90's Hip Hop

Is this the right time
Now how can I survive
You a rat and a spy
Knowing the truth could be a lie
You hear sirens and howls
That's what happens when shootas are around you
They might gun you down
Run you outta town
Slinging pies in the basement
Needed a replacement
Swore *redacted* was a gangster
Until he faced up with them real gang bangers
What are you going to say when
They bust in your house
With them ski-masked faces
Look I dare you to say it
At the crime scene
Your dead body was found faceless
Now you need a new pacemaker
Look, why do y'all stay faking
Committing crossfire while crossfaded
You want beef but keep cross-contaminating
He said he poppin but he ain't popular
His gangsta is virtual I swear he on an oculus
Yelling gang gang
But he ain't a part of it
Watch what you wishing for
Cuz it can be granted
Have you buried under granite
Have you planted
And then deny that they planned it

90's Hip Hop
We rap about the pain so it can stop
90's Hip Hop
Use this media to speak on problems
90's Hip Hop
This form of art seems to be lost
90's Hip Hop
It's about time we end up on top

The projects raising us left and right
The next day we outta sight
It toys with my mind
Don't by that corner tonight
You know better than to ask me why not
They sent the shots
Around the block
It took an hour
Until it stopped
And nobody called the cops
I gotta move like I won't see tomorrow
But gangs signs bound to be thrown
By nine-year-olds
That think they're grown
I can't blame them that's all they know
If you saying the same thing, the words lessen
Having strong enemies is a blessing
Keep getting shot in my dreams, it got me stressing
My father told me it's premonition
Out of the loop with the curveball they keep pitching
As I run home knowing that I'm missing
I've seen knives be used outside the kitchen
If I said something that was too open, I say I was kidding
Killed his own brother he wouldn't admit it
He knows the love from his family finished
Tears in his eye proves that he regrets it
But the bullet has already done its damage

90's Hip Hop
We rap about the pain so it can stop
90's Hip Hop
Use this media to speak on problems
90's Hip Hop
This form of art seems to be lost
90's Hip Hop
It's about time we end up on top

Hip is the knowledge
And hop is the movement
If you can't move with it
You'll get removed from it
Puttin me against my brothers and sisters
Respect to Pac or Nas
You bop Biggie or not
But did music lose its soul
If so
Where did it go
Although
How can imagine
When these things happen
All this energy
But you stay static
Keep acting tough
In front of the cameras
He couldn't foresee
Therefore he's in the past tense
Meanwhile the OG's
Watch us OD
And not saying a thing
It's so concerning
But who's gonna come and clean up
The bodies in the streets could fill arenas
Birthed in the projects killed our dreamers
Blood, Crip, or the Black panthers
They tryna split us up
It may seem like they have won
But this is hip hop
And it ain't gone stop