Hip Hop Died Lyrics - The Million Dollar Backpack - Skillz

[Hook 1] - 2X - w/ ad libs 

I just heard somebody say that hip hop died, a long time agoooo 

But that ain't sooo, that ain't sooo 

I just heard, somebody say, that hip hop died, a long time ago 

Fuck hip hop! That music never mattered 

Who cares about it anyway? Let the niggas have it 

I'm the type to extort it 

I give a fuck about the culture, I just like makin money off it 

That phrase should open your eyes 

It was said yesterday in a New York high-rise 

By a CEO, 4080 

Man these record company people are shady 

They want me and my raps on the back of the bus 

Man these corporate motherfuckers don't care about us 

So for every B-boy and every B-girl 

Our music, our culture, but it's changin their world 

Huh, we make it and they come and steal it 

How you gon' deal with hip hop and never feel it? 

They say that it's dyin, but I don't believe it 

Or maybe I'm just too damn blind to see it, uh 

Hip hop dead? Say it ain't so 

But I'm sure plenty people heard that phrase before 

Can you imagine Chuck Berry bein told 

That nobody will understand rock and roll? 

Or Billie Holiday, with a pen and a pad 

And somebody sayin, your music is just too sad 

Or the cat who gave James Brown his first advance 

Sayin stick to singin nigga, you don't need to dance 

Sometimes you got to buck back, take a stance 

A dream ain't a dream, if it ain't givin a chance 

After 20 years, yeah it's losin steam 

Cause I do see zombies on my TV screens 

Some do it for the love and some do it for the green 

And some know the meanin of microphone fiend 

It ain't the same thing Ra came in the door with 

If hip hop died, then you responsible for it 

See I heard a man say he liked hip hop and rappin 

But he already knew what was goin to happen 

When you start, what you do will be so pure and true 

The only ones that get it, will be your people and you 

And after five years, you'll be doin well 

'Til someone says that it's good enough to market and sell 

And that person's goin to tell you that what you do for fun 

They can promote it and sell it to everyone 

And after ten years, he said I'd be on tour 

I'd make money, but my manager, he'd make more 

And after 15 years, they gon' say you through 

The music's changin, so you got to change up too 

He said after 20, I'd be poor 

The peeps I made the music for, they won't come to your shows no more 

Then he told me who he was, he said I'm 

(*beep*) 

And the same people destroyed the music I love 

I just heard somebody say that hip hop died, a long time agoooo 

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