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Verse 1 Samoerai
Once upon a rhyme, a while ago
me and some other kids decided to write some flows
so I would go to my grandma, borrow the casettedeck
rap over nas beats without any headset
or mic, pushin two button's at the same time
breath, and while the beat began I would say rhymes
like, 'all I need is one mic, and one chance
Imma grab it with both hands and change the circumstance'
we began as Phatmark, collective
performed all over and sincerly got respected
"breath it in, breath it out" everbody sang out loud
response from many people made us feel proud
of our shit, I was hit since the beginning
when I discoverd snoop and dre and nothin but a g thang was missin
in my life, xzibit gave me word on paparazzi
way before I knew about the measures of the golden mean
and the true meaning of the numeral sequence of fibonaci
I was listening to biggie screaming: can't nobody stop me
but we had to have some beats of our own
internet wasn't providin the uniqueness we hoped
So, diggin in the crates was the next and final answer
kept diggin, till we found the gold that we were after
funk, soul, a bumpin bass, trumpets
punchy kicks and breaks to have the whole room jumpin
we started workin harder on tracks, wrote for ages
never really happy with results so we replaced em
over and over and over suddenly we came with
this crazy concept to take it Back to the Basics
Jayeness, finally created, developed
we tweaked the beats and we had our rhymes a bit embellished
I fell in love with Hip-Hop, it's carying a message
u will know if u will listen to the story that I'm tellin
Chorus
like this ya, like that ya
Hip-Hop was my first love, it will be my last ya
like this ya, like that ya
Hip-Hop was my first, and it will be my last
like this ya, like that ya
Hip-Hop was my first love, it will be my last ya
like this ya, like that ya
Hip-Hop was my first, and it will be my last
Verse 2 JaJa
here's a little story that I got to tell
about 2 young mc's and how they both felt
on the day we all remember, it sparked that bit of tinder
that would make the fire in our hearts lite up forever
but come see an mc and how it started off for me
way back when I was just a little teen with little dreams
had lot's of rhythym and loved the whole music scene
that's why I didn't really listen to it lyrically
it seemed to be alright, one night I even tried
to copy the beat, I started to beatbox despite
of the fact I had no clue it existed I might
had my first contact with my true path in life
then one day, my sister, took me to the library
made me open my eyes and made me see more clearly
then she took something, placed it in my hands
and it looked like a weird cover made by a clan called the wu-tang
36 chambers made me a true fan,
digging deeper and deeper hearing how those beats bang
lyrics with messages made by, rhymin sentences
in a way a man could only, try to express his shit
and people would listen to it, listen to the fluent
rhymes no doubt, everybody felt love at first sight
I felt it too, so I tried to write, the flow was tight
it felt right, so I did it the whole damn night
but never outloud, cuz it felt like stage fright
then I had to change from school and met this dude like
I had to meet him, cuz see him standin here right now
next to me, and we teamed up, cuz we like eachother's style
If you have listened to his words then you will, know how
we became what we are today, and know now
we fell in love we hiphop, it's carying a message
you will know if you will listen to the story that we're tellin
Chorus
like this ya, like that ya
Hip-Hop was my first love, it will be my last ya
like this ya, like that ya
Hip-Hop was my first, and it will be my last
like this ya, like that ya
Hip-Hop was my first love, it will be my last ya
like this ya, like that ya
Hip-Hop was my first, and it will be my last
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