What Happened To Rap

Yeah, Gen X hit you with another remix Yeah, uh, uh, yeah What happened to rap? What happened to MCs in honin' the craft What happened to beat makers boomin' the bap Kicks, snares, and hats What happened to rap? The image, your gimmick, the vision, you're livin You gotta be trippin', you talk about plays But who wants to listen to listen What happened to rap? What happened to MCs in honin' the craft What happened to beatmakers boomin' the bap Kicks, snares, and hats What happened to rap? The OGs who interpreted craft The grind, the packs, the tracks, the sacks The aftermath What happened to rap? Yeah What happened to rap? What happened to rap, y'all What happened to rap? What happened to happen to happen to rap? Bees in the trap Hit it with the facts Government on board But they taking tax G's in the streets Yeah, take cash We all gonna fall And turn to ash This beat We call it trap Where most of us talk smack About doin' drugs like crack And runnin' with the strap No, we all ain't like that, like that Gonna flip it upside down Show you what happens after the fact When you fall in depression Live for your life to be done Yeah, that's a fact Whatever happened? To the boom, to the bap The Snares and the hats Most y'all rappers thrive off smack And attack, attack That's whack, that's whack Wanna be honest When you spit Were gettin' tired of all that shit Talk about lean, moly That ain't my biz But it makes me twitch Stop talkin' shit When you come down You gonna fall hard You Grabbed that card And you got to Ace of hearts Years go by Now you gotta restart Your views went down And you fell off the charts Gotta flip it around And get back up This ain't no lie Yeah, that's what's up We lived this life But we cleaned it up And at this time We just don't give a f*ck Gotta remember We're all erasable Like lead in a pencil Replaceable So why not talk about somethin That makes you feel Motherfuckin' sensational What happened to rap? What happened to emcees In honin' the craft What happened to beatmakers Boomin' the bap Kicks, snares, and hats What happened to rap? The image, your gimmick The vision, you're livin You gotta be trippin You talk about plays But who wants to listen To listen What happened to rap? What happened to emcees In honin' the craft What happened to beatmakers Boomin' the bap Kicks, snares, and hats What happened to rap The OGs Who interpreted craft The grind, the packs The tracks, the sacks The aftermath What happened to rap Yeah