Hip Hop-Lone Catalysts

[ti:Hip Hop] [ar:Lone Catalysts] [al:Hip Hop] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Hip Hop - Lone Catalysts [00:02.20]Hip hop a way of life [00:03.23]Chosen by the ghetto youth out of necessity [00:05.16]It involves graffiti deejaying breakdancing and emceeing [00:08.35]Which all rely on raw artistic skill [00:10.19] [00:11.44]You know they used to tell me that this music would never last [00:15.09]Now look at it now it influences all music here today [00:17.83]So either you respect it we gon' take it back [00:19.91] [00:21.15]Hip hop the voice of the street the voice of the youth [00:24.02]The voice that you hear the voice that only we produce [00:26.49]The way that we salute that makes the wildest niggas start to shoot [00:29.00]The voice that recoupes only 12% of the loot [00:31.01]The voice of the groups like OutKast LOX and The Roots [00:33.22]The voice of the truth that no society can ever mute [00:35.40]The voice of the men and women who gave their lives defendin [00:37.91]The God-given rights they had no choice but to fight [00:40.92]The voice of the black latino and the white [00:43.18] [00:44.62]The voice of the club that makes the freaks come out at night [00:48.83]The voice of the thugs who pop champagne and rock ice [00:52.26] [00:53.07]The voice of the shorties who wear tight shirts and talk sheist [00:55.29]The voice of the shook who look one time but not twice [00:57.35]The voice of the crooks at gambling spot with hot dice [00:59.41]The voice of the church mosque synagogue and temple [00:59.78]The voice of your soul your body and your mental [01:01.19]The voice that says rap when I hear a instrumental [01:02.93]The voice that don't stop and it's just that simple [01:05.01]The voice that don't stop and it's just that simple [01:08.37] [01:08.99]The voice that don't d-d-don't d-don't [01:10.67]Yo we live that life that you call hip hop [01:12.93] [01:13.73]From the bottom straight to the tip top [01:15.93]Hey Rawls we got em while them others did not [01:18.57]So if you with the LC ni**a lick shot [01:20.89]If you live that life they call hip hop [01:23.14]Worldwide everyday tic-toc [01:24.34]This life is like nothin to play with ock [01:28.10]That's why when I say sh*t you say sh*t hot [01:30.55]That's why when I say sh*t you say sh*t hot [01:32.92]That's why when I say sh*t you say sh*t hot [01:35.39]That's why when I say sh*t you say sh*t hot [01:37.88]That's why when I say sh*t [01:39.15] [01:41.97]Cause here's a little story that must be told [01:44.47]About two cool brothers that were put on hold [01:45.40]Tried to hold us back from fortune and fame [01:46.46]They destroyed the crew and they killed our name [01:49.86]They tried to step on the ego and walk on the pride [01:52.69]But true blue brothers stand side by side [01:54.95]Through thick and thin from beginning to end [01:57.77]This battle we lost but the war we'll win