Pep Love - Hip Hop My Friend [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

[Intro]
(I got a hole where my heart used to be)

[Verse 1]
I'm a real true artist
Put all of my heart in this
I live for the baselines and guitar riffs - But too modest
The music biz is a vast sea, and you know where the sharks is
I discovered hip-hop as a little tyke
Before I kissed a girl or ever rid a bike
There was nothin' about it the kid didn't like
So an obsession was born for written rhymes ripping mics
My astute pursuit wasn't about loot to boot I studied the game from root to fruit
People gathered in flocks, Hip-hop, had the block locked
And had us thinking out of the box
The time we were living in it was a testament
For before the corporation would invest in it
And now they acting brand new
I'm waving a flag for the culture, they lookin' at me like I'm a damn fool

[Hook]
(When I was up
You would always come around)
Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop
You are my life
(But when I needed a friend
Oh you can never be found)
Hip-Hop Hip-Hop
You are my friend

What's really relevant
Is it good in the hood if it ain't selling
And what is you telling me
Back - When we was back spinning the party was packed
And it wasn't nobody to stack digits
They did it for the kids on the block
Instead of banging they was hanging out doing that up rock flow rock
Hip-Hop was there - When nobody else cared
No education, no healthcare, or welfare
The Bronx burning we turning into an inferno
What do we learn to know when we ain't earning dough
We got greedier when the media showed up
And got needier when the city disowned us
I guess it was tryna find a way out of the projects
And that gentrification is the process to progress
God bless the child with the heavenly trust fund
The heaviest lump sum that come from the slums

[Hook]

[Verse 3]
That's the sound of the men
Banging on track not hanging on the corner slinging crack
Now that we got our backs up against the wall we gon' bring it back
We the entrepreneur keeping out dream in tact
The way I feel I don't know if you can say the same
Look at what they became following the gravy train
And when it drips dry - Them little birds fly
Flocking for better weather while we keepin' it curbside
To have a cypher you've got to come around
While pop radio is telling you to dumb it down
But I've been initiated
And we gon' get this shit straight
And state it that Hieroglyphics the greatest
And I'm gonna be your friend even when I don't got one
And when I give 'em the Rigramole to let 'em know we're not done
Many rivers to cross
To deliver the loss
It's destiny, yes, we gon' weather the cost

[Hook]