Hip-Hop Taught Me
Parents weren't around to raise me, all I had was words and lyrics from rappers
Excuse me, if I act like Hip-Hop is the only thing that matters
Nas, Rakim,Tupac and Eminem taught me more than any book
Hip-Hop Taught me more about life than any teacher ever could
I don't care for mumble rappers or the new slang
From a young age I've listened to Big Pun, Jay-Z and Wu-Tang
So I love a message in the bars and rhymes
I see Hip-Hop today and I hate how the art has declined
From a young age I've been in love with Hip-Hop
But I don't care about love and Hip-Hop
I care about rhymes, storytelling, lyricism, I'm not the one to judge your wrist watch
I like the rappers that try to Write something so hard, that when they lift their pad up, blood will drip off
Hip-Hop inspired me to be better, but the government will tell you it's to blame for Gun crime
Because they hear the word gun and don't listen to the full rhymes
If you don't listen to artists on a whole, you have no right to judge their artistry
No teacher taught me more about life than KRS-One, Common, Nas and Bone Thugs and Harmony
At the age of 8 I heard the Marshall Mathers LP for the first time
Obsessed and mesmerised by the different way rappers made words rhyme
Depression had a hold of me and stopped me from sleeping at night
But as soon as I threw some Hip-Hop on, it gave me a reason to fight
They told me it was inappropriate, but someone tell me what's worse
My family drinking and injecting heroin, or a rapper putting a few swear words in their musical work?
If it wasn't for Hip-Hop I wouldn't be alive right now because it saved me
Until the day I die I'll always be a Hip-Hop baby
Parents weren't around to raise me, all I had was words and lyrics from rappers
Excuse me, if I act like Hip-Hop is the only thing that matters
Nas, Rakim,Tupac and Eminem taught me more than any book
Hip-Hop Taught me more about life than any teacher ever could
Copyright © Alex Duffy | Year Posted 2018
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