"Dark Ages"(Of Hip-Hop)

[bigted]

What's up y'all, when I heard this "Lost and Found" song, I thought about this song I wrote last year about the state of hip-hop, I wanted to re-post this for y'all new members here:

“Dark Ages”(Of Hip-Hop)

Verse One:

Uh, Uh, hip-hop lost it's head

Too much pop s---

That's we gotta stop again

Few wanna stop it

And plenty don't just plot hits

Many performers are knocked with the gimmick

Taken over from them industry head

Who wanna just bust elementary lyrics

With more imagery pics

Taken the place with filthy graphics

What kind of great generation are we livin' in?

When controversy outsells talent

Y'all check the Billboards

And where is the ill tour?

That happened before m.c.'s decided to kill more

On record, no one's clever

New generation of hip-hop is one dead blur

And it's for sure

That it's on the pop scene

But it's not the dream

That fallen soldiers like Scott La Roc, Eaz-E, Pac, Pun, Left Eye, and Biggie

Would have liked to see

If they were still breathin'

There are no ill LPs

Five mics are all killed or deceased

With the lies that fill CD's

People won't buy

Until you go to the camera guy

With ya ass showin' for one million CD's people'll buy

Just to look at the picture on the cover

But when they pop in the disc

They'll start to wonder

Was paying this money worth it?

But they say hey the slut seems to be workin' it

Music is ust hideously worthless

Where is reality of the sense?

When...

Chorus:

We're in the dark age

Sure there's a spotlight

But we're still in a dark age

Where no performer can rock the mic

Until the skills are displayed

Nobody will pay attention what you got to rhyme

'Cause in this dark age

We get blinded by the spotlight

Talentless and by far a shame

For me I gotta fight

'Cause I'm not tryin' to be a member of the dark age

Verse Two:

I can't believe how many peopele have been affected by this wreckless emotion

But I got a restless devotion

When I rep to mention a token

Of grattitude that I have for the ol' school

Sure they've slipped up

But they're not livin' up

When comparin' them to this generation

Sure they're not all flashy, but there wasn't a limitation

For comin' up and creatin'

These moves blueprinted for the new school

But then we go abuse

And use them in the wrong use

For our own selfish means

Not for a benefit of the team

They talk about dynasty

But it's just foul hype to see

For them to collect what you've been workin' for

And actually the fans are workin' more

To get stuck on the short end

To go forfeit

It's just unfortunate

These pros aren't idols to worship

When they have no morals in them

Losin' respect for themselves

By selling-out is like prostitution when you're selling yourself

To what everyone says and does

Who says it's just

Dope for you to get f-----d

The wrong way in front

Of the whole country

Just for some more money?

Where is your mind

The government is also full of it

Because all scandelistic

Views come from there

So they better not just dare

Say that it's only entertainers

That are out without a care

None of that's true

There's a limitation for what you can or can't do

And sure we all go there sometimes

Watchin' where you're at before you lose your mind

Will show your character

And I don't go to bother rappers

That are tryin' hard to come with their own style

I'm just bustin' at y'all that act so highly profiled

That they forget that they represent

The success that Grand Master Flash, LL, Slick Rick, JJFP and Russell Simmons

Started for you to get that ice on your neck

'Cause without them

You wouldn't have bling-bling

And if Run-Dmc wasn't hittin' “Down Wit The King”

Or “Sucka M.C.'s”

There wouldn't be platinum C.D's

So it's better to remember where you are before you proceed

'Cause being a performer, the downfall comes with the territory

And you'll get yours if you're just schemin' for fame off of controversy

That's not what keepin' it real should mean

[Repeat Chorus 'Til End]

[bagotrasho]

damn ted that was great

[bagotrasho]

you got anymore of your old stuff?

[bigted]

Thanks bagatrasho, well I don't really consider this too old of a song, 'cause it's still relevant when FP touches on these points differently than I do here on his "Lost and Found" track but we hip-hop heads share the frustration of seein' too many wack videos on emptv and are lookin' to find somethin' with creativity and a message, I wanna look at this song I wrote 20 years from now and still relate to the reason I wrote it but hopefully by then things will be better, FP's a fan of hip-hop as much as he is an mc, that's why he gives the peeps what they want with understanding that he doesn't wanna let them down. Anyway I got a lot of my previous rhymes, I'll post some more when I get a chance but I really wanna post this new one I wrote about JJFP's career I'm gonna finishing typing it later on today. :kool:

[J-o-e]

Nice Ted i like

[QUOT]You wouldn't have bling-bling

And if Run-Dmc wasn't hittin' “Down Wit The King”

Or “Sucka M.C.'s”

There wouldn't be platinum C.D'sE]