Like You Never

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For every five steps forward I take ten steps back I love the music but can't see where it's at Strictly fast food run-ins, how we s'posed to adapt? How we s'posed to raise kids to that? And I ain't blaming no-one, it starts with me Before heart failure there's clogged arteries We were usually on point, no archery Created to a fault like an art degree But something happened, it's kind of like a take-over The sampling law changed, the looping of the break's over Though corporate, there's nothing pretty about this makeover Pay for play and now you influence what we say? We even let you walk off with the DJ It's hard to hear a single scratch on records these days Besides the clichés, somebody's got to keep up traditions It's a new day, but still something is missing I mean... That's what I'm telling everybody I'm like you never met That's what I'm telling everybody I'm like you never met And now the new school is no school 'Cause everybody and their mama knows Pro Tools Writing raps and recording bad vocals Being a star is more than being anti-social I'm more than boastful, I'm hopeful of a brighter tomorrow Used to weaving words together other writers could follow I hear anger in music but the message is hollow Upon further inspection you can see what's been borrowed Foreign ideals of real bluffing to do with nothing Now we reinvent the wheel Caps get peeled as we slip on banana skins Stuttering, stammering, should have been Fannie Lou Hamer-ing Instead we are glimmering glamouring The struggle is a headache plus Anadin mic check Even breathing is challenging The music is a powerful thing Especially when it's used to boost the power within But you don't hear me, huh? I had my palm read, she told me not to leave this alone So I miss real artists like Nina Simone Full of integrity, never too keen to be cloned That's why the need to be different's buried deep in my bones 'Cause swagger never paid bills, just skills I guess I took the long road, mountains plus hills Turntables and mic cables Love from the crowd is more important than the right label And I don't want the 90s sound back But you can't deny the LinnDrum really sounds wack Just living through the movie but not feeling the soundtrack Not trying to be bougie but not trying to be round that I grew up in a brown black facade So I'm not trying to act like I'm that large But I'm trying to rap like I'm that god When it comes to culture I'm pulling rap's card Like a placard