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As the Art Fades Away (Produced by Strada)

Album: Vintage Experience
By:
Wordsmith

Duration

3:38

Genres

Hip-Hop

Lyrics

1st Verse Got them Props, shows been rocked, Ode to the greats the tapes the boom box and to the bus stop the bootlegs are hot the days fade away won’t stay on the block (Adlib: On the block) so true they due to get paid, the art that they made it skip the airwaves the labels just say we own ya like slaves (Adlib: Put em’ on the shelf) that thought they took to the graves (Adlib: To the graves). Fast forward flow so historic I claim the torch, the course, the force wit’ it (Adlib: I’m the one). My lead I bleed the Hip-Hop I speak to the kids the pop has gotta stop (Adlib: Gotta stop), please research the birth of who’s hot (Who’s hot) Young crowd said Nelly built Rap and Chingy, Young Joc put it all on the map and treat the Pioneers like Blacks, so hit the back (Adlib: Hit the back) Hook 1 Female Singing: What Would the Game be Like…? Wordsmith: Imagine if there was never an Eric B. and Rakim Female Singing: What Would the Game be Like…? Wordsmith: Imagine if Public Enemy never started the Rap Revolution Female Singing: What Would the Game be Like…? Wordsmith: Imagine if Big Daddy Kane never touched a Mic (Pause) Wordsmith: Imagine if I…wasn’t willing to fight!!! 2nd Verse So Sad when ah rapper gets richer give them the fame make money be scripture love of the game fades like an old picture…your ah boss, ay boys call you mister (Adlib: Coffee Boss)Let me make it real clear for you cats if the pioneers never rapped ya’ll wouldn’t make crap. All facts even got jacked when a label own it all from your name to your tracks. Listen here, Hip-Hop my dear the doe it dig deep to steep for them to care (Adlib: Don’t care). Sit quiet in a studio session I start to flashback to tracks when I’m eleven. LL had a girl around the way I learned to kick step I’m reppin’ Kid-N-Play I love to hear a scratch from Jam Master Jay (Adlib: Ippy Jay) cop an attitude like N.W.A (Adlib: What)… Hook 2 Female Singing: What Would the Game be Like…? Wordsmith: Imagine if Slick Rick never mastered the art of storytelling Female Singing: What Would the Game be Like…? Wordsmith: Imagine if Run DMC never did “Walk this Way” Female Singing: What Would the Game be Like…? Wordsmith: Imagine if EPMD wasn’t all about they business (Pause) Wordsmith: I remember…and I’ll never forget this!!! Bridge (4 xs) Wordsmith & Female singing: Round & Round we go…Hoping the Art Don’t Fade Away… 3rd Verse Spin Vinyl, DJ behind you, rock mics forget who ya signed to. This show is for all the greats rewind the time back to dancing wit’ breaks. free expression that was rap law graffiti on ah stall and ah subway wall and on ah blacktop where the B-boys ball. This culture lives on for years and I’ll keep spitting an ode to pioneers… Hook 3 Female Singing: What Would the Game be Like…? Wordsmith: Imagine if Pete Rock & CL Smooth never gave us “Mecca & the Soul Brother”… Female Singing: What Would the Game be Like…? Wordsmith: Imagine if BDP never dropped “Criminal Minded” Female Singing: What Would the Game be Like…? Wordsmith: Imagine if Gangstarr never created that Mass Appeal (Pause) Wordsmith: So I...keep it real!!! Hook 4 Female Singing: What Would the Game be Like…? Wordsmith: Imagine if De La Soul never dropped “3 Feet High and Rising” Female Singing: What Would the Game be Like…? Wordsmith: Imagine if Das Efx never dropped “They Want EFX” Female Singing: What Would the Game be Like…? Wordsmith: Imagine if A Tribe Called Quest never dropped “The Low End Theory” (Pause) Wordsmith: So I hope you hear me!!! Outro Wordsmith: Hold on, it’s not over… Imagine if Sykeone never signed Wordsmith…if that happen the world would never get the chance to hear this record, so we can correct the state of Hip-Hop…

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