I Am Hip Hop - Feat. Asheru

What's up ya'll, it's Asheru
 0-8 '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 can get together, and do things like this
 Across the pond, you know what I mean?
 Shorter than your cutting heirs, 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
 Masterbuilder with state-of-the art plans
 Plus, a list of demand for you to follow
 Could really care less if it's hard for you to swallow
 Last of a dyin' breed, soon to be extinct
 'Cause we man up, stand up, and say what people think
 Use words like "the colors my palette"
 Keep my bond like smackin' down the mallet
 And hold court with the Populists
 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 "Boo"
 You don't understand, I AM Hip-hop
 And everything I do, I breathe Bebop
 I am rock 'n' roll, a child of Blues and Soul
 So fluently, yes, I'm just doin' me
 And you don't undertand, this my ev'ry 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 doin' me
 Me, 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 starvin', yet I'm the food that they need in the worst way
 Like Jesus breakin' fast on that 41st day
 Here's for all you fakin' and frontin'
 Dime a dozen Rap dudes that ain't sayin' nothin'
 Yo, ya'll better learn survival of tha 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 Gorilla-ass egg boy?"
 I heard about business
 You don't understand, I AM Hip-hop
 And everything I do, I breathe Bebop
 I am rock 'n' roll, a child of Blues and Soul
 So fluently, yes, I'm just doin' me
 And you don't undertand, this my ev'ry 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 doin' me
 Me, passport pro, airport afficiando, ora, Oracado
 Time travelin', ryhme unravelin'
 My autobiography, my everything happenin'
 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
 And the Trio 800, my fingers are greased lightenin'
 The rap game is truly trifilin'
 Could possilbly not be heard is truly frightening
 Sometimes, when I think
 These whack dudes just might win
 I come, then they done
 Stick the fork and knife in
 So, while all the attention and the drama's hikin' in
 I shine so bright, you forced to let the light in
 Black men in America, no hyphen
 With no bleach, no sweeter then no white man
 You don't understand, I AM Hip-hop
 And everything I do, I breathe Bebop
 I am rock 'n' roll, a child of Blues and Soul
 So fluently, yes, I'm just doin' me
 And you don't undertand, this my ev'ry 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 doin' me
 Me
 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, uh
 J-Sssss with the Jazz Liberatorz
 Ya know what I"m sayin'
 This joint right here take me back to the 80's
 When my Grandad and his Lincoln Continental
 Stretched out piece, leather seats
 Ridin' and listenin' to that Miles Davis jazz
 Ya know what I"m sayin'
 I wanna give a special shout-out
 To all the dudes out there puttin' down good music
 Ya know what I"m sayin'
 Like Lone Catalyst and Jazz Lives
 Ya know what I"m sayin'
 My man, 88 Keys, he puts it down
 My man, Geology, definitley does his thang
 So Scienfitic, always bringin' the hotness
 Ya know what I"m sayin'
 Pa Con and the Net, Dante Move
 Definitley Talib Kweli, DJ HIgh Tech bangin' 'em
 Marley Marl, Pete Rock definitely
 DJ Premier, uh, holdin' it down all day, The Claim
 Ya know what I"m sayin, West Coast love
 Yeah, yeah, Mad Lib, oh no, them is all my cats
 Bringin' you good music
 Ya know what I'm sayin
 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
 Can't forget my man Mos Def, the mighty damn
 Yeah, legend in the game uh
 Yeah, yeah, KRS, Rakhim, BIg Daddy Kane
 All the legends