I Do It For Hip Hop (co-starring Nas and JAY-Z) - Album Version (Explicit)

I Do It For Hip Hop (co-starring Nas and JAY-Z) - Album Version (Explicit) Lyrics

Song I Do It For Hip Hop (co-starring Nas and JAY-Z) - Album Version (Explicit)
Artist Ludacris
Artist Jay-Z
Artist Nas
Album Theater Of The Mind
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[00:02.00] Ludacris - I Do It For Hip Hop (Co-Starring Nas and Jay-Z)
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[00:15.59] I do it for hip-hop
[00:18.49] I do it for hip-hop
[00:20.73] Yeah, I do it for hip-hop
[00:22.65] Now this is what they call poetry in motion
[00:24.68] My soul bleeds on the paper, heart screams with emotion
[00:28.12] This my daily devotion, that verses stay deeper than the ocean
[00:31.23] So hip-hop you owe me a promotion
[00:33.41] Yeah, I do a little boastin' and braggin'
[00:35.20] What's all the commotion and naggin' about
[00:37.91] 'Cause I'm still the champ in the south
[00:39.47] 'Cause rappers get in the booth and I keep draggin' them out
[00:42.20] Where they fired and these pink slips I keep handin' them out
[00:44.81] 'Cause this is Theater of Mind, consider it a sign
[00:47.38] Of what's to come next, my money's just fine
[00:50.23] Bank filled with dump checks
[00:51.80] Terrorist threat flow, proceed to drop (bombs) like Mr. Funk Flex
[00:55.70] But I don't do it for the money, I do it from the heart
[00:58.51] I'll do it with the beatbox, I did it from the start
[01:01.22] I'll do it for the DJs, I'll do it for the charts
[01:04.12] The Van Gogh flow, Luda do it 'cause it's art
[01:06.67] I do it for the fans, I do it on command
[01:09.37] I do it for the front row, I do it for the stands
[01:12.10] I spit it for the hood, I do it for the block
[01:14.67] And since nine years old, I did it for hip-hop
[01:17.38] So, I don't do for the chains and the fancy drops
[01:21.46] I do it for hip-hop
[01:24.52] I do it for hip-hop
[01:26.70] I do it for hip-hop
[01:28.43] And I don't do for the chains and the flashin' rocks
[01:32.43] I do it for hip-hop
[01:34.96] I do it for hip-hop
[01:37.85] I do it for hip-hop
[01:39.44] They say I'm so low key, I'm socially awkward
[01:42.07] Only those that really know me are the ones that I talk with
[01:45.33] They smile in the light, hate in the dark,
[01:47.59] You call it beef, to me it's's just a fuckin' walk in the park
[01:50.32] Because you are who you are when nobody is looking
[01:53.05] That's who you are so when the cash and cars is gone,
[01:55.81] the day after tomorrow
[01:57.28] Don't be askin' to borrow, ski maskin' it hard,
[01:59.67] like the way you rap in your bars
[02:01.79] I could ride on you and whoever,
[02:03.08] devise new endeavors I'm as live as hive full of predators
[02:06.97] Twenty thousands different species of bees
[02:09.40] Some half poisonous sting, some just pollinating their leafs
[02:12.05] It's just like rap, some will buzz some will attack,
[02:14.87] Compromising their own life in fact
[02:17.42] Sixteen years since my first sixteen, pardon the rest of my niggas
[02:20.88] But I'm the best whoever did it
[02:23.37] I don't do for the cars and the fancy drops
[02:26.25] Uh, I do it for hip-hop
[02:28.91] Yeah, I do it for hip-hop, uh
[02:31.93] I do it for hip-hop
[02:34.29] And I don't do for the chains and the flashin' rocks
[02:37.27] Why we do it kid, I do it for hip-hop
[02:39.56] Yeah, I do it for hip-hop, uh
[02:43.01] I do it for hip-hop
[02:45.19] Hip-hop, started out in the park
[02:47.83] We used to do it to avoid the Narcs
[02:50.46] I used to do it so the homeboy Clark can get the fuck
[02:53.98] Off my back while I knocked off these packs
[02:56.10] I used to rap to impress my friends
[02:58.82] The past of time when I was gettin' it in
[03:01.51] Just so happens I'm so illegal with the pen, they
[03:04.00] Ain't want me to do anything illegal again
[03:06.60] I lost a lot of dawgs to these streets
[03:09.71] I got Grammy awards on these beats
[03:12.43] Thank God for Cool Herc
[03:15.16] Without this shit I probably would've got murked
[03:17.93] Shout outs to Grandmaster Flash and the cash
[03:21.46] And even Jaz bum ass
[03:23.24] Hip hop helped me wash me ass
[03:25.92] These other rappers couldn't wash my socks
[03:28.84] That's why I took the number one slot
[03:31.47] The realest shit in rap comes from my voice box
[03:34.15] Lord knows when I was on my clock
[03:36.53] I probably never would've stopped
[03:38.29] Thank God for hip-hop
[03:39.62] I don't do for the cars and the fancy drops
[03:43.66] I do it for hip-hop
[03:46.12] I do it for hip-hop
[03:48.57] I do it for hip-hop
[03:50.21] And I don't do for the chains and the flashin' rocks
[03:53.11] Come on, I do it for hip-hop
[03:56.63] I do it for hip-hop
[03:59.60] I do it for hip-hop
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I Do It For Hip Hop (co-starring Nas and JAY-Z) - Album Version (Explicit) Lyrics
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