Lupe Fiasco "Hip Hop Saved My Life (feat. Nikki Jean)" |
[Dedicate dedicate [Lupe speaking] Uh this one right here goes out To my homie with the drank Know what i mean He said i write what i see Write to make it right Dont like where i be I like to make it like The sights on tv Quite the great life So nice and easy See now you can still die from that But its better than not being alive from straps Agreed A mead notebook and a bic that click When its pushed and a wack ass beat Thats a track thats weak That he got last week Cuz everybody in the stu Was like thats that heat A base heavy medly with a sample from the 70s With a screwed up hook that went STACK THAT CHEESE Something somethin somethin STACK THAT CHEESE Mother sister cousin STACK THAT CHEESE He couldnt think of nothin STACK THAT CHEESE He turns down the beat writers block impedes Crying from the next room a baby in need Of some pampers and some food and a place to sleep That plus a black cadillac on D's Is what keep him on track to be a great MC [Chorus: Nikki Jean] One you never heard of I Push it hard to further the Grind i feel like murder but Hip Hop has saved my life [Repeat] Reps Northside so he rocks them braids Eleven hundred friends on his myspace page Stack that cheese got seven hundred plays Producer made him take it down Said he had to pay Open mic champ 2 weeks in a row Ex dboy with a bboy flow Glow like leroy you should see boy go Got a daddy servin life and a brother on The Row Best homie in the grave Tatted up while in the cage Minutemaid got his momma work like a slave Down baby momma who he really had to honor Cuz she was his biggest fan Even let him use the honda Drive up to dallas went to open up for amatuers Let him keep her debit card So he could put gas in it Told her when he get on He gon take her to the gallery Buy everything but the mannequins ya dig [Chorus: Nikki Jean] One you never heard of I Push it hard to further the Grind i feel like murder but Hip Hop has saved my life [Repeat] His man called said "your time might be now" They played your freestlye over "Wipe me down" They played it two times Said it might be crowned As the best thing out the H-TOWN in a while He picked up his son with a great big smile Rapped every single word to the newborn child Then he put em down and went back to the kitchen Put on another beat and got back to the mission Of get his momma out the hood Put her somewhere in the woods Keep his lady lookin good Have her rolling like she should Show his homies its a way Other than that flippin Yay Bail his homie outta jail Put a lawyer on his case Throw a concert for the school Show the shawties that its cool Throw some candy on the cadi Chuck the duece and act a fool Man it feels good when it happens like that Two days from goin back to sellin crack yessir [Chorus: Nikki Jean] One you never heard of I Push it hard to further the Grind i feel like murder but Hip Hop has saved my life [Repeat 3x] Hip hop has saved my life [4X]] Lyric from www.lyricmania.com |