There's nothing you can say to change the way that my brain works When I step on the stage, I gave the same shit that they heard I took time to reflect and changed the way that I trained words The pain hurts, but put that pain into a page on paper Translate the lyrics and then analyze the data If hip hop was a girl then I would have to try to date her I rap to beats 'til I get a pain when my brain hurts I write too much, I give it all up when the flame burns The names earned, from all the years upon the same earth We share it every day just by living up in the same dirt The same worth, we bottle pain until the pain bursts I express myself when I reflect the name, I gave first Don't be flexing just step up and let the flame Surface to the top, and expect the best will set to gain worth I came first, I may have changed I have the same thirst Since I started rapping when I came into the lane first Hip-hop is our life, the way that we live It ain't the same, this shit has changed but we give Reminiscing for the greats that we miss Hip-hop is the way that we live, it's the way that it is Hip-hop is our life, the way that we live It ain't the same, this shit has changed but we give Reminiscing for the greats that we miss Hip-hop is the way that we live, it's the way that it is Now there's nothing you can tell me I've not already heard I put a lot of work in this and I embody the verse I took a modern censorship with such a moderate curse And spat it back at all the sensitive, vomiting words Hip-hop is unity, of course we're a community Would take a lot of force behind your thought to sum up beautifully The way that I can do it cause I'm one of a kind I'm sunny at night, brother ain't no dulling my shine I'm like the raddest hip-hopper to ever have in his pocket A pen and pad and the proper use of language he proffers Like how am I even writing insane flows My brain goes a thousand miles an hour in plane mode One of the best of us, so cunts will be impressed as fuck And get to jump around and bang their heads until their necks are fucked I am a part of something bigger than me My spirit achieved greatness and the critics agree because Hip-hop is our life, the way that we live It ain't the same, this shit has changed but we give Reminiscing for the greats that we miss Hip-hop is the way that we live, it's the way that it is Hip-hop is our life, the way that we live It ain't the same, this shit has changed but we give Reminiscing for the greats that we miss Hip-hop is the way that we live, it's the way that it is