I Am

[Bekay]
Yo Im a snare, Im a drum, dont care where youre from
Started in the parks, now look what Ive become
Im a loud mic, Im the (emcee) down right
Im the one to get the crowd hyped
Ive been sampling Michae and Lionel
Im rap music,twelve inches pressed up on vinyl
Nowadays Ima rare song; Im white boys with backpacks
and hats who wear they hair long
Im in every ghetto (every)worldwide, never settle (never)
Im even heavymetal with the devil (ha ha ha)
Im ill rhymes and **** beats
Starter hats, fat laces, rope chains, and gold theet
Im graffiti, you wanna be me
Im rich, but mainly the needy trust that, believe me
Ima never switch spots (never) Im Kool Herc
Run-D.M.C., Rakim, Im hip-hop
[Chorus: scratches]
'Im hip-hop, so check it out'
'To the hipdip, the hop, you dont stop'
'I am' 'hip-hop' 'so check it out'
'Cause who Im talkin bout yall is' 'hip-hop'
[Bekay]
Yo, aiyyo Im in BK when I write this poem
Im two turntables and a microphone
Yo the feelin you get when you hear an ill line
The pad you scribble your rhyme into to kill time
I guess Im kind of Summer Jam
Im the larger rap than Kid N Play and the Running Man
Nowadays everyone wanna be this
From, MY, A-DIDAS!
Shell toes, Im Luda throwin elbows
How you wear your pants, where you rock a cell phone
Im battlin for hardcore props
Im breakdancin daily on a cardboard box
What other flavor could, have kinds pumpin
N.W.A. in an all white neighborhood?
Im hot when you kids not
Im Big,L, Pun, Notorious, Im hip-hop
[Chorus: scratches]
'Im hip-hop, so check it out'
'To the hipdip, the hop, you dont stop'
'I am' 'hip- hop' 'so check it out'
'It aint nuttin like hip-hop'
[Bekay]
Yo, Im Slick Ricks stories, lots to tell
Im the greatest of all time, yeah I +Rocked the Bells+
Sometimes I fool you (ha ha) cause in ninety-two
I had yall rockin Cross Colours and FUBU
Maybe I start a coiple brawls with the cops (yup!)
Im everywhere now, but I was born in the Bronx (B-X~!)
They made me ice and bling (made it)
It seems no ones Spike Leen and +Doin the Right Thing+
Went from Jheri curls to flat tops the steezes
Then Reebook pump sneakers to beepers
And I never care about whos on top
Im Ralph McDaniels and Video Music Box
Im hype, chill, ****, fly, fresh, ill
Fat, bangin (what?) and hot to death
Aiyyo, Im known to rip spots (rip em)
Im Melle Mel, G. Rap and Grandmaster Flash, Im hip- hop
[Chorus: scratches]
'Check it out' I am' 'hip-hop'
'To the hiddip, the hop, you dont stop'
'Hip-hop culture, something you live'
'I came here to represent my people' 'check it out'
'Hip-hop' {*repeated*}