Music for Life

NEXT MESSAGE Yo, I don't know where to start Uh, check it out, music is - my total existence, dawg, straight up Everything with my life revolves around music It's like you can't get a relationship with I'm still with my first love which is music You'know'what'I'm'sayin'? For real The reason I'm here is is J Dilla, just like that, peace END OF MESSAGE pre-saved, next message Yeah, yeah it started with rhythms I heard Listenin' to the wall The bouncin' of basketballs on Playgrounds and all The empty bottles that's hollow Wind blowin' inside 'em The flow and the rhymin' got My alignment to a science Mixin' with my moms in the kitchen Them spoons rattlin' Pots and pans, faucet water pourin' Tunes managin' To come from all the fussin' and ramblin' What I noticed was - pure music Untampered with by things showbiz does older Thugs showed us stuff Like how to hold a plug Juice from the street light It almost could have blowed us up Crates of records Great sessions had the whole hood jammin' Large speakers, fresh made Smell the wood sandin' Father did his blues smooth Legendary jazz man Saw his wife secondary to his true passion Started with my crew rappin' New jacks in '82 never looked back Now look what it changed me to: music We gotta believe the future We gotta believe the past We gotta believe in more That know that we have We gotta believe each other We gotta open up our minds 'Cause music is for life for life NEXT MESSAGE Uh, what's the difference between me and you? It's I'm a real connoisseur of this rap shit I really do it My whole life, man, is really music Through my bassline, I'm livin' through it Another expression of life I Couldn't live without I like my music straight pure Not watered down DAMN, it felt good to fulfill the Dreams of gettin' out the hood kept me busy Gave me a chance to stop sellin' drugs Spendin' time in the basement kept Me from actin' up Zonin' out, wishin' Dre could check it out I'm here now, I can't believe it Proof in the puddin' Everything happened for a reason Through this music I'm able To feed the family When I'm stressed out, it's my sanity It's a lifestyle All on the street and in Hollywood Music in my DNA, it's my livelihood: music We gotta believe the children We gotta believe in hope We gotta believe in more That know that we know See, we gotta believe each other We gotta open up our minds 'Cause music is for life for life NEXT MESSAGE Keep the music alive The good and the strong survive I closed my eyes and imagined I was 'Jackson Five' Randy and Michael, goin' through life cycle Music allowed me to let life go So vital to a youngster Comin' up amongst street hustlers The big beat'll touch us in Such a special place Givin' the ghetto a taste of What freedom is like I reached a point in my life Where I was needin' the mic No second guessin' Self-expression in lessons learned Aggression became sessions where Sessions burned Put my soul into it, now my feet is firm In the game, where a name is hard to earn And hot cats' careers gets scarred and burned Through the years, mine took a Godly turn This is the story of my life Here trapped in a verse No matter money or the Movies, music is first, yeah We gotta believe the future We gotta believe the past We gotta believe in more That know that we have So we gotta believe each other We gotta open up our minds 'Cause music is for life See, we gotta believe the children We gotta believe in hope We gotta believe in more than all we know See, we gotta believe each other We gotta open up our minds 'Cause music is for life NEXT MESSAGE Ayo, Hi Tek whattup?, you know who this is It's your boy Busta Bus down, Flipmode Squad Aiight now, you know This is serious thing behind the Music that we're doing It's like, music, for me man It mean, it means everything, family You know when we going through Our personal strifes in life You know what I'm sayin' We get up in that studio Close that door, we locking ourselves In, that little four-wall space, man Get up in the vocal booth and Become whoever you wanna be Express whatever you wanna feel You know what I mean? When you going through your most Frustrating time in life You know what I'm sayin' You can realize that When you can't find nobody else to speak to You can speak through the music Help other people feel your Pain, your struggle, your passion You know, what you live and die for Your values in life you know what I mean? Music, man It's the voice of every being in the universe The platform provided for us to communicate When all else fails It's what allows us to be able to connect With touching our hearts and the Soul of the streets First skipped message Yo, I'm a Rosemont legend nigga I'm a felony nigga Keep rollin' the motha'fuckers in, my nigga Like the bait, theythey hoppin' on it When the bait go in, nigga They can't playa hate on it I'm comin' back niggas, stronger than ever Watch this, nigga, Bony Bones, clever if ever Playa hater, can't motha'fucker Fuck with this My baby mama even talk about my shit, ha I'm hotter than hot, hotter, what? Tell 'em Boo yeah, I'm on, alright Bony Bones in the house, nigga END OF MESSAGE