Then Till Now Lyrics - Day Of The Dog - Bliss N Eso

See it was Hip Hop that dam near changed my life 

From meeting ozone in L.A in 85' 

From my attempts to try and step on stage and rhyme 

To my beyond 2005' state of mind 

From a copy of a culture, ta teaching a tradition 

From electric buguloo, to the beat that keeps my rhythm 

From, wonderin' the tracks, ta the mic that's in my hand 

From, wantin' to be black, to lovin who I am 

From not known where your from, to the image of Sydney 

From no one knowin' hip-hop, to kids thinkin' their 50 

From the dramas on film, to the dramas of life 

From posh clothes, to not knowin' they were half of the price 

And from thinking to be king, you gotta have wealth 

Ta the inner revolution i call knowledge itself 

So from back "then till now" I still rap for the pleasure 

Bein' rich or poor man, I'm still happy as ever 

You gotta understand me 

(You gotta understand me) 

I gotta understand you 

(I gotta understand you 

so we can stand together recognize the vision, 

its one love, one life, sets aside our differences 

You gotta understand me 

(You gotta understand me) 

I got to understand you, 

cause that's what gets me by, in my life 

From a part of the Bronx, to the heart of the burbs 

From a dyslexic, to a artist of words 

From a wild child, to my parents trynna steady me 

From taken my parking cue, to givin' me heave "D" 

From mimicking thugs, thinking the lyrics with dope 

To getting no satisfaction cause it was mirrors of smoke 

From a home of hip-hop, to a land owned by rock 

From rhyming to my mirror, to thousands blowin' the spot 

But through all of the cheers, and the boo and the beers 

Was just a kid on the bus, headphones glued to his hears 

Who just grew through the years, to sewer the tears 

The blood and sweat makes somethin' with his crew and his peers 

See it was hip-hop that put three lost souls on a map 

From showin us the country, to puttin clothes on our back 

And from finding myself, in my mic's reflection 

To this musical marriage that gave my life direction 

You gotta understand me 

(You gotta understand me) 

I gotta understand you 

(I gotta understand you 

so we can stand together recognize the vision 

Its one love, one life, sets aside our differences 

You gotta understand me 

(You gotta understand me) 

I got to understand you, 

Cause that's what gets me by, in my life 

From a major label deal, to bustin' on the street 

Knowing souls were for sale, when I'm fuckin' with these beats 

The landlord of these lyrics, with a touch of what can be 

And if it doesn't ground, You could trust it wasn't me 

The deepest of minds, can't frame what I've imagined 

Three eyes on the train, writin' rhymes on a napkin 

See these kids don't have bentley's, they sit and take the bus 

But if ya playin' this tape, ya situation's sussed 

From backstage butterfly's to a passion of a debut 

From not haven a path, to push past and a way through 

From this rhyming release, to stress I've got off my chest 

From chasing a dream, to holding the hart of the press 

From shoe store days, to writing sessions at night 

To a culture that ultimately taught me lessons in life 

So from back "then till now" I still rap for the pleasure 

Bein' rich or poor man I'm still happy as ever 

And we won't stop until we get that feeling 

That's why we get on up that's why we got on up 

Oh we won't stop until we get that feeling 

That's why we get on up (Hang on, hang on, hang on) 

You gotta understand me 

(You gotta understand me) 

I gotta understand you 

(I gotta understand you 

So we can stand together recognize the vision 

Its one love, one life, sets aside our differences 

You gotta understand me 

(You gotta understand me) 

I got to understand you 

Cause that's what gets me by, in my life