Melodiq, Pat D, Lady P sounding sweet
The UK and the USA
Paradox and Melodiq, poetic like sonnets
Words come alive, these lyrics keep flowing

Melodiq, Pat D, Lady P sounding sweet
The UK and the USA
Paradox and Melodiq, poetic like sonnets
Go together like treble and bass

Music’s meaning is more than the words, it’s the feeling
The passion, the soul, writing late in the evenings
It breathes in the records like turn to the ceiling
Motivated dreaming, back to what believing
It’s been in hearts, on tracks in vain
It’s seen in awe on graff on trains
The media try to attack its name
But the realness can’t be attached to fame
But who am I to say what hip-hop is?
Hip-hop was before Paradox lived
Before Yo! MTV Raps got big
When the soul and the words was what made hop hits
DJs rock kicks after digging in the crates
Now we’re living in an age where the rhythm is misplaced
It’s all about the chains, the millions you make
So I sit back, imagine as I listen to the greats

Hip-hop, some say it’s still the same
It’s real hip-hop
Hip-hop, some say it’s still the same
What’s it worth?

Hip-hop, some say it’s still the same
It’s real hip-hop
Hip-hop, some say it’s still the same
Some say it’s still the same, it ain’t that

It’s the authentic, all the time prolific, lyrical extraordinaire
Got rhymes to share, to educate the masses
Toasting the realness, raise your glasses
Never underestimate the movement
Always keeping my ear to the pavement
That’s what the pioneers did back then
Before they had two 12s making the blend
No emails to send, only word of mouth
Seems that real hip-hop is in a drought
Critics kept saying that it wouldn’t last
Through the years it persevered and made cash
Somehow it grew up too fast
Matured incorrectly, evidently
Now it’s time to do my thing
With ill flows and vibes that I bring no doubt

Hip-hop, some say it’s still the same
It’s real hip-hop
Hip-hop, some say it’s still the same
What’s it worth?

Hip-hop, some say it’s still the same
It’s real hip-hop
Hip-hop, some say it’s still the same
Now let’s take a sec to think back

Gangstarr
JD
Common Sense
Large Pro
Nas
Pete Rock
Tribe Called Quest
KRS was number one

Just being in here
Is a humbling experience to me
Because you’re looking through all these records
And it’s sort of like a big pile of broken dreams in a way
Almost none of these artists still have a
A career, really
Ten years down the line you’ll be in here
So keep that in mind when you start thinking like
“Oh yeah, I’m invincible and I’m the
I’m the world’s best or whatever
Because that’s what all these cats thought