Chapter 10: Peter Pan - Sho Baraka

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It’s the illin' empire, mid 90s

I’m close to a cypher, it ain’t hard to find me

Kids claimin' they freestylin' but they just reciting lines

Especially this Snoop Dogg wanna-be beside me

On a normal Tuesday, I’m walking down the block

I heard a song from a truck that made my body stop

I’m like that ain’t Pac, that ain’t Big, that ain’t Nas

I gotta figure out who this is

Yeah… it got me pickin' up the phone callin' the homies at home like

Have you heard this song it went «you got money, get ya hands in the air»

Oh snap he on rap city now with Joe Clair

Boy was dope like a breath of fresh air

When he told a story, I felt like I was right there

I asked pop for ten bucks, he’s like boy that’s nonsense

I don’t work hard to buy you explicit content

I’m kinda scared to go to the store and steal it though

You know a brother broke so I just dub it from the radio

But the homie came through the next night

With a album that became the soundtrack of my life

Yesterday I fell in love, yesterday I…

Tomorrow came I’ve had enough

We want that real hip hop, that real hip hop

We want that real hip hop, that real hip hop

We want that real hip hop, that real hip hop

Everybody make noise for that real hip hop

I’m a little older, I’m in college now (yeah)

And you know my favorite artist still holdin' it down

Any time we argue best rappers alive

He’s easily number 1 in my top 5

The more I steal his style I feel credibility

Cuz every college dude just wants an identity

If he’s describing his life, well that’s how I act

If he has an opinion where I don’t then insert that

But now insert the Lord (I'm changed now)

Because I have different views I find myself even caring about stuff on the news

My heart aches, with these current affairs is harder to enjoy

«You got money, get ya hands in the air»

The more I listen the more I feel a mental battle

I recognize that his worldview is really shallow (dang)

His lexicon is money sex and cars, that’s all we get

He kills on records then he says it’s entertainment really quick

That’s pretty dangerous when you break it down

Plus I notice even his music has the same sound

It’s not much depth to his content and art

Me and my favorite artist are now growin' apart, dang

Yesterday I fell in love, yesterday I…

Tomorrow came I’ve had enough

We want that real hip hop, that real hip hop

We want that real hip hop, that real hip hop

We want that real hip hop, that real hip hop

Everybody make noise for that real hip hop

Now I’m a grown man with new burdens to bear

And this dude still rappin' about «you got money, get ya hands in the air»

Friend get outta here with that mess

There’s a million other things that you can address

This cat is close to 40 and he’s still thuggin'

Well at least that’s the perception that he gives in public

I mean I enjoy life like the next brother

But it seems he ain’t growin' up with the rest of us (come on man)

Sometimes I just wanna know the truth about who’s copyin' who

Cuz instead of reachin' 'em I think he’d rather be the youth

I wouldn’t trip but this is more than just a trend

Cuz this music and its brand promotes irresponsible men

Cuz they never had a father who could walk 'em through the content

Teachin' them the skill to discern all of the nonsense

They need extended adolescence so they can blow up

Hip-hop you’re close to 50, when can we grow up?

Yesterday I fell in love, yesterday I…

Tomorrow came I’ve had enough

We want that real hip hop, that real hip hop

We want that real hip hop, that real hip hop

We want that real hip hop, that real hip hop

Everybody make noise for that real hip hop