Pop

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[Intro: James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni] I lived in the ghetto, and I watched it You know, the little guys that are standing around crossing their arms. They're not lovable, they're not giving any love. They couldn't give a damn about me I understand it all too well [Hook: Rhymefest] Hip Hop is pop, Busted Open in pop World finna go pop, can't stop the pop Ben Willis a cop, Young Thug got popped Pop Smoke got popped, Tupac was popped [Verse: Rhymefest] Right hand of the Pac, stand back when I pop Snap, crackle, and pop, trap jack in the box Drive fast when they pop, the crabs in the pot [?] Let's get it popping, who's the most popular? Rappers writing op-eds about their soap operas, prosperous Send Black kids to colleges Meanwhile, on the west side, there's an apocalypse Hood lessons, grandma's blessings I was Flintstone, y'all was living like the Jetsons Now they all threaten when they see us, said gent It's hard to be a king in this world without peasants Mama got popped up, when her son popped up at the pop-up Bullets flew toward the whole shop-up, fuck the product It's a miracle that he got up What's a profit to a man when he lets his debts pile up? Fabulous, impoverished Propagandist, politics False prophets, promises People ain't the problem, power is [Verse: EP Da Hellcat] Little Kim got popped, Stallion got popped I was Riding with Bad Boy and Drake got popped And Pac got shot, Big Pop was popped Rap turned to Pop, everybody's the opps Guns, they're only props, Alec Baldwin popped Still stunned mumbling, niggas got all the guap They all sound pop, same shit, new pot When you lame spit that bullshit, we all get popped This a hip-hop stickup, proper when I popped in Can't nobody stop us, [?] the problem Probably ain't possible, the proof's in the audible It's plausible, this particular puzzle's unsolvable Everybody sweet now, suckers for lollipops Puppets for popularity, who's the Bugatti-est Gods and goddesses, power they got us in Monuments and metropolis, we're the opulent occupants Killing dominance, fulfilling the promises They create policies, we deal with the consequences Shorties is visible but feeling anonymous We build on principle, while they playing politics Projects, prospects Prominence, progress It's the process for our kids People ain't the problem, power is [Hook: Rhymefest] Hip Hop is pop, Busted Open in pop World finna go pop, can't stop the pop Ben Willis a cop, Young Thug got popped Pop Smoke got popped, Tupac was popped [Refrain: EP Da Hellcat] Little Kim got popped, Stallion got popped I was Riding with Bad Boy and Drake got popped And Pac got shot, Big Pop was popped When you lame, spit that bullshit we all get popped [Interlude: James Baldwin] The proof of this is nobody cared as long as our kids were dying [Refrain: EP Da Hellcat] Little Kim got popped, Stallion got popped I was Riding with Bad Boy and Drake got popped And Pac got shot, Big Pop was popped Rap turned to pop, everybody's the opps [Hook: EP Da Hellcat] Hip Hop is pop, Busted Open in pop World finna go pop, can't stop the pop Ben Willis a cop, Young Thug got popped Pop Smoke got popped, Tupac was popped [Outro: James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni] ...is a victim like me, a brother like me. I ain't no better than he is; I really am not any better than he is. We're in the same trap for the same reasons. It's the same way the great powers can use a tribal war in [some unknown country]. Set them against each other, then blame both parties They both are to blame. Because they have to stop and think about it Of course There was no point in it But, baby, it takes people a very long time to learn very little