Not Listening - J-Live

I was hearing this MC spitting this song

Rapping his ass off like 20 bars long

Voice was dope, the beat was mad strong

Sample was chopped fresh but something was wrong

It wasn’t the flow, that shit was right on time

He was all up in the pocket riding the bassline

I was impressed by the words he chose to rhyme

It was a divine design similar to mine

Like man why I never thought to use that before this

Really all in all his rap style was flawless

But regardless for some strage reason I wasn’t moved

Or compelled to laud or applaud this

Halfway through the song I’m already bored with

And I hate to sound so matter of fact

It was definitely dope, certainly not wack

There was something it lacked

Let me rewind the track

Listen once, listen twice, listen three or four times

To the point where I started to memorise the lines

I finally realised yeah, homeboy could spit

But it just didn’t matter 'cause he wasn’t saying shit

I mean if ya’ll not saying shit I’m not listening

Saying shit, listening

Saying shit, listening

Ya’ll stop saying shit, I stop listening

Saying shit, listening

Saying shit, listening

Now it’s 20−14 know what I mean

I feel like I seen and done heard it all in this rap scene

So you could say it’s mean but see this look on my face

If it was a meme it’d be somewhere in between that

Condescending Wonka and the skeptical African

Do you mean to tell me that we talking 'bout that again

You on some next shit, really are you sure?

Stop me if we ain’t never heard this before

Ok, you got on some jewelery, you push a nice ride

You really like the color of the leather inside

You grew up in the hood and you’re surprised you survived

You nice on the mic, top ten dead or alive

You prefer pretty girls especially thick

Coincidentally that’s the type that’s on your dick

Your crazy misadventures are unique and bugged

Like remember that time you shot guns and sold drugs

Your next album’s about to change the game

The world’s on notice to remember yo name

You love where you live and that’s where you get your style from

How I just summed up your last three albums

Saddest part about it is I almost didn’t write this

There’s too many songs already just like this

In the name of hip hop trying to represent

Complaining about these rappers and they shallow content

Like they Luke Skywalker and they taking down Vader

Ironically the dark side is calling you a hater

I won’t even go so far as to say it’s insignificant

I can’t even hate it, I’m simply indifferent

All this bullshit is wearing down my endurance

All that’s left to do is ignore your ignorance

You might be lying or it might be true

But who cares if it sound like everybody else too

And I’m not trying to tell you what to do

Let’s make that very clear

It’s your art and your career

But that shit you kickin' I ain’t tryin' to hear

So keep it over there and I’ll be over here

'Cause for real man