LUDACRIS - I Do It For Hip Hop lyrics
rate me<FONT size="1"><B>(feat. Nas, Jay-Z)</B></FONT><BR><BR>
<i>[Ludacris]</i><br>
I do it for hip-hop<br>
I do it for hip-hop<br>
Yeah, I do it for hip-hop<br>
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Now this is what they call poetry in motion<br>
My soul bleeds on the paper, heart screams with emotion<br>
This my daily devotion, that verses stay deeper than the ocean<br>
So hip-hop you owe me a promotion<br>
Yeah, I do a little boastin’ and braggin’<br>
What’s all the commotion and naggin’ about<br>
‘Cause I’m still the champ in the south<br>
‘Cause rappers get in the booth and I keep draggin’ them out<br>
Where they fired and these pink slips I keep handin’ them out<br>
‘Cause this is Theater of Mind, consider it a sign<br>
Of what’s to come next, my money’s just fine<br>
Bank filled with dump checks<br>
Terrorist threat flow, proceed to drop (bombs) like Mr. Funk Flex<br>
But I don’t do it for the money, I do it from the heart<br>
I’ll do it with the beatbox, I did it from the start<br>
I’ll do it for the DJs, I’ll do it for the charts<br>
The Van Gogh flow, Luda do it ‘cause it’s art<br>
I do it for the fans, I do it on command<br>
I do it for the front row, I do it for the stands<br>
I spit it for the hood, I do it for the block<br>
And since nine years old, I did it for hip-hop<br>
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<i>[Ludacris]</i><br>
So, I don’t do for the chains and the fancy drops<br>
I do it for hip-hop<br>
I do it for hip-hop<br>
I do it for hip-hop<br>
And I don’t do for the chains and the flashin’ rocks<br>
I do it for hip-hop<br>
I do it for hip-hop<br>
I do it for hip-hop<br>
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<i>[Nas]</i><br>
They say I’m so low key, I’m socially awkward<br>
Only those that really know me are the ones that I talk with<br>
They smile in the light, hate in the dark,<br>
you call it beef, to me its's just a fuckin’ walk in the park<br>
Because you are who you are when nobody is looking<br>
That's who you are so when the cash and cars is gone, the day after tomorrow<br>
Don’t be askin’ to borrow, ski maskin’ it hard, like the way you rap in your bars<br>
I could ride on you and whoever, devise new endeavors <br>
I’m as live as hive full of predators<br>
Twenty thousands different species of bees<br>
Some half poisonous sting, some just pollinating their leafs<br>
It's just like rap, some will buzz some will attack, compromising their own life in fact<br>
Sixteen years since my first sixteen, pardon the rest of my niggas<br>
But I’m the best whoever did it<br>
<i>[Ludacris]</i><br>
I don’t do for the cars and the fancy drops<br>
<i>[Nas]</i><br>
Uh, I do it for hip-hop<br>
Yeah, I do it for hip-hop, uh<br>
<i>[Ludacris]</i><br>
I do it for hip-hop<br>
And I don’t do for the chains and the flashin’ rocks<br>
<i>[Nas]</i><br>
Why we do it kid, I do it for hip-hop<br>
Yeah, I do it for hip-hop, uh<br>
I do it for hip-hop<br>
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<i>[Jay-Z]</i><br>
Hip-hop, started out in the park<br>
We used to do it to avoid the Narcs<br>
I used to do it so the homeboy Clark can get the fuck off my back while I knocked off these packs<br>
I used to rap to impress my friends<br>
The past of time when I was gettin’ it in<br>
Just so happens I’m so illegal with the pen, they ain’t want me to do anything illegal again<br>
I lost a lot of dawgs to these streets<br>
I got Grammy awards on these beats<br>
Thank God for Cool Herc<br>
Without this shit I probably would’ve got murked<br>
Shout outs to Grandmaster Flash and the cash<br>
And even Jaz bum ass<br>
Hip hop helped me wash me ass<br>
These other rappers couldn’t wash my socks<br>
That’s why I took the number one slot<br>
The realest shit in rap comes from my voice box<br>
Lord knows when I was on my clock<br>
I probably never would’ve stopped<br>
Thank God for hip-hop<br>
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<i>[Ludacris]</i><br>
I don’t do for the cars and the fancy drops<br>
<i>[Jay-Z]</i><br>
I do it for hip-hop<br>
I do it for hip-hop<br>
<i>[Ludacris]</i><br>
I do it for hip-hop<br>
And I don’t do for the chains and the flashin’ rocks<br>
<i>[Jay-Z]</i><br>
come on, I do it for hip-hop<br>
I do it for hip-hop<br>
<i>[Both]</i><br>
I do it for hip-hop<br>
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<i>[Thanks to Craig D. Moore for these lyrics]</i><br>
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