta here, stars about to burst

It's up to the descendants and
I ain't talking dirty sheets
I am what I am even though
They want to murder me
They just pissed because I'm true
To the art form
Make a loud sound like a fucking car horn
True to my rhymes cause that shit pays off
I'm my own boss, can't be laid off
No clock to punch, no breaks to take
What is Hip-Hop? Non-stop mistakes