We Are Necessary

There's a time in my life
When I'm feeling a emotion
I can sit down and write how I feel
Without an attempt for my mouth to open
So I just begin to snap my fingers
And all of a sudden I am a dazed
On how I can turn these words into art sooner or later my neighbor will play
I'm told these just aren't words I write to be poet
It's music, whether you do or do not know it
So then the music begins to play
And see how people begin to sway
Realize this is a way to get out what some are afraid to say
Realize that this could entertain
Realize this don't stop
I done found my lifestyle it all begins with Hip-Hop

From the hoods united around the globe
To all the leaders who aren't afraid of change
No matter how much they try to bring us down
Let Hip-Hop remain the same

I can't stand how they disrespect my lifestyle
This a culture that we living
I can tell you right now
They hate it cause we hood driven
Taught to playing outside
Figured out the walk with my stride
So now I talk it with pride
I ain't taking it a notch down cause you thinking we gangsta
Put my game face on
Cause at end of the day its thank ya
Let's eliminate some things
B-Boy, graffiti or break
One sense of style
Can't forget my DJ
Thoughts to create
I ain't tripping of opinions you state
We still gon talk about fantasy, pimp and bling to this day
Cause we got one mic, one life, one speech, one fight, one necessity
This here our destiny, dog please we are necessary

It's my life
My style
My culture
My nation
We'll stand 'til it's over
And that's exactly how you fell in love like February
When you gone realize man, we are necessary

And to all my fellow peers
Let our differences end
As we strive for excellence
Erase all boundaries
Cause our sea of survival
Is based upon our surroundings
And to my brothers and sisters
There is no best at it
Can't you see the more we put down
The more they grab it
We can't even sleep at night
We worried bout our status
But in reality we the teachers
The only 'fluence in this family
To be real
I give artist two thumbs up
Cause still the strong survived
When they tried to press our luck
You can't eliminate this
We ain't never gone get ducked
Been stuck at the bottom too long
New day, no more are we stuck
Why hide what we gotta say
They say we got speech freely
Take a look at music without this
They'll realize we so needed
Cause we got one mic, one life, one speech, one fight, one necessity
This here our destiny, dog please we are necessary

It's my life
My style
My culture
My nation
We'll stand 'til it's over
And that's exactly how you fell in love like February
When you gone realize man, we are necessary

False judgement will not be placed on females anymore
So I ask what is mankind?
But a woman of importance with a purpose
Similar to mine

It seem like you want the next chick to be nasty as ever
And if it ain't that, you got the idea that she hood clever
Well get it up of yo nogg
That we stuck up on that level
Walking in here as a rookie
But stepping off with a gold medal
I coulda swore we preached U-N-I-T-Y
I coulda swore we the ones that taught ya how to be Funkdafied
I promise ya, if it wasn't for Miss, Lauryn or Late
We'd probably be stuck up at the bottom
Feeling like life retired, but we here
Little as ever, but we standing tall
I had to second guess myself but I said P why would you stall
Cause if it ain't said
Take two steps and it's down we gon fall
But you took a closer look and realized we a necessity to y'all

It's my life
My style
My culture
My nation
We'll stand 'til it's over
And that's exactly how you fell in love like February
When you gone realize man, we are necessary

And yes
I walk with no doubt placed on my shoulder
That this formulated structure that we call Hip-Hop
Can never be brought down
It can only rise to the top