Before Hip Hop

You killed it my brother

My main man

I loved it, this dude, baby

I want revenge (yeah)

Ah, I want revenge (yeah)

He was my only brother (yeah, shit)

He was like my main man

I loved it-I loved it, my old brother

Before hip-hop, niggas got shot

Before hip-hop, niggas smoked rocks

Before hip-hop, my uncle had a drop

Before hip-hop, homies stood on the block

Before hip-hop, people smoked weed

Before hip-hop, I'll get you what you need

Before hip-hop, pimping was gone

Before hip-hop, bitches was on

My style was hostile, your style was docile

I pull them Glock's out

Forgot to box out

I grab the rebound

I claim to be down

The guppy, he drown

'Cause homies decline

My pronouns will throw rounds

Heartbeats will slowed down (yeah)

Where's the showdown?

Your hood is a ghost town

I'm a Ghostbuster, hit you with the whole cluster

Turn you into muster, General Custer

Chief Blackfoot, kick a black rock

'Cause somehow they responsible for crack rock

Somehow they wanna blame it on hip-hop

Before I could talk, they used to crip walk

They used to roll dice

They used to flash ice

Fuck with a chick, she'll cut your ass twice

They used to pay the price

They used to go to jail

Hip-hop ain't the reason why we catching him

Before hip-hop, girls got knocked

Before hip-hop, that pussy used to pop

Before hip-hop, they was on molly

Before hip-hop, niggas caught a body

I loved it here (hm, shit)

And-and he was my only brother (yeah, right)

He was like my main man

I loved it-I loved it

They tell you and me it was lots of unity in the black community

That shit is lunacy

They tried to ruin me, got me for my jewelry

What they did to me, police got immunity

Early 70s got him for his leather piece

Khakis hella creased, it was lots of jealousy

Boys' bathroom was like a platoon

The girls' bathroom was like a saloon

Squabbles all year, September to June

Niggas on weed, water and shrooms

Niggas OD'd, had gangs and goons

Down the center coon (soon), straight to the moon

Niggas would holler "Give me a dollar, nigga"

He wanted more than a dollar, didn't take no scholar

Yeah, motherfuckers had the Chevy Impala

And they crashed out like, fuck you, your honor (fuck you, your honor)

It all happened before they start rapping

If they say I'm lying, motherfuckers is capping

Niggas be crying like they was the captain

But I don't give a fuck, hand that bitch a napkin

They mad at the mirror, but the mirror don't lie

Before hip-hop, it was a drive-by

Before hip-hop, niggas used to die

Before hip-hop, mamas used to cry

They mad at the mirror, but the mirror don't lie

Before hip-hop, it was a drive-by

Before hip-hop, niggas used to die

Before hip-hop, mamas used to cry

(Now-now-now listen)

Before hip-hop (now-now listen)

Before hip-hop (now-now-now listen) (yeah)

Before hip-hop (now-now listen)

They mad at the mirror, but the mirror don't lie

Before hip-hop, it was a drive-by

Before hip-hop, niggas used to die

Before hip-hop, mamas used to cry

(Now-now listen)