What's It Worth (feat Melodiq)

Melodiq, Pat D, Lady P sounding sweet The UK and the USA Paradox and Melodiq, poetic like sonnets Words come alive, these lyrics keep flowing

Melodiq, Pat D, Lady P sounding sweet The UK and the USA Paradox and Melodiq, poetic like sonnets Go together like treble and bass

Music’s meaning is more than the words, it’s the feeling The passion, the soul, writing late in the evenings It breathes in the records like turn to the ceiling Motivated dreaming, back to what believing It’s been in hearts, on tracks in vain It’s seen in awe on graff on trains The media try to attack its name But the realness can’t be attached to fame But who am I to say what hip-hop is? Hip-hop was before Paradox lived Before Yo! MTV Raps got big When the soul and the words was what made hop hits DJs rock kicks after digging in the crates Now we’re living in an age where the rhythm is misplaced It’s all about the chains, the millions you make So I sit back, imagine as I listen to the greats

Hip-hop, some say it’s still the same It’s real hip-hop Hip-hop, some say it’s still the same What’s it worth?

Hip-hop, some say it’s still the same It’s real hip-hop Hip-hop, some say it’s still the same Some say it’s still the same, it ain’t that

It’s the authentic, all the time prolific, lyrical extraordinaire Got rhymes to share, to educate the masses Toasting the realness, raise your glasses Never underestimate the movement Always keeping my ear to the pavement That’s what the pioneers did back then Before they had two 12s making the blend No emails to send, only word of mouth Seems that real hip-hop is in a drought Critics kept saying that it wouldn’t last Through the years it persevered and made cash Somehow it grew up too fast Matured incorrectly, evidently Now it’s time to do my thing With ill flows and vibes that I bring no doubt

Hip-hop, some say it’s still the same It’s real hip-hop Hip-hop, some say it’s still the same What’s it worth?

Hip-hop, some say it’s still the same It’s real hip-hop Hip-hop, some say it’s still the same Now let’s take a sec to think back

Gangstarr JD Common Sense Large Pro Nas Pete Rock Tribe Called Quest KRS was number one

Just being in here Is a humbling experience to me Because you’re looking through all these records And it’s sort of like a big pile of broken dreams in a way Almost none of these artists still have a A career, really Ten years down the line you’ll be in here So keep that in mind when you start thinking like “Oh yeah, I’m invincible and I’m the I’m the world’s best or whatever Because that’s what all these cats thought