This Is Not Music

I have the musical case against rap And then I will get to the cultural case Okay So the musical case against rap Is that in my view there are three elements to music There is harmony, there is melody, and there is rhythm And rap only fulfills one of these The rhythm section That there is not a lot of melody and there is not a lot of harmony And thus it is basically effectively spoken rhythm And so it's not actually a form of music It's a form of rhythmic speaking And thus I beyond the subjectivity of me just not enjoying rap all that much What I've said before is it's not music This is not music It’s a pastor with a sermon I’m not stopping till I’ve gone global Reached every person This is not music It’s the morning news I not stopping till I'm bigger than CCN news This is not music It’s a chemist in a lab Steady cooking up soundwaves turn them into plaques This is not music It’s a teacher with a class So put your hands up like you got something to ask Last job six figures What you know about that? Money talks loud show me where your mouths at Young rich and educated what you know about that? A lot of rappers chasing fame asking where the clouts at? F*ck your gold I got the dopest vocal chain Break the mold every time I play the game Truth be told it starts when you know your aim So I hold steady always in my lane I’m in it for the love I’m not in it for the lust Lately, I’ve been feeling like I’m really on the cusp Of fucking up the game swear I’m really about to bust Down these labels doors, cause I’ve really had enough I got different sides Some bright some dark I know I’m gonna shine Even though I’m in the dark Daily execution I know that’s the hardest part Do it for myself cause I know that art is art This is not music It’s a pastor with a sermon I’m not stopping till I’ve gone global Reached every person This is not music It’s the morning news I not stopping till I'm bigger than CCN news This is not music It’s a chemist in a lab Steady cooking up soundwaves turn them into plaques This is not music It’s a teacher with a class So put your hands up like you got something to ask Looking for the spark like I’m Edison Practice what I preach take my medicine Track every day that the regimen Rap so hard still a gentlemen Software engineer to a rapper who’d a thought Looked in the mirror said it’s time to shoot my shot Life is what you make it I’ve been Writing in a google doc Chewing on my beats Guess we call that Food for thought Ball like kyrie don’t think you’ll pass me Working in a studio cup full of caffeine I’m the dopest out if you wanna ask me On my own shit you don’t need to gas me Family members can’t decide how they really viewing this When I quit my job they like damn doing this Knew I had to take my shot really try to do this shit Living out my dreams life like a lucid trip This is not music It’s a pastor with a sermon I’m not stopping till I’ve gone global Reached every person This is not music It’s the morning news I not stopping till I'm bigger than CCN news This is not music It’s a chemist in a lab Steady cooking up soundwaves turn them into plaques This is not music It’s a teacher with a class So put your hands up like you got something to ask