I Do It For Hip Hop-JAŸ-Z

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[00:00.00]I Do It For Hip Hop - Jay-Z/Ludacris
[00:16.90]I do it for hip-hop
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[00:19.49]I do it for hip-hop
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[00:21.56]Yeah I do it for hip-hop
[00:23.37]Now this is what they call poetry in motion
[00:25.26]My soul bleeds on the paper heart screams with emotion
[00:28.41]This my daily devotion that verses stay deeper than the ocean
[00:31.98]So hip-hop you owe me a promotion
[00:34.02]Yeah I do a little boastin' and braggin'
[00:36.11]What's all the commotion and naggin' about
[00:38.26]'Cause I'm still the champ in the south
[00:40.13]'Cause rappers get in the booth and I keep draggin' them out
[00:43.07]Where they fired and these pink slips I keep handin' them out
[00:45.55]'Cause this is Theater of Mind consider it a sign
[00:48.16]Of what's to come next my money's just fine
[00:50.89]Bank filled with dump checks
[00:52.44]Terrorist threat flow proceed to drop (bombs) like Mr Funk Flex
[00:56.06]But I don't do it for the money I do it from the heart
[00:59.17]I'll do it with the beatbox I did it from the start
[01:01.93]I'll do it for the DJs I'll do it for the charts
[01:04.58]The Van Gogh flow Luda do it 'cause it's art
[01:07.25]I do it for the fans I do it on command
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[01:10.24]I do it for the front row I do it for the stands
[01:12.91]I spit it for the hood I do it for the block
[01:15.41]And since nine years old I did it for hip-hop
[01:18.10]So I don't do for the chains and the fancy drops
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[01:22.27]I do it for hip-hop
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[01:24.97]I do it for hip-hop
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[01:27.51]I do it for hip-hop
[01:29.15]And I don't do for the chains and the flashin' rocks
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[01:33.13]I do it for hip-hop
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[01:35.83]I do it for hip-hop
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[01:38.54]I do it for hip-hop
[01:40.36]They say I'm so low key I'm socially awkward
[01:42.78]Only those that really know me are the ones that I talk with
[01:45.86]They smile in the light hate in the dark
[01:48.01]You call it beef to me its's just a f**kin' walk in the park
[01:50.85]Because you are who you are when nobody is looking
[01:53.42]That's who you are so when the cash and cars is gone
[01:56.51]The day after tomorrow
[01:57.68]Don't be askin' to borrow ski maskin' it hard
[01:59.98]Like the way you rap in your bars
[02:01.65]I could ride on you and whoever devise new endeavors
[02:04.99]I'm as live as hive full of predators
[02:07.51]Twenty thousands different species of bees
[02:09.82]Some half poisonous sting some just pollinating their leafs
[02:12.53]It's just like rap some will buzz some will attack
[02:14.71]Compromising their own life in fact
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[02:17.62]Sixteen years since my first sixteen
[02:20.04]Pardon the rest of my niggas
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[02:21.98]But I'm the best whoever did it
[02:23.84]I don't do for the cars and the fancy drops
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[02:26.79]Uh I do it for hip-hop
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[02:29.21]Yeah I do it for hip-hop uh
[02:32.99]I do it for hip-hop
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[02:34.55]And I don't do for the chains and the flashin' rocks
[02:37.34]Why we do it kid I do it for hip-hop
[02:40.20]Yeah I do it for hip-hop uh
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[02:43.87]I do it for hip-hop
[02:45.71]Hip-hop started out in the park
[02:48.36]We used to do it to avoid the Narcs
[02:51.19]I used to do it so the homeboy Clark can get the f**k off
[02:54.21]My back while I knocked off these packs
[02:56.93]I used to rap to impress my friends
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[02:59.40]The past of time when I was gettin' it in
[03:01.51]Just so happens I'm so illegal with the pen they ain't
[03:05.19]Want me to do anything illegal again
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[03:08.15]I lost a lot of dawgs to these streets
[03:10.74]I got Grammy awards on these beats
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[03:14.02]Thank God for Cool Herc
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[03:15.91]Without this sh*t I probably would've got murked
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[03:18.85]Shout outs to Grandmaster Flash and the cash
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[03:22.01]And even Jaz bum a**
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[03:24.13]Hip hop helped me wash my rocks
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[03:26.94]These other rappers couldn't wash my socks
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[03:29.62]That's why I took the number one slot
[03:32.16]The realest sh*t in rap comes from my voice box
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[03:35.11]Lord knows when I was on my clock
[03:37.31]I probably never would've stopped
[03:38.78]Thank God for hip-hop
[03:40.17]I don't do for the cars and the fancy drops
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[03:44.07]I do it for hip-hop
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[03:46.78]I do it for hip-hop
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[03:49.43]I do it for hip-hop
[03:51.02]And I don't do for the chains and the flashin' rocks
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[03:54.41]Come on I do it for hip-hop
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[03:57.68]I do it for hip-hop
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[04:00.33]I do it for hip-hop