"Pop" lyrics
(feat. Abstract Mindstate)
[James Baldwin:]
I lived in the ghetto and I watched it!
[Nikki Giovanni:]
You know the lil guys standing around crossing their arms
They're not lovable, they're not giving any love
They could give a damn about me!
[James Baldwin:]
I understand it all to well!
[Rhymefest:]
HipHop SoPOP, buss it open and pop
World finna go pop, can't stop the pop
Fani Willis a cop, Young Thug got popped
Pop Smoke got popped, 2Pac was popped!
Right hand to my Pops, stand back when I pop
Snap, crackle and pop trap Jack in the box
Drive fast and they pop, we the crabs in a pot
Uncle Remus fried hard mild sauce and a pop!
Let's get it poppin' - who's the the most popular
Rappers writing op-ed's about they soap operas
Prosperous. Sent black kids to colleges
Meanwhile on the Westside it's an apocalypse
Hood lessons, grandma's blessings
I was Flint Stone. Y'all was livin' like the Jetsons
Now they all threatened when they see us set jettin'
It's hard to be a King in this world without peasants
Mom and pop popped up, when they son was popped at the pop up
Bullets flew tore his whole shop up
Fuck the product, it's a miracle that he got up
What's it profit a man to let his debts pile up?
Populous
Impoverished
Propagandist
Politics
False prophets
Promises
People ain't the problem
Power is!
[EP da Hellcat:]
Lil Kim got popped, Stallion got popped
I was ridin' wit Bad Boy then Dre got popped
Then Pac got shot, Big Pop was popped
Rapp turned to pop, every body's the ops
Guns ain't only props Alec Baldwin pops
Still stunned, mumbling niggas get all the guap
They all sound pop, same shit new pot
When these lames spit that bullshit we all get popped!
It's HipHop stick up
Propper when I pop in
Can't nobody stop her
The Lotus is still a problem
Probably ain't possible
The proof is in the audible
It's plausible
This particular puzzle's unsolvable
Everybody sweet now. Suckers for lollipops
Puppets for popularity who's the Bu-Godiest
Gods and goddesses, power that got us this
Monuments of metropolis. We the opulent occupants
Dealin' in dominance, fulfilling the promises
They create policy. We deal with the consequence
Shorties is visible but feeling anonymous
We build on principles while they playing politics!
Projects
Prospects
Prominent
Progress
The process
For our kids
People ain't the problem
Power is!
[Rhymefest:]
HipHop SoPOP, buss it open and pop
World finna go pop, can't stop the pop
Fani Willis a cop, Young Thug got popped
Pop Smoke got popped, 2Pac was popped!
[EP da Hellcat:]
Lil Kim got popped, Stallion got popped
I was ridin' wit Bad Boy then Dre got popped
Then Pac got shot, Big Pop was popped
When you lames spit that bullshit we all get popped!
[James Baldwin:]
The proof of this is, nobody cared
As long as our kids were dying
[EP da Hellcat:]
Lil Kim got popped, Stallion got popped
I was ridin' wit Bad Boy then Dre got popped
Then Pac got shot, Big Pop was popped
Rapp turned to pop, every body's the ops
[Rhymefests:]
HipHop SoPOP, buss it open and pop
World finna go pop, can't stop the pop
Fani Willis a cop, Young Thug got popped
Pop Smoke got popped, 2Pac was popped!
[James Baldwin:]
Is a victim like me, a brother like me
I ain't no better than he is, I am not any better than he is
We're in the same trap for the same reasons
It's the same way you know, The Great Powers can use tribal war in you know
Set them against each other then blame both parties
[Nikki Giovanni:]
They both are to blame, because they have to stop and think about it, there was no point in it
[James Baldwin:]
Of course
But baby it takes people a very long time to learn very little
I lived in the ghetto and I watched it!
[Nikki Giovanni:]
You know the lil guys standing around crossing their arms
They're not lovable, they're not giving any love
They could give a damn about me!
[James Baldwin:]
I understand it all to well!
[Rhymefest:]
HipHop SoPOP, buss it open and pop
World finna go pop, can't stop the pop
Fani Willis a cop, Young Thug got popped
Pop Smoke got popped, 2Pac was popped!
Right hand to my Pops, stand back when I pop
Snap, crackle and pop trap Jack in the box
Drive fast and they pop, we the crabs in a pot
Uncle Remus fried hard mild sauce and a pop!
Let's get it poppin' - who's the the most popular
Rappers writing op-ed's about they soap operas
Prosperous. Sent black kids to colleges
Meanwhile on the Westside it's an apocalypse
Hood lessons, grandma's blessings
I was Flint Stone. Y'all was livin' like the Jetsons
Now they all threatened when they see us set jettin'
It's hard to be a King in this world without peasants
Mom and pop popped up, when they son was popped at the pop up
Bullets flew tore his whole shop up
Fuck the product, it's a miracle that he got up
What's it profit a man to let his debts pile up?
Populous
Impoverished
Propagandist
Politics
False prophets
Promises
People ain't the problem
Power is!
[EP da Hellcat:]
Lil Kim got popped, Stallion got popped
I was ridin' wit Bad Boy then Dre got popped
Then Pac got shot, Big Pop was popped
Rapp turned to pop, every body's the ops
Guns ain't only props Alec Baldwin pops
Still stunned, mumbling niggas get all the guap
They all sound pop, same shit new pot
When these lames spit that bullshit we all get popped!
It's HipHop stick up
Propper when I pop in
Can't nobody stop her
The Lotus is still a problem
Probably ain't possible
The proof is in the audible
It's plausible
This particular puzzle's unsolvable
Everybody sweet now. Suckers for lollipops
Puppets for popularity who's the Bu-Godiest
Gods and goddesses, power that got us this
Monuments of metropolis. We the opulent occupants
Dealin' in dominance, fulfilling the promises
They create policy. We deal with the consequence
Shorties is visible but feeling anonymous
We build on principles while they playing politics!
Projects
Prospects
Prominent
Progress
The process
For our kids
People ain't the problem
Power is!
[Rhymefest:]
HipHop SoPOP, buss it open and pop
World finna go pop, can't stop the pop
Fani Willis a cop, Young Thug got popped
Pop Smoke got popped, 2Pac was popped!
[EP da Hellcat:]
Lil Kim got popped, Stallion got popped
I was ridin' wit Bad Boy then Dre got popped
Then Pac got shot, Big Pop was popped
When you lames spit that bullshit we all get popped!
[James Baldwin:]
The proof of this is, nobody cared
As long as our kids were dying
[EP da Hellcat:]
Lil Kim got popped, Stallion got popped
I was ridin' wit Bad Boy then Dre got popped
Then Pac got shot, Big Pop was popped
Rapp turned to pop, every body's the ops
[Rhymefests:]
HipHop SoPOP, buss it open and pop
World finna go pop, can't stop the pop
Fani Willis a cop, Young Thug got popped
Pop Smoke got popped, 2Pac was popped!
[James Baldwin:]
Is a victim like me, a brother like me
I ain't no better than he is, I am not any better than he is
We're in the same trap for the same reasons
It's the same way you know, The Great Powers can use tribal war in you know
Set them against each other then blame both parties
[Nikki Giovanni:]
They both are to blame, because they have to stop and think about it, there was no point in it
[James Baldwin:]
Of course
But baby it takes people a very long time to learn very little
