Let’s Start Rap Over

Lyrics

[Intro: Diddy] Yeah See, I wanna get back to the love Start love over, come on [Chorus: Carl Thomas & Diddy] Let's start love over, back to the way things were (Uh-huh) Forget about them 'cause all we got is us (Come on) We can make it, said, if we try (Yeah) I wanna start love over, let's make it do or die (Talk to 'em) [Verse 1: Styles P & Diddy] When I was nine years old, I realized there was a road At the end, I would win lots of pots of gold (Yeah) Days when I used to have my play clothes on I would make up my rhymes the middle of Voltron But you learn what the earth do breaking curfew Hit the park when it's dark, make a stand like a podium Niggas had a box and a strip of linoleum Some break a boogie, but those that don't (Come on) Was usually a fighter Rollin' E-Z Widers Sending people to the store for a soda and a lighter A real cool cat that would let you keep a dollar But now things changed and it's the days of tomorrow (That's right) The little kids is big now They'll push your wig now Can't send them to the store But you can send 'em for raw So I speak my mind (Uh-huh) And put 'em on my vine (Yeah) And give 'em one big push for all mankind (Come on) [Chorus: Carl Thomas] Let's start love over, back to the way things were Forget about them 'cause all we got is us We can make it, said, if we try I wanna start love over, let's make it do or die [Verse 2: Jadakiss & Diddy] Uh, uh, uh, uh, ayo People still taking rapping for a joke A passing hope or a phrase with a rope (Yeah) What ever happened to the Caddies, white walls and spokes? Crates of records, turntables, plenty of folks (That's right) Remember in the street playing, touch football, look y'all 'Til somebody get mad and then bounce with they football Twenty-four hour block parties Everybody on the whole block pissy off dark 'Cardí Adults used to think I was scheming, but I was dreaming To one day make a hot album and have 'em all fiendin' Now every time I rhyme, I can tell that you like it (Yeah) You nursing the tunes like the mind of a psychic (Uh-huh) Your mind is weary, floating like a dove Sweating and things as if you was making love Control the crowd so they can accept it Total concentration is the perfect method (Come on, that's right) Let's start over [Bridge: Diddy] Where's the love? Somebody tell me See, when I was growing up Where's the love? Because we wanna know I remember everybody had love for everybody Where's the love? Somebody tell me It wasn't always player hating Where's the love? Because we wanna know All this jealousy, all this envy It was the love, uh-huh [Verse 3: Sheek Louch & Diddy] Ayo, hip-hop set out in the park, what? (Come on) We used to do it out in the dark All night long until the cops made us go Or 'til somebody moms pulled the extension cord from the window (Yeah) Lees on, thinkin' you fresh Tryin' to impress Shorty with the baby hair pushed down on her forehead Ponytail swaying, she hot Standing like she bow-legged, but she not You remember them days? (Uh-huh) That's when crack wasn't 'ffecting blacks like that (Yeah) Just drink a little Ballantine Ale, little reefer Friday night, go check out Star Child at the Fever (That's right) Now it's all corrupt Over rap, you might get bust Say the wrong thing And end up in a permanent sling (Mmm) Went from shelltops to hollow tops (Mhm) Used to rock the bus stop, now we Electric Slide from the cops (Yeah) Lost some veterans in this, that ain't keeping it real Now with God, they chill over a record deal Always the good ones that go, never the enemies die To this day, I wonder why they took my man B.I. (Why?) No time to yell rhymes in the microphone I take this more serious than just a poem Rock party to party (Yeah), Wyo' out to Dover (Come on) Tear it up, y'all, let's start love all over (Let's start it all over) [Chorus: Carl Thomas & Diddy] Let's start love over, back to the way things were Forget about them 'cause all we got is us We can make it, said, if we try (Come on) I wanna start love over, let's make it do or die (Yeah, yeah) [Outro] Where's the love? Somebody tell me (Come on) Where's the love? Because we wanna know Where's the love? Somebody tell me Where's the love? Because we wanna know