[ti:I Do It For Hip Hop] [ar:Ludacris/Nas/Jay-Z] [al:Hip Hop Workout] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I Do It For Hip Hop - Ludacris/Nas/Jay-Z [00:04.58]Producer:Wyldfyer [00:09.17]I do it for hip-hop [00:13.75]I do it for hip-hop [00:18.34]I do it for hip-hop [00:22.92]Now this is what they call poetry in motion [00:25.04]My soul bleeds on the paper heart screams with emotion [00:28.33]It's my daily devotion the verses stay deeper than the ocean [00:31.71]So hip-hop you owe me a promotion [00:33.81]Yeah I do a little boastin and braggin [00:35.81]What's all the commotion and naggin about Cause I'm still the champ in the South [00:39.65]Cause rappers get in the booth and I keep draggin em out [00:42.37]Well they're fired and these pink slips I'm handin em out [00:45.04]Cause this is Theater of the Mind consider it a sign [00:47.92]Of what's to come next my money's just fine [00:50.59]Bank filled with dumb checks terrorist threat flow [00:53.36]Proceed to drop bombs like Mr Funk Flex [00:56.13]But I don't do it for the money I do it from the heart [00:58.93]I do it with the beat box I did it from the start [01:01.59]I do it for the dee jays I do it for the charts [01:04.32]The Van Gogh flow Luda do it cause it's art [01:07.11]I do it for the fans I do it on command [01:09.73]I do it for the front row I do it for the stands [01:12.56]I spit it for the hood I do it for the block [01:15.14]And since nine years old I did it for hip-hop so [01:18.13]I don't do it for them cars and the fancy drops [01:21.28] [01:22.06]I do it for hip-hop [01:23.27] [01:24.70]I do it for hip-hop [01:26.21] [01:27.35]I do it for hip-hop [01:28.69]And I don't it for the chains and the flashin rocks [01:32.12] [01:32.95]I do it for hip-hop [01:34.41] [01:35.64]I do it for hip-hop [01:37.24] [01:38.40]I do it for hip-hop [01:39.20]Uhh uhh uh [01:39.87]They say I'm so low key I'm socially awkward [01:42.51]Only n**gas who really know me who I talk with [01:45.48]They smile in the light hate in the dark [01:47.79]You call it beef to me it's just a f**kin walk in the park [01:50.49]Cause you are who you are when nobody's lookin [01:53.16]That's who you are so when the cash and the cars is gone [01:56.09]The day after tomorrow don't be askin to borrow [01:58.81]Ski mask it hard like the way you rap in your bars [02:01.46]I can ride on you and whoever devise new endeavors [02:04.93]I'm as live as a hive full of predators [02:07.33]Twenty thousand different species of bees [02:09.61]Some have poisonous stings some just pollen their leaves [02:12.37]It's like rap some just buzz some will attack [02:14.99]Compromise their own life in fact [02:17.25]Sixteen years since my first sixteen [02:19.72]Pardon the rest of my n**gas but I'm the best who's ever did it [02:23.40]I don't do for the cars and the fancy drops [02:26.69]Uh I do it for hip-hop [02:28.81] [02:29.73]Yeah I do it for hip-hop [02:31.52] [02:32.35]Uh I do it for hip-hop [02:34.17]And I don't do for the chains and the flashing rocks [02:37.09]Why we do it kid I do it for hip-hop [02:39.79] [02:40.46]Yeah I do it for hip-hop [02:42.39] [02:43.32]Uh I do it for hip-hop [02:45.61]Hip-hop started out in the park [02:48.50]We used to do it to avoid the Narcs [02:51.16]I used to do it so the homeboy Clark [02:53.24]Can get the f**k off my back while I knocked off these packs [02:56.56]I used to rap to impress my friends [02:59.35]To pass the time while I was gettin' it in [03:01.47]Just so happens I'm so illegal with the pen [03:04.30]They ain't want me doin' anything illegal again [03:07.20] [03:08.03]I lost a lot of dogs to these streets [03:10.55]I got Grammy Awards on these beats [03:12.98] [03:13.65]Thank God for Kool Herc [03:15.66]Without your sh*t I probably would've got merked [03:18.31] [03:18.83]Shout out to Grandmaster Flash and to Caz [03:21.93]And even Jaz bum-a*s [03:24.09]Hip-hop helped me wash my rocks [03:26.73]These other rappers couldn't wash my socks [03:29.44]That's why I took the number one slot [03:31.80]The realest sh*t in rap comes from my voice box [03:34.91]Lord knows when I was on my clock [03:36.89]I prolly never woulda stopped thank God for hip-hop [03:39.70]I don't do for the cars and the fancy drops [03:42.63]Uh I do it for hip-hop [03:45.36] [03:46.62]I do it for hip-hop [03:47.97] [03:49.22]I do it for hip-hop [03:50.48]And I don't do for the chains and the flashing rocks [03:53.96]Come on I do it for hip-hop [03:56.22] [03:57.54]I do it for hip-hop [03:58.99] [04:00.13]I do it for hip-hop [04:01.80] [04:56.26]I don't do it for them cars and the fancy drops [04:59.06] [05:00.27]I do it for hip-hop [05:01.70] [05:02.97]I do it for hip-hop [05:04.42] [05:05.62]I do it for hip-hop [05:06.90]And I don't it for the chains and the flashin rocks [05:10.35] [05:11.12]I do it for hip-hop [05:12.57] [05:13.79]I do it for hip-hop [05:15.46] [05:16.54]I do it for hip-hop