| [00:02.00] | Ludacris - I Do It For Hip Hop (Co-Starring Nas and Jay-Z) |
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| [00:15.59] | I do it for hip-hop |
| [00:18.49] | I do it for hip-hop |
| [00:20.73] | Yeah, I do it for hip-hop |
| [00:22.65] | Now this is what they call poetry in motion |
| [00:24.68] | My soul bleeds on the paper, heart screams with emotion |
| [00:28.12] | This my daily devotion, that verses stay deeper than the ocean |
| [00:31.23] | So hip-hop you owe me a promotion |
| [00:33.41] | Yeah, I do a little boastin' and braggin' |
| [00:35.20] | What's all the commotion and naggin' about |
| [00:37.91] | 'Cause I'm still the champ in the south |
| [00:39.47] | 'Cause rappers get in the booth and I keep draggin' them out |
| [00:42.20] | Where they fired and these pink slips I keep handin' them out |
| [00:44.81] | 'Cause this is Theater of Mind, consider it a sign |
| [00:47.38] | Of what's to come next, my money's just fine |
| [00:50.23] | Bank filled with dump checks |
| [00:51.80] | Terrorist threat flow, proceed to drop (bombs) like Mr. Funk Flex |
| [00:55.70] | But I don't do it for the money, I do it from the heart |
| [00:58.51] | I'll do it with the beatbox, I did it from the start |
| [01:01.22] | I'll do it for the DJs, I'll do it for the charts |
| [01:04.12] | The Van Gogh flow, Luda do it 'cause it's art |
| [01:06.67] | I do it for the fans, I do it on command |
| [01:09.37] | I do it for the front row, I do it for the stands |
| [01:12.10] | I spit it for the hood, I do it for the block |
| [01:14.67] | And since nine years old, I did it for hip-hop |
| [01:17.38] | So, I don't do for the chains and the fancy drops |
| [01:21.46] | I do it for hip-hop |
| [01:24.52] | I do it for hip-hop |
| [01:26.70] | I do it for hip-hop |
| [01:28.43] | And I don't do for the chains and the flashin' rocks |
| [01:32.43] | I do it for hip-hop |
| [01:34.96] | I do it for hip-hop |
| [01:37.85] | I do it for hip-hop |
| [01:39.44] | They say I'm so low key, I'm socially awkward |
| [01:42.07] | Only those that really know me are the ones that I talk with |
| [01:45.33] | They smile in the light, hate in the dark, |
| [01:47.59] | You call it beef, to me it's's just a fuckin' walk in the park |
| [01:50.32] | Because you are who you are when nobody is looking |
| [01:53.05] | That's who you are so when the cash and cars is gone, |
| [01:55.81] | the day after tomorrow |
| [01:57.28] | Don't be askin' to borrow, ski maskin' it hard, |
| [01:59.67] | like the way you rap in your bars |
| [02:01.79] | I could ride on you and whoever, |
| [02:03.08] | devise new endeavors I'm as live as hive full of predators |
| [02:06.97] | Twenty thousands different species of bees |
| [02:09.40] | Some half poisonous sting, some just pollinating their leafs |
| [02:12.05] | It's just like rap, some will buzz some will attack, |
| [02:14.87] | Compromising their own life in fact |
| [02:17.42] | Sixteen years since my first sixteen, pardon the rest of my niggas |
| [02:20.88] | But I'm the best whoever did it |
| [02:23.37] | I don't do for the cars and the fancy drops |
| [02:26.25] | Uh, I do it for hip-hop |
| [02:28.91] | Yeah, I do it for hip-hop, uh |
| [02:31.93] | I do it for hip-hop |
| [02:34.29] | And I don't do for the chains and the flashin' rocks |
| [02:37.27] | Why we do it kid, I do it for hip-hop |
| [02:39.56] | Yeah, I do it for hip-hop, uh |
| [02:43.01] | I do it for hip-hop |
| [02:45.19] | Hip-hop, started out in the park |
| [02:47.83] | We used to do it to avoid the Narcs |
| [02:50.46] | I used to do it so the homeboy Clark can get the fuck |
| [02:53.98] | Off my back while I knocked off these packs |
| [02:56.10] | I used to rap to impress my friends |
| [02:58.82] | The past of time when I was gettin' it in |
| [03:01.51] | Just so happens I'm so illegal with the pen, they |
| [03:04.00] | Ain't want me to do anything illegal again |
| [03:06.60] | I lost a lot of dawgs to these streets |
| [03:09.71] | I got Grammy awards on these beats |
| [03:12.43] | Thank God for Cool Herc |
| [03:15.16] | Without this shit I probably would've got murked |
| [03:17.93] | Shout outs to Grandmaster Flash and the cash |
| [03:21.46] | And even Jaz bum ass |
| [03:23.24] | Hip hop helped me wash me ass |
| [03:25.92] | These other rappers couldn't wash my socks |
| [03:28.84] | That's why I took the number one slot |
| [03:31.47] | The realest shit in rap comes from my voice box |
| [03:34.15] | Lord knows when I was on my clock |
| [03:36.53] | I probably never would've stopped |
| [03:38.29] | Thank God for hip-hop |
| [03:39.62] | I don't do for the cars and the fancy drops |
| [03:43.66] | I do it for hip-hop |
| [03:46.12] | I do it for hip-hop |
| [03:48.57] | I do it for hip-hop |
| [03:50.21] | And I don't do for the chains and the flashin' rocks |
| [03:53.11] | Come on, I do it for hip-hop |
| [03:56.63] | I do it for hip-hop |
| [03:59.60] | I do it for hip-hop |
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