Hip Hop
Hip Hop

Hip Hop easy guitar chords by Mos Def

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  • Verse 1
    You say 
    one 
    for 
    the 
    treble, 

    two for 
    the time 

    Come 
    on, 
    y'all, 
    let's 
    rock 
    this 

    You say 
    one 
    for 
    the 
    treble, 

    two 
    for 
    the time 

    Come 
    on 

    Speech 
    is 
    my 
    hammer, 

    bang 
    the world 
    into shape 

    Now 
    let it 
    fall 
    (huh) 

    My rest
    lessness 
    is my 
    nemesis 
    It's hard 
    to really 
    Verse 2

    chill 
    and sit 
    still 

    Com
    mitted 
    to 
    page, 
    I write 
    a rhyme 

    Some
    times 
    won't 
    finish 
    for days 

    Scrutin
    ize 
    my liter
    ature, 

    from 
    the 
    large 
    to the 
    miniature 

    mathematic
    ally 
    administer 

    Subtract 
    the 
    wack 

    Select
    or, wheel 
    it 
    back

    I'm feeling 
    that 

    (Ha ha ha) 
    from the core 
    to 

    the peri
    meter 
    black 

    You know 
    the 
    motto 

    "Stay 
    fluid 
    even 
    in staccato" 


    (Mos Def) full 
    blooded, 
    full 
    throttle 

    Breathe 
    deep 
    inside 
    the drum 
    hol
    low 

    There's 
    the hum, 

    young 
    man 
    where you 
    from? 

    Brook
    lyn number 
    one 

    Native 
    son, 

    speaking 
    in the 
    native 
    tongue 

    I got my 
    eyes 
    on 
    to
    morrow 

    (there it 
    is) 

    While you 
    still 
    tryna 
    find 
    where 
    it is 

    I'm on 
    the 
    Ave 
    where 
    it lives 
    and dies 

    Viol
    ently 
    but silently 

    Shine 
    so 
    vibrantly 
    that 

    eyes squint 
    to 
    catch 
    a glimpse 

    Em
    brace 
    the bass 
    with 

    my dark 
    ink 
    fingertips 

    Used 
    to 
    speak 
    the king's 
    English 

    But 
    caught 
    a rash 
    on 
    my lips 

    So now 
    my chat 
    just 
    like 
    dis 

    Long 
    range 
    from the 
    base-line 
    (swish) 

    Move 
    like 
    an apparition 

    Low to 
    the ground 
    with 
    ammunition 

    (chi-chi-chi-baow) 

    Move from the 
    gate, 

    voice 
    cued 
    on 
    your 
    tape 

    Putting 
    food 
    on your 
    plate 

    Many 
    crews 
    can 
    re
    late 

    Who 
    choosing 
    your 
    fate? 
    Yo 

    We went from 
    picking 
    cotton 

    To chain 
    gang 
    line 
    chopping 

    To 
    B-Bopping 

    To Hip-Hopping 

    Blues 
    Blues 
    people 
    got 
    the 

    blue 
    chip stock 
    option 

    Invisible 
    man, 

    got 
    the whole 
    world 
    watch
    ing 

    (Where ya at?) I'm 
    high, 
    low, 
    East, 

    West, 
    all 
    over 
    your 
    map 

    I'm getting 
    big 
    props, 

    with this 
    thing 
    called 
    Hip 
    Hop 

    Where you 
    can either 
    get paid 

    or get 
    shot 

    When your 
    product 
    in 
    stock 

    The fair-weather 
    friends 

    friends 
    flock 

    When your 
    chart 
    position 
    drop 

    Then the 
    phone 
    calls 

    Chill 
    for 
    a minute 

    Let's 
    see who 
    else 
    tops 

    Snatch 
    your shelf 
    spot 

    Don't 
    gas 
    yourself 
    akh' 

    The industry 
    just 
    a better 
    built 
    cell 
    block 

    A long 
    way 
    from 
    the shell 
    tops 

    And the bell
    s that 
    rocked 

    Rock 
    (rock), 
    rock 
    (rock), 
    rock 
    (rock), 

    rock 
    (rock) 

    Rock, rock (ha), rock, rock 

    Verse 3
    (Over here 
    just 
    sayin') 

    (Hip Hop) 

    (Class is in 
    session) 

    (Hip Hop, one, 
    on-on-one, one, two, 


    one, two) 

    (Sweat 
    inside 
    my 
    hand) 

    (Hip Hop) 

    (The more 
    emotion 
    I put 

    into 
    it, the 
    harder 
    rock) 

    (Hip Hop) 

    Hip Hop is 
    prosecution 
    evidence 
    An 
    Verse 4

    out 
    of court 
    settlement, 

    ad space 
    for liquor 

    Sick 
    without 
    benefits 
    (huh) 

    Luxury 
    tenements 
    choking 

    the sky
    line 

    It's low 
    life 
    getting 

    tree-top 
    high (top 
    high) 

    It is 
    back 
    water 
    remedy 

    Bit
    ter 
    intent 
    to 
    memory, 

    class 
    felony 

    Fa
    cing 
    the death 
    penalty 
    (huh) 

    Stimulant 
    and 
    sedat
    ive, 

    origin
    al repetit
    ive 

    Violently 
    competit
    ive, 

    a school 
    unaccred
    ited 
    (there it is) 

    The break 
    beats 
    you get 
    broken 
    with 

    On 
    time 
    and inappropriate 

    Hip 
    Hop 
    went from 
    selling 

    crack 
    to smoking 
    it 

    Medicine 
    for 
    loneliness 

    Remind 
    me of 
    Thelonius and Dizzy 

    Boppers to 
    B-Boys 
    getting 

    busy 

    The war-time 
    snap 
    snap 
    shot 

    The working 
    man's 
    jack-pot 

    two dollar 
    snack 
    box 

    Sold beneath 
    the crack 
    spot 

    Olympic 
    spon
    sor 
    of the black 

    Glock 

    Gold medal
    ist 
    in the back 
    shot 

    From the 
    sovereign 
    state 

    of the have-nots 

    Where 
    Where 
    farmers 
    have 
    trouble 

    with cash 
    crops 
    (huh) 

    It's all 
    city 
    like 
    Phase 

    Hip 
    Hop 
    will simply 
    amaze 
    you 

    Praise 
    you, 
    pay 
    you 

    Do 
    whatever 
    you say 
    do 

    But, 
    black, 
    it can't 
    save 
    you 

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