"For You" lyrics
(feat. Phrase & N'fa)
[Phrase:]
Big Phrase and I'm back
Homegrown hip-hop, yeah
Black tracks, black Air Max
White tip with the fresh Nike cap (Uh-huh)
Standard issue bum bag to keep those buds stashed
Our own Hitachis with felt-tipped markers
And through that darkness
Came all this music
So don't confuse it with all that bullshit
We work for this, got lock for this
Lost lives for this, blokes died for this
This ain't pop or rock and roll, nah
It's Oz hip-hop, lock and load till the
Locks erode, and the blocks explode
With a million kids tryna cop the show (Woo!)
And they're looking at us
Like it never shoulda happened
But it happened 'cause we dedicated every bit of passion
That we had to ripping mics in extraordinary fashion
So grab a seat and enjoy the show, and let's go
[Illy:]
And it's not for the money (No), it's not the applause (Nah)
When they ask me what I'm doing this for
It's hip-hop, hip-hop
Hip-hop, hip-hop
It's not for the money (No), it's not the applause (Nah)
When they ask me what I'm doing this for
It's hip-hop, hip-hop
Hip-hop, hip-hop (Illy, Illy)
I'm twenty-two, not in it from the start (no)
Name in the books (but) music's in my heart
With time to burn, so finding the spark ain't hard
'Cause my part in the history of the art ain't passed
My true blue brothers, hate don't bug us
I mean in a few short summers
Look where Oz hip-hop's covered
Fuck what you think of us
Unplug us, ban us, handcuff us
Fuck it, get on the TV and slander us
They bank on us, but there ain't no branding us
And they've tried but this culture inspires
More than bright lights and ecstasy highs
The feelings I've felt are with me to the grave
Never cease to amaze, it all came from little old me and myself
Just being myself
Man, hip-hop, I love this shit
And it's not for the money (No), it's not the applause (Nah)
When they ask me what I'm doing this for
It's hip-hop, hip-hop
Hip-hop, hip-hop
It's not for the money (No), it's not the applause (Nah)
When they ask me what I'm doing this for
It's hip-hop, hip-hop
Hip-hop, hip-hop
[N'fa:]
We say lift up, lift up, llift your head up, head up
It's that [?]
To make you get up, get up
My neighbours used to get so fed up, fed up
Of this homegrown sound
But now they're turning it up
'Cause we smashed through the barriers and listening walls
Broke the rules of those who would try condition us all
I stay spittin' for all who feel they don't have a voice
So for me, doing music, man, I don't have a choice
And, yeah, some ladies get moist, but I'm not in it for that
I'm all about grinding the beat and making love to the track
Slow or fast, lower the bars of life's walls
We show our class and we embark for the right cause
I've reached the highest heights, but now I'm back on the floor
Fighting on, coppin' Barry Hall hits to the jaw
You won't see me getting knocked out
Now fix the bowl, kick the flow, rap the show and mosh out
[Illy:]
And it's not for the money (No), it's not the applause (Nah)
When they ask me what I'm doing this for
It's hip-hop, hip-hop
Hip-hop, hip-hop
It's not for the money (No), it's not the applause (Nah)
When they ask me what I'm doing this for
It's hip-hop, hip-hop
Hip-hop, hip-hop
Big Phrase and I'm back
Homegrown hip-hop, yeah
Black tracks, black Air Max
White tip with the fresh Nike cap (Uh-huh)
Standard issue bum bag to keep those buds stashed
Our own Hitachis with felt-tipped markers
And through that darkness
Came all this music
So don't confuse it with all that bullshit
We work for this, got lock for this
Lost lives for this, blokes died for this
This ain't pop or rock and roll, nah
It's Oz hip-hop, lock and load till the
Locks erode, and the blocks explode
With a million kids tryna cop the show (Woo!)
And they're looking at us
Like it never shoulda happened
But it happened 'cause we dedicated every bit of passion
That we had to ripping mics in extraordinary fashion
So grab a seat and enjoy the show, and let's go
[Illy:]
And it's not for the money (No), it's not the applause (Nah)
When they ask me what I'm doing this for
It's hip-hop, hip-hop
Hip-hop, hip-hop
It's not for the money (No), it's not the applause (Nah)
When they ask me what I'm doing this for
It's hip-hop, hip-hop
Hip-hop, hip-hop (Illy, Illy)
I'm twenty-two, not in it from the start (no)
Name in the books (but) music's in my heart
With time to burn, so finding the spark ain't hard
'Cause my part in the history of the art ain't passed
My true blue brothers, hate don't bug us
I mean in a few short summers
Look where Oz hip-hop's covered
Fuck what you think of us
Unplug us, ban us, handcuff us
Fuck it, get on the TV and slander us
They bank on us, but there ain't no branding us
And they've tried but this culture inspires
More than bright lights and ecstasy highs
The feelings I've felt are with me to the grave
Never cease to amaze, it all came from little old me and myself
Just being myself
Man, hip-hop, I love this shit
And it's not for the money (No), it's not the applause (Nah)
When they ask me what I'm doing this for
It's hip-hop, hip-hop
Hip-hop, hip-hop
It's not for the money (No), it's not the applause (Nah)
When they ask me what I'm doing this for
It's hip-hop, hip-hop
Hip-hop, hip-hop
[N'fa:]
We say lift up, lift up, llift your head up, head up
It's that [?]
To make you get up, get up
My neighbours used to get so fed up, fed up
Of this homegrown sound
But now they're turning it up
'Cause we smashed through the barriers and listening walls
Broke the rules of those who would try condition us all
I stay spittin' for all who feel they don't have a voice
So for me, doing music, man, I don't have a choice
And, yeah, some ladies get moist, but I'm not in it for that
I'm all about grinding the beat and making love to the track
Slow or fast, lower the bars of life's walls
We show our class and we embark for the right cause
I've reached the highest heights, but now I'm back on the floor
Fighting on, coppin' Barry Hall hits to the jaw
You won't see me getting knocked out
Now fix the bowl, kick the flow, rap the show and mosh out
[Illy:]
And it's not for the money (No), it's not the applause (Nah)
When they ask me what I'm doing this for
It's hip-hop, hip-hop
Hip-hop, hip-hop
It's not for the money (No), it's not the applause (Nah)
When they ask me what I'm doing this for
It's hip-hop, hip-hop
Hip-hop, hip-hop
