Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap Page #3

I'm that top nigga

Walk through your 'hood

with a bop, nigga

No drop, nigga

But I, hey, gotta run

from the cop, nigga

Hip-hop nigga

I used to run

with your pop, nigga

Yo, I thought I told you

that I won't stop, nigga

The mic nigga

Mcing's like

riding a bike, nigga

I'm the beige timbaland

And the white

air night nigga

I'm the rhyme nigga

The let's-go-back-into-time

nigga

The prime nigga

That always

keepin' my dime, nigga

I'm the sixth nigga

I'd rather flip flows

than bricks, nigga

I shoulda been long gone

But I'm still

in the mix, nigga

I'm the live nigga

Always-last-to-arrive nigga

I'm the cross bronx,

west side, fdr drive nigga

I'm that 'hood nigga

I smoke

that good wood, nigga

You-could-never-f***-with-

but-wish-that-you-could nigga

I'm that damn nigga

That f***-you-and-your-man

nigga

That get-your-punk-ass-

in-the-back-of-the-van nigga

I'm that sweet nigga

That never-off-beat nigga

That circle-and-a-slash-

on-cold-mics-heat nigga

I'm that cool nigga

Ran my whole high school,

nigga

And you don't want to ever

challenge me to a duel, nigga

I'm that proud nigga

That stand-out-in-a-crowd

nigga

That go where most

of y'all niggas ain't allowed, nigga

I'm that smart nigga

Always first

to start, nigga

I think with my head

But I feel

with my heart, nigga

Hip-hop

is a masterpiece,

but nobody

painted it all.

What stroke

did bambaataa,

the soulsonic force

put on that map?

What... what did you

bring to that painting?

We brought

by naming this culture,

which came from the clichs

of our great brother,

who was also a gang member

and a brother of mine's

of the black spades,

kool keith cowboy.

Mm-Hmm.

My brother

lovebug starski,

who was... also was part

of the black spades.

Um, using clichs

that they was using,

and... and they... rhymes before

were so, quote, "hip-hop."

'Cause, see, many people

when they say, "hip-hop,"

they don't know exactly

what is hip-hop. Right.

They automatically think

when you say, "hip-hop,"

you're just talking about rap.

Right.

But when you talk about

hip-hop, we're talking about the whole movement,

the b-boys, the b-girls,

the djs, the mc,

the... or writers...

And that fifth element

that holds it all together,

which is the knowledge.

So putting all this together

and naming this culture

when it came to the media,

and I could

have called it

the boi-yoi-yoing,

the go-off,

or any other type of name.

I decided to take

from the clich.

I said, no,

we call this hip-hop.

Is there any other

rapper out there,

is there anybody,

legend or anything, that...

Definitely got to give it

to the grandmaster melle mel,

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