[Sho Baraka]
It’s the illin empire, mid 90s/
I’m close to a cypher it ain’t hard to find me/
Kids claimin’ they freestylin’ but they just reciting lines/
Especially this Snoop Dogg wanna-be beside me/
On a normal Tuesday I’m walking down the block/
I heard a song from a truck that made my body stop/
I’m like that ain’t Pac, that ain’t Big, that ain’t Nas I gotta figure out who this is/
Yeah... it got me pickin’ up the phone callin’ the homies at home like/
Have you heard this song it went “you got money get ya hands in the air”/
Oh snap he on rap city now with Joe Clair/
Boy was dope like a breath of fresh air/
When he told a story I felt like I was right there/
I asked pop for ten bucks he’s like boy that’s nonsense/
I don’t work hard to buy you explicit content/
I’m kinda scared to go to the store and steal it though/
You know a brother broke so I just dub it from the radio/
But the homie came through the next night/
With a album that became the soundtrack of my life/
Yesterday I fell in love yesterday I...
Tomorrow came I’ve had enough
We want that real hip hop, that real hip hop
We want that real hip hop, that real hip hop
We want that real hip hop, that real hip hop
Everybody make noise for that real hip hop
[Sho Baraka]
I’m a little older I’m in college now/ (yeah)
And you know my favorite artist still holdin it down/
Any time we argue best rappers alive/
He’s easily number 1 in my top 5/
The more I steal his style I feel credibility/
Cuz every college dude just wants an identity/
If he’s describing his life well that’s how I act/
If he has an opinion where I don’t then insert that/
But now insert the Lord (I’m changed now)/
Because I have different views I find myself even caring about stuff on the news/
My heart aches, with these current affairs is harder to enjoy/
“You got money put your hands in the air”/
The more I listen the more I feel a mental battle/
I recognize that his worldview is really shallow/ (dang)
His lexicon is money sex and cars that’s all we get/
He kills on records then he says it’s entertainment really quick/
That’s pretty dangerous when you break it down/
Plus I notice even his music has the same sound/
It’s not much depth to his content and art/
Me and my favorite artist are now growin’ apart, dang/
Yesterday I fell in love yesterday I...
Tomorrow came I’ve had enough
We want that real hip hop, that real hip hop
We want that real hip hop, that real hip hop
We want that real hip hop, that real hip hop
Everybody make noise for that real hip hop
Everybody make noise for that real hip hop
[Sho Baraka]
Now I’m a grown man with new burdens to bear/
And this dude still rappin’ about “you got money put your hands in the air”/
Friend get outta here with that mess/
There’s a million other things that you can address/
This cat is close to 40 and he’s still thuggin’/
Well at least that’s the perception that he gives in public/
I mean I enjoy life like the next brother/
But it seems he ain’t growin’ up with the rest of us/ (come on man)
Sometimes I just wanna know the truth about who’s copyin’ who/
Cuz instead of reachin’ em I think he’d rather be the youth/
I wouldn’t trip but this is more than just a trend/
Cuz this music and it’s brand promotes irresponsible men/
Cuz they never had a father who could walk em through the content/
Teachin’ them the skill to discern all of the nonsense/
They need extended adolescence so they can blow up/
Hip-hop you’re close to 50, when can we grow up?/
Yesterday I fell in love yesterday I...
Tomorrow came I’ve had enough
We want that real hip hop, that real hip hop
We want that real hip hop, that real hip hop
We want that real hip hop, that real hip hop
Everybody make noise for that real hip hop
