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Longevity ft. Kid Robotik

from Enter The Red Dragon by Megamegaman

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do you remember, it used to be about rhymes and producers
till hiphop got seduced by the snake haired medusa
style got turned to stone, they commercialised swagger
now if you're white they'll make you change your clothes and dress blacker
got rappers spitting on synths n i respect 303s
but I've heard beats like these and they go out of fashion next week
it's heartless, samplers carry on regardless
cos it's one gold record but it'll cost you an artist
like Marvin I'm, representing dropping soul classics
I used to read the source when rappers wore black Reebok jackets
with a fresh pair of white Asics,
I tried to match it, little boy, my look my was Jurassic,
so when I started spitting you know I picked Atlantic records
cos there were songs I loved when I was young I still remembered
and like my craft, hiphop started with a sample
now it's not so artful, but you gotta think glass half full

do you remember, they used to tell you 93's forever
now 20 years later, the mighty souls are still together
this goes way back, like flowin proto rappers
back before the soul sappers dropped their toe tappers
back before fresh prince fashion throwbacks
when record execs didnt mess to make their dough back
they used to be in it for the rap, now they in it for the cash
I recall simpler days, when some did it simply for the hash
s mad, haven't loved music since my first crush died
but then I never really believed in this life either
architect at the centre of my web ain't a spider
as a kid I rapped along to da rockwilder
I bleed lyrics, breathe snares and kicks
sat down in the basement with tapes at the age of six
with a taste for Memphis, now I dig that Motown emphasis
and 20 years later, looks like I'm still representing it

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from Enter The Red Dragon, released July 12, 2013

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