Live & Die Lyrics - Pursuit Of Nappyness - Nappy Roots

[Intro] 

Uhh, that's right 

Uhh, know what it is 

[Verse 1] 

I remember mixtape exclusive, no name producers 

You wasn't hot til' you sold by all boosters 

Run up in the chicken coop, corner the rooster 

We used to call that "jammin the chickens" 

Them the old days, god damnit I miss 'em 

We was rappin 'for we knew what it was 

We was rappin for a reason to cuss 

Now I just rap cause I'm fuckin in love with it 

Kinda shy guy, so I had to go public with it 

Hip-hop and fish scales and a blue g wedding 

Had twins called Hell and Heaven 

Nobody really knows when they watchin a legend, til' he gone 

Til' y'all kingdome come, in God's name 

Come back like Christ and demand for his throne 

Rock oil on floatin cologne 

That's why these feel so bitches can't leave me alone, I'm gone 

[Hook] 

Yuh, I live and die for this shit 

Hip-hop, the love of my life 

Ha, uh, I live and die for this shit 

Hip-hop, the love of my life 

Ha, uh, I live and die for this shit 

Hip-hop, the love of my life 

Yuh, uh, I live and die for this shit 

Damn straight, I'ma ride for my bitch, ha 

[Verse 2] 

Yuh, and I do what I gotta 

Live for this shit, and I prolly die bout it 

Time to switch it up, the game done got too crowded 

All you niggas jukin and jivin, I doubt it 

Dealin this and killin that, lame sound childish 

The only trap is in ya brain, nigga snap outta it 

Ain't nothin wrong, bein smart, black, and proud of it 

We all came a long way, we got a thousand miles to get, shit 

But ain't I allowed to vent? 

we need more cuttin in, but still they sound a bit like whoever 

Got it in, probably out now 

Welcome to the city of men, it's goin downtown 

But I am from a part of the slum, where the hustle is brung 

Where they think that success wouldn't come 

I am hip-hop, and it's strictly the song 

Profess all the molds, I'm coming second-to-none 

I'm hollin' 

[Hook] 

Yuh, I live and die for this shit 

Hip-hop, the love of my life 

Ha, uh, I live and die for this shit 

Hip-hop, the love of my life 

Ha, uh, I live and die for this shit 

Hip-hop, the love of my life 

Yuh, uh, I live and die for this shit 

Damn straight, I'ma ride for my bitch 

[Verse 3] 

Yeah, they figured hip-hop's a fad, it would die out quick 

But it spread like wild fires, got the whole world lit 

Can't stop boppin they head, they bumpin our shit 

B.G.'s to germany, got 'em pumpin they fists 

Got soldiers all over, gettin crunk in this bitch 

Shoot up the charts with number one hits 

Shoot up the club, with a full clip 

How you like us now? The whole world til' I dig, yeah 

Hip-hop, the love of my life, my girl, my bitch 

My wife, my soul-mate, without her I'm sick 

Tie the knot, jump the roo, we a perfect fit 

No pre-nump, she was with me before I was rich 

We fell in love when we was just kids 

And see no love lasts as long as this 

Til' death do us part, God forbid we split 

Let nothin break this relationship