Before Hip-Hop
[00:23.52] Before hip-hop, niggas got shot
[00:25.91] Before hip-hop, niggas smoked rocks
[00:28.83] Before hip-hop, my uncle had a drop
[00:31.75] Before hip-hop, homies stood on the block
[00:34.41] Before hip-hop, people smoked weed
[00:37.33] Before hip-hop, I'll get you what you need
[00:40.25] Before hip-hop, pimpin' was goin'
[00:42.91] Before hip-hop, bitches was hoein'
[00:45.83] My style is hostile, your style is docile
[00:48.49] I pull them Glocks out, forgot to box out
[00:51.14] I grab the rebound, I claim to be down
[00:54.06] The guppy, he drown 'cause homie's thee clown
[00:56.72] My pronouns will throw rounds, heartbeats will slow down (Yeah)
[01:00.17] Where's the showdown? Your hood is a ghost town
[01:02.84] I'm a Ghostbuster, hit you with the whole cluster
[01:05.49] Turn you into mustard, General Custer
[01:08.68] Chief Blackfoot kick a black rock
[01:11.06] 'Cause somehow they responsible for crack rock
[01:13.98] Somehow they wanna blame it on hip-hop
[01:16.65] Before I could talk, they used to Crip walk
[01:19.30] They used to roll dice, they used to flash ice
[01:22.48] Fuck with a chick, she'll cut your ass twice
[01:25.15] They used to pay the price, they used to go to jail
[01:27.79] Hip-hop ain't the reason why we catching hell
[01:30.18] Before hip-hop, girls got knocked
[01:33.11] Before hip-hop, that pussy used to pop
[01:35.76] Before hip-hop, they was on molly
[01:38.68] Before hip-hop, niggas caught a body
[01:53.02] They tell you and me it was lots of unity in the Black community
[01:56.73] That shit is lunacy
[01:58.59] They tried to ruin me, got me for my jewelry
[02:01.26] What they did to me, police got immunity
[02:04.17] Early '70s, got him for his leather piece
[02:07.10] Khakis hella creased, it was lots of jealousy
[02:09.76] Boys' bathroom was like a platoon
[02:11.88] The girls' bathroom was like a saloon
[02:14.80] Squabbles all year, September to June
[02:17.72] Niggas on weed, water and shrooms
[02:20.65] Niggas OD'd, had gangs and goons
[02:23.31] Down to send a coon (Zoom) straight to the moon
[02:26.22] Niggas would holler "Give me a dollar, nigga"
[02:29.15] He wanted more than a dollar, didn't take no scholar
[02:31.80] Yeah, motherfuckers had the Chevy Impala
[02:34.45] And they crashed out like, "Fuck you, your honor" (Fuck you, your honor)
[02:37.24] It all happened before they start rappin'
[02:40.33] If they say I'm lying, motherfuckers is cappin'
[02:42.99] Niggas be crying like they was the captain
[02:45.64] But I don't give a fuck, hand that bitch a napkin
[02:48.37] They mad at the mirror, but the mirror don't lie
[02:51.30] Before hip-hop, it was a drive-by
[02:53.95] Before hip-hop, niggas used to die
[02:56.88] Before hip-hop, mamas used to cry
[02:59.54] They mad at the mirror, but the mirror don't lie
[03:02.19] Before hip-hop, it was a drive-by
[03:05.11] Before hip-hop, niggas used to die
[03:07.77] Before hip-hop, mamas used to cry
[03:13.01] (Now-now-now, now listen)
[03:14.86] Before hip-hop (Now-now listen)
[03:21.77] Before hip-hop (Now-now-now, now listen) (Yeah)
[03:27.09] Before hip-hop (Now-now listen)
[03:32.93] They mad at the mirror, but the mirror don't lie
[03:35.59] Before hip-hop, it was a drive-by
[03:38.51] Before hip-hop, niggas used to die
[03:41.44] Before hip-hop, mamas used to cry
[03:44.36] (Now-now-now, now listen)
