I Am Hip Hop

[Intro: Asheru]
What's up y'all, it's Asheru
'08 'til Infinity
I'm out here in Paris right now
Well, it's a beautiful day man
Made me think about how dope hip-hop is
And we could get together, and do things like this
Across the pond, you know what I mean?

[Verse 1: Asheru]
Sharper than your pen and ears
Put that in your starter gun
You can't see him so, when it's on
You wanna run, run, run
The faceless, nameless, invisible man
Master builder with state-of-the art plans
Plus a list of demands for you to follow
Could really care less if it's hard for you to swallow
Last of a dying breed, soon to be extinct
'Cause we man up, stand up and say what people think
Use words like the colors on my palette
Keep my bond like smacking down the mallet
And hold court with the populace
Metropolitan man of the metropolis
If anything it's obvious
That I'm a man of many passions, many talents
I wear many hats, many pairs of New Balance
I travel many places, rock many shows
Many ladies scream oww, many fellas yell bo

[Hook: Asheru]
You don't understand, I am hip-hop
In everything I do, I breathe bebop
I am rock & roll, a child of blues and soul
So fluently, yes, I'm just doing me
And you don't understand, this my every day
The way I think, dress and act, it's the things I say
This ain't pop or top 40, it's hip-hop, shorty
So fluently, yes, I'm just doing me, me

[Verse 2: Asheru]
Intellectual millionaire
I'm filled with ideas, like gems that's so rare
A diamond so clear, you can see your reflection
Let me light your path, you point out the direction
And I can take you there, not a problem
It's hard to find a dope MC, niggas is starving
Yet I'm the food that they need in the worst way
Like Jesus breaking fast on that forty-first day
Here's for all you faking and fronting
Dime a dozen rap dudes that ain't saying nothing
Yo, y'all better learn survival of the fittest
Only the strong survive, the weak just bear witness
Come and take it from the sidelines
Couldn't play the game, 'cause you couldn't follow the guidelines
And there you say; what is this?
Geurilla arts, egg boy, I handle my business

[Hook: Asheru]
You don't understand, I am hip-hop
In everything I do, I breathe bebop
I am rock & roll, a child of blues and soul
So fluently, yes, I'm just doing me
And you don't understand, this my every day
The way I think, dress and act, it's the things I say
This ain't pop or top 40, it's hip-hop, shorty
So fluently, yes, I'm just doing me, me

[Verse 3: Asheru]
Passport pro, airport aficionado, おら おれん はどう
Time traveling, rhyme unraveling
My autobiography, my every-day happening
I exhale stress and deeply breathe life in
Hold down a show, solo, with no hype-man
I get so hype when a new song is tight
On the Trio 800, my fingers are greased lightening
The rap game is truly trifling
To possibly not be heard is truly frightening
Sometimes when I think these whack dudes just might win
I come and they're done, stick the fork and knife in
So while all the attention and the drama's hiking in
I shine so bright, you're forced to let the light in
Black men in America, no hyphen
With no bleach, no sweeter then no white man

[Hook: Asheru]
You don't understand, I am hip-hop
In everything I do, I breathe bebop
I am rock & roll, a child of blues and soul
So fluently, yes, I'm just doing me
And you don't understand, this my every day
The way I think, dress and act, it's the things I say
This ain't pop or top 40, it's hip-hop, shorty
So fluently, yes, I'm just doing me, me

[Outro: J Sands]
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, uh
J-Sssss with the Jazz Liberatorz
Ya know what I'm saying
This joint right here take me back to the 80's
When my grandad and his Lincoln Continental
Stretched out piece, leather seats
Riding and listening to that Miles Davis jazz
Ya know what I'm saying
I wanna give a special shout-out
To all the dudes out there putting down good music
Ya know what I'm saying
Like Lone Catalyst and Jazz Lives
Ya know what I'm saying
My man 88 Keys, he puts it down
My man Geology, definitely does his thing
Self Scientific, always bringing the hotness
Ya know what I'm saying
Païkan and the net, Dante Move
Definitely Talib Kweli, DJ Hi-Tek banging them
Marley Marl, Pete Rock definitely
DJ Premier, uh, holding it down all day, The Claim
Ya know what I'm saying, West Coast love
Yeah, yeah, Mad Lib, oh no, them is all my cats
Bringing you good music
Ya know what I'm saying
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Can't forget my man Mos Def, the mighty damn
Yeah, legend in the game uh
Yeah, yeah, KRS, Rhakim, Big Daddy Kane
All them legends