Shadowman - Rap sh** lyrics

Remember hip-hop? Do you really? Do you? Before this rap sh** Yo I was strugglin, jugglin, hustlin, bubblin, doing what I had to Before this rap sh** It was by any means getting that cream even if I had to blast you Before this rap sh** Yo it was me and my brothers and so many others just out to get this chedda baby Before this rap sh** Yo I was plottin and scammin or rockin a scam whatever made it better baby Before this rap sh** Yo I had hopes and dreams of publishing schemes of money off of every unit Before this rap sh** It was just hip-hop and gettin yo pops not every f**in body doin it Before this rap sh** There wasn't no word wars or any conferences, but now this sh** is like a f**in circus Before this rap sh** It was all about game and makin a name but now, what's the f**in purpose? Before this rap sh** It wasn't all about crime Before this rap sh** Yo it was all about rhymes Before this rap sh** It was about shapin the time, now it ain't about sh**, the industry rapin you mind Put down your mic You lost your whole goal You take it too seriously like it's a gamble You take it too seriously like it's a gamble Rap is something ya do, hip-hip is something ya live / well let me tell ya [2x] Before this rap sh** I was a s**a for love, a s**a for clubs, the only cat I f**ed with was thug Before this rap sh** n***as was gansta for real and gangsta for life but now n***as is gangstas with deals Before this rap sh** Had something to do with movin ya crew this music was all for you Before this rap sh** n***as was fightin for you, weren't liking it too, and now it's like, "Who's writin for you?" Before this rap sh** Life wasn't fare but n***as ain't care, man, whatever kept ya hands in the air Before this rap sh** Dog, it was all about vibe what n***as was live, whatever helped the music survive Before this rap sh** It wasn't was he seem it was what was he sound like, and f** him if he didn't sound right And yo this rap sh** It's straight driving me nuts, studio ganstas and video s*uts f**in me up Man, this rap sh** Put down your mic You lost your whole goal You take it too seriously like it's a gamble You take it too seriously like it's a gamble Rap is something ya do, hip-hip is something ya live / well let me tell ya [2x] After this rap sh** Yo I'ma go the f** home and move the f** on and watch my newest youngin be born After this rap sh** Yo I'ma count my dough, stack my flow, get money so my kids can grow After this rap sh** I'ma retire a legend and chill with my brethren sit on corner smokin my medicine After this rap sh** All of ya'll can s** my a**, and buy all of my full albums but don't touch my cash After this rap sh** When I'm done and got nothing to write about I'ma a leave y'all fake thug n***as to fight it out This rap sh** Put down your mic You lost your whole goal You take it too seriously like it's a gamble Put down your mic You lost your whole goal You take it too seriously like it's a gamble Put down your mic You lost your whole goal You take it too seriously like it's a gamble You take it too seriously like it's a gamble Rap is something ya do, hip-hip is something ya live You take it too seriously like it's a gamble Record companies out there throw rap on the wall -- know very little about -- and figure what sticks is it and what don't, don't be it