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[00:09.57]Once upon a mic there was a rebel with a cause
[00:12.17]Even if the cause was just to make you feel good
[00:14.65]Rocking in the parks, stealing power from the light posts
[00:17.46]Transformed from sidekicks to poets that might host
[00:19.66]Breaking down pop shit into hip-hop
[00:21.95]It don't quit, don't stop, but still got no props
[00:24.46]From labels or radio, fuck that, whatever
[00:27.12]Keep that shit moving, keep that shit clever
[00:29.69]Constant improvement, constant elevation
[00:32.13]Building more stories upon a foundation
[00:34.75]Strong enough to inject slang to conversation
[00:37.25]One culture spread throughout so many nations
[00:39.88]Unfortunately execs lost their patience
[00:42.33]Recycled wack shit just for more patrons
[00:44.92]After a while, tactics got so damn blatant
[00:47.44]Constructive critics was just seen as hating
[00:50.00]Too much dick riding, no journalism
[00:52.58]DJ Pushplay replaced Tablism
[00:55.17]Turned the old school into the new prison
[00:57.42]So nowadays loved ones shun, just don't listen
[01:00.73]This is a journey into sound
[01:03.62]Once upon a time
[01:08.01]Why waste time on the mic?
[01:10.59]This is a journey into sound
[01:13.41]Once upon a time
[01:16.53]Why waste time on the mic?
[01:20.47]Once upon a microphone stand was a mic
[01:22.75]And next to the mic some kid trying to write
[01:25.32]Staring at a blank page, that was at a time
[01:27.92]So much on his mind that he couldn't even rhyme
[01:30.28]Now this one wasn't nowhere near new to the game
[01:32.89]He had a little fame, developed himself a name
[01:35.30]Was something like a thoroughbred coming up lame
[01:37.93]Something felt different and nothing was the same
[01:40.46]The last thing the kid wanted to do was complain
[01:42.96]'Bout how the game sucks or it's such a fucking shame
[01:45.39]But he's sick of all the pigeon holes and labels like
[01:47.42]Underground, conscious, old school, backpack
[01:49.78]And the rest of that nonsense
[01:51.08]Since so many blew up from bullshitting
[01:53.06]It made him wonder why he should even keep rapping
[01:55.53]Already wrote a song about the day that he fell off
[01:58.03]But he was just playing 'cause he thought it'd never happen
[02:00.54]But see only a handful of people ever heard it
[02:03.17]Some even tried to say that's the way that he preferred it
[02:05.65]As bad as it sounds, living it out felt worse
[02:08.19]He'd been jerked around so much he felt cursed
[02:10.69]So as we proceed, the story goes on
[02:13.33]Don't let your proceeds, you can't go wrong
[02:15.76]We planting the proceeds, wants to grow on
[02:18.10]Wanna know how it end? Well check the end of the song
[02:21.67]This is a journey into sound
[02:24.48]Once upon a time
[02:27.21]Why waste time on the mic?
[02:31.48]This is a journey into sound
[02:34.20]Once upon a time
[02:38.35]Why waste time on the mic?
[02:41.24]Once upon a mic there was a childhood phenom
[02:43.65]Rapping like it was his only purpose in life
[02:46.17]Eat, sleep, drink, shit, piss, spit hip-hop
[02:48.67]Like many, the personified dime was his wife
[02:51.14]But y'all know the story told many times before
[02:53.67]The bitch was a ho, she let herself go
[02:56.27]She got fat and sloppy after having mad kids
[02:58.78]A bunch of baby daddies and some of them were his
[03:01.23]But he couldn't divorce her, committed to the family
[03:03.73]Passed time complaining, walking 'round pissed
[03:06.38]But as the children grew, though, he did too
[03:08.66]Taking pride in the ones that handled they biz
[03:11.32]Some typical niggas, some were enigmas
[03:13.87]Some starving artists, some for six figures
[03:16.42]Some were so gangsta, some for revolution
[03:18.96]Some were just trapped inside they own illusion
[03:21.40]Meanwhile, the father had an affair with jazz
[03:23.97]A freaky ass orgy with soul, funk, and rock
[03:26.63]Married music and named their first daughter hip-hop
[03:29.06]His ex-wife ran off with some nigga named pop
[03:31.46]There it is
[03:32.31]This is a journey into sound
[03:34.59]Once upon a time
[03:38.03]Why waste time on the mic?
[03:42.12]This is a journey into sound
[03:44.67]Once upon a time
[03:48.12]Why waste time on the mic?
[03:51.93]This is a journey into sound
[03:54.84]Once upon a time
[03:58.23]Why waste time on the mic?
[03:59.59]This is a journey into sound
[04:00.29]Once upon a time
[04:00.39]Why waste time on the mic?
[04:02.36]This is a journey into sound
[04:06.16]Once upon a time
[04:10.33]Why waste time on the mic?
[04:12.04]This is a journey into sound
[04:15.64]Once upon a time
[04:20.42]Why waste time on the mic?
[04:22.28]This is a journey into sound
[04:25.68]Once upon a time
[04:29.80]Why waste time on the mic?
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