tha truth

yo what happened to hip hop

when people used to write for days

now everybody wanna be lil wayne

wanna freestyle a track

don't even think about the lyrics they rap

and always talking about busting a cap

what happened to role models

keeping kids away from the cell

but half of these rappers on radio always going to jail

but we try to teach these kids to be positive

and turn around and be the opposite

and when someone acknowledge it

oh now he wanna start beef

and claim he was raised in the streets

see i was in the streets

literally i was in the streets

asking god to give me a place to sleep

but i ain't sell weed

i sat back and believed that i was gonna be one of the coldest brotha's on the beat

but shit is getting weak

the game ain't what it used to be

you used to have to have talent

musically

no matter what you look like people used to be contenders

but we made it o.k. for pretenders to be remembered

we have considered to just listen to the beat

and not listen to the lyrics that they speak

so now we like to party

so of course we need party music

but real music

no one hardly do it

i miss good music

even realistic hood music

when niggas talked about real life

and now people try way to hard to be the hardest

too many rappers

not enough artists

too much money

is making niggas fearless

beats is getting better

but i don't hear lyrics

i shrug my shoulders like

i don't even wanna hear it"