B-Boy (Explicit)
Macklemore"B-Boy (Explicit)" is a song by Macklemore, released in 2008 in the Pop genre. The song is 2:12 long and contains 92 lines and 477 words.
Lyrics
0:01Ladies and gentlemans
0:03This an ode to the B-boys B-girls
0:07The people out there
0:08Who do it for the love
0:09And believe me
0:10I'm not dissin' anybody out there
0:11Who's trying to get paid
0:12I'm trying to get paid too
0:14But I got one question
0:15Whatever happened to the heart
0:17That pumped the passion into the art
0:18The entity that gave you
0:19The energy to wanna start
0:20Breakdancing I'm battling
0:21Doing it at the park
0:22Where the mission was expression
0:23Not only to top charts
0:24I don't know what happened
0:26Wanting to blow rap
0:26You lose soul and passion
0:27For the flows and the tracks
0:29Radio's lacking controlled by fascists
0:31Assholes doing damage
0:31But we're gonna take it back
0:33Before beats to a hundred G's a pop
0:35All you needed
0:35Was a tabletop and a beatbox
0:37Hip-hop without the B-boy
0:38Is like shelltoes only having two stripes
0:41Hip-hop we're freedom-fighting
0:43Graffiti-writing party types
0:44That recite and organize
0:45And revitalize our rhyming
0:46'Til the group of the moneymakers systems
0:47Knows that the industry
0:48Can eventually get served
0:49Breakers of my verses spinning up
0:50A revolution throughout our words
0:52If you really want it come on get it
0:53Cause I've got it
0:54I'm honestly paying homage
0:55To forgotten pioneers
0:55Of this culture that are giving them
0:56Props and learn
0:58If you wanna earn your stripes
0:59You gotta be able to rock this mic
1:00And set cyphers alike
1:02The feeling to put in everything
1:03You got in the circle
1:04Will never be documented
1:05In the Coke commercial
1:21We be the baddest
1:22Now B-boys B-girls
1:23Bring it back to the block
1:24Lemme see you get ill
1:25For real pop and lock
1:26If you record without thought then stop
1:28Because I'll serve your whole album
1:29With the goddamn beatbox
1:31Without thought it just happens
1:32If you gotta think to feel
1:33That's not rapping that's acting
1:35I'm from a land of backpacks and fat cats
1:37MCs with sick raps
1:37Who serve those that are wack
1:39It's a way of life
1:40I put all my energy into the melody
1:42On the mp3s until the death of me
1:43Record exceptionally especially
1:44Whenever I be monumentally
1:46Grammatically killing the mic
1:47I tell my DJs cranking that music
1:48Keeping 'em moving when the beat plays
1:50Staying into it
1:50Breaking and grooving and MCs they
1:52Thinking that you should always pursue
1:53In what their dreams make
1:54Taking from lucid to really do it
1:55All the people gotta make their money
1:57And the way to make money
1:58Is to get inside of the industry
1:59Take it on the radio flow
2:00So you can go blow we get a car
2:02And a crib up on MTV
2:03But in the end what's classic
2:05Radio bubblegum
2:06Or a voice filled with passion
2:07To my real hip-hop heads
2:09Please stand up
2:10Cause the only people
2:10That can preserve this art is us
2:12Sing
Ladies and gentlemans This an ode to the B-boys B-girls The people out there Who do it for the love And believe me I'm not dissin' anybody out there Who's trying to get paid I'm trying to get paid too But I got one question Whatever happened to the heart That pumped the passion into the art The entity that gave you The energy to wanna start Breakdancing I'm battling Doing it at the park Where the mission was expression Not only to top charts I don't know what happened Wanting to blow rap You lose soul and passion For the flows and the tracks Radio's lacking controlled by fascists Assholes doing damage But we're gonna take it back Before beats to a hundred G's a pop All you needed Was a tabletop and a beatbox Hip-hop without the B-boy Is like shelltoes only having two stripes Hip-hop we're freedom-fighting Graffiti-writing party types That recite and organize And revitalize our rhyming 'Til the group of the moneymakers systems Knows that the industry Can eventually get served Breakers of my verses spinning up A revolution throughout our words If you really want it come on get it Cause I've got it I'm honestly paying homage To forgotten pioneers Of this culture that are giving them Props and learn If you wanna earn your stripes You gotta be able to rock this mic And set cyphers alike The feeling to put in everything You got in the circle Will never be documented In the Coke commercial We be the baddest Now B-boys B-girls Bring it back to the block Lemme see you get ill For real pop and lock If you record without thought then stop Because I'll serve your whole album With the goddamn beatbox Without thought it just happens If you gotta think to feel That's not rapping that's acting I'm from a land of backpacks and fat cats MCs with sick raps Who serve those that are wack It's a way of life I put all my energy into the melody On the mp3s until the death of me Record exceptionally especially Whenever I be monumentally Grammatically killing the mic I tell my DJs cranking that music Keeping 'em moving when the beat plays Staying into it Breaking and grooving and MCs they Thinking that you should always pursue In what their dreams make Taking from lucid to really do it All the people gotta make their money And the way to make money Is to get inside of the industry Take it on the radio flow So you can go blow we get a car And a crib up on MTV But in the end what's classic Radio bubblegum Or a voice filled with passion To my real hip-hop heads Please stand up Cause the only people That can preserve this art is us Sing
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