[00:10.10]Melodiq, Pat D, Lady P sounding sweet [00:12.82]The UK and the USA [00:15.46]Paradox and Melodiq, poetic like sonnets [00:18.12]Words come alive, these lyrics keep flowing [00:20.68] [00:20.97]Melodiq, Pat D, Lady P sounding sweet [00:23.43]The UK and the USA [00:25.78]Paradox and Melodiq, poetic like sonnets [00:28.57]Go together like treble and bass [00:30.69] [00:30.87]Music’s meaning is more than the words, it’s the feeling [00:33.56]The passion, the soul, writing late in the evenings [00:36.41]It breathes in the records like turn to the ceiling [00:38.87]Motivated dreaming, back to what believing [00:41.56]It’s been in hearts, on tracks in vain [00:44.14]It’s seen in awe on graff on trains [00:46.70]The media try to attack its name [00:49.24]But the realness can’t be attached to fame [00:51.82]But who am I to say what hip-hop is? [00:54.56]Hip-hop was before Paradox lived [00:57.15]Before Yo! MTV Raps got big [00:59.68]When the soul and the words was what made hop hits [01:02.38]DJs rock kicks after digging in the crates [01:04.83]Now we’re living in an age where the rhythm is misplaced [01:07.52]It’s all about the chains, the millions you make [01:10.13]So I sit back, imagine as I listen to the greats [01:12.72] [01:12.93]Hip-hop, some say it’s still the same [01:16.64]It’s real hip-hop [01:18.57]Hip-hop, some say it’s still the same [01:21.71]What’s it worth? [01:23.27] [01:23.64]Hip-hop, some say it’s still the same [01:27.19]It’s real hip-hop [01:28.63]Hip-hop, some say it’s still the same [01:30.77]Some say it’s still the same, it ain’t that [01:33.17] [01:33.67]It’s the authentic, all the time prolific, lyrical extraordinaire [01:39.03]Got rhymes to share, to educate the masses [01:41.64]Toasting the realness, raise your glasses [01:44.48]Never underestimate the movement [01:46.86]Always keeping my ear to the pavement [01:49.74]That’s what the pioneers did back then [01:52.01]Before they had two 12s making the blend [01:54.59]No emails to send, only word of mouth [01:57.28]Seems that real hip-hop is in a drought [01:59.98]Critics kept saying that it wouldn’t last [02:02.56]Through the years it persevered and made cash [02:05.28]Somehow it grew up too fast [02:07.92]Matured incorrectly, evidently [02:10.66]Now it’s time to do my thing [02:13.11]With ill flows and vibes that I bring no doubt [02:15.94] [02:16.15]Hip-hop, some say it’s still the same [02:19.15]It’s real hip-hop [02:21.03]Hip-hop, some say it’s still the same [02:24.63]What’s it worth? [02:25.91] [02:26.20]Hip-hop, some say it’s still the same [02:29.96]It’s real hip-hop [02:31.48]Hip-hop, some say it’s still the same [02:33.75]Now let’s take a sec to think back [02:35.92] [02:36.42]Gangstarr [02:39.03]JD [02:41.64]Common Sense [02:44.25]Large Pro [02:46.84]Nas [02:49.35]Pete Rock [02:52.01]Tribe Called Quest [02:54.70]KRS was number one [02:56.27] [03:18.03]Just being in here [03:20.07]Is a humbling experience to me [03:21.29]Because you’re looking through all these records [03:24.09]And it’s sort of like a big pile of broken dreams in a way [03:27.56]Almost none of these artists still have a [03:29.71]A career, really [03:31.43]Ten years down the line you’ll be in here [03:33.31]So keep that in mind when you start thinking like [03:37.05]“Oh yeah, I’m invincible and I’m the [03:38.82]I’m the world’s best or whatever [03:40.49]Because that’s what all these cats thought