[00:00.00]时代音乐网 www.78497.com  [00:00.01]Dear Hip Hop - LL Cool J (埃勒·酷) [00:00.56]You better stop foolin if you want to get along with me [00:05.15]True [00:06.25]We grew up on the block  and we know about poverty [00:10.07]Do you [00:11.05]Dear hip-hop [00:12.22]I apologize for how you've been treated [00:14.19]I should've fought for my culture [00:15.86]Instead I retreated [00:17.23]The game is wounded [00:18.40]I stood and watched while they beat it [00:20.18]My culture starved [00:21.48]I refused to feed it [00:23.06]They sold you for a dollar like slaves in iron collars [00:26.20]A&R's chase you with bloodhounds and rottweilers [00:29.39]You went to the highest bidder [00:30.71]You was pissed on like kitty litter [00:32.87]But far from a quitter [00:34.05]But there's somethin to consider [00:35.57]Nah  after much deliberation [00:37.53]I decided I'm the hottest cat to ever receive rotation [00:40.89]I'm the foundation [00:42.20]One of the chief architects [00:43.49]Of this dream we're all chasin [00:45.07]I had to speak up [00:46.38]Too much time was wastin WHOA [00:48.30]So here we go [00:49.39]I'm tired of the money talk and the [00:51.14]B**ches and hoes [00:52.57]Everybody's always  soundin the same [00:55.24]I have to walk on water I can't [00:57.17]Drown in the game [00:58.19]Hip-Hop  was set out in the dark [01:01.03]Hip-Hop  was set out in the dark [01:04.03]Hip-Hop  was set out in the dark [01:07.24]They used to do it out in the park [01:09.88]Hip-Hop  was set out in the dark [01:12.81]Hip-Hop  was set out in the dark [01:15.75]Hip-Hop  was set out in the dark [01:18.98]They used to do it out in the park [01:21.59]I remember your bar mitzvah [01:22.94]That burgundy label [01:24.57]Me and Jam Master had the battle of the big cables [01:27.53]Before the Serratos  real vinyls  real tables [01:30.56]Skills was the motto  no hype  no fables [01:33.39]You seemed so happy  you loved me so much [01:36.12]You popped off and went platinum [01:37.82]At my slightest touch [01:39.24]Oversized hoodies  Yukon trucks [01:42.14]20 years later  it's like lightning struck [01:45.07]They're worshipin the money [01:46.48]They're prayin to the bank [01:47.96]They danced on slaveship  slept as it sank [01:51.03]The devil made 'em do it [01:52.35]But only God do I thank [01:53.79]Because we aren't done yet [01:55.13]There's still gas in the tank [01:56.72]You look in a man's eyes [01:58.16]That's how you really tell his rank [01:59.62]Not the size of his account  check him  he might bounce [02:02.72]It's all on the line  this time it really counts [02:05.47]I'll bleed for this one  on down to the last ounce [02:08.46]Hip-Hop  was set out in the dark [02:11.30]Hip-Hop  was set out in the dark [02:14.26]Hip-Hop  was set out in the dark [02:17.55]They used to do it out in the park [02:20.01]Hip-Hop  was set out in the dark [02:23.02]Hip-Hop  was set out in the dark [02:25.98]Hip-Hop  was set out in the dark [02:29.24]They used to do it out in the park [02:31.78]They rent a crib they're frontin [02:33.40]They rent a car they're stuntin [02:34.84]They rent a chain they're bluffin [02:36.26]That's why the culture's sufferin [02:37.87]And even if you're a millionaire that don't mean nothin [02:40.39]Unless you build your community and encourage some unity [02:43.92]Too much ego    too much posin [02:46.84]If he's so hot then  why's the culture frozen [02:49.75]It's time for a change [02:50.88]The order needs to be rearranged [02:52.93]And this song was pre-ordained [02:55.33]After 2 long decades  LL still remains [02:58.35]And you can blame it on my spirit  not on my brains [03:01.17]Time to put on my armor  go to war for the game [03:04.08]Cause it's on its last leg  and that's more than a shame [03:07.15]This is a lifestyle homey  it's more than champagne [03:09.94]But I will make a toast to Flash reachin the Hall of Fame [03:13.03]I end it with a line  from the book of King James [03:15.90]Let there be light when I write graffiti on the train [03:18.64]Hip-Hop  was set out in the dark [03:21.54]Hip-Hop  was set out in the dark [03:24.53]Hip-Hop  was set out in the dark [03:27.61]They used to do it out in the park [03:30.34]Hip-Hop  was set out in the dark [03:33.28]Hip-Hop  was set out in the dark [03:36.25]Hip-Hop  was set out in the dark [03:39.24]They used to do it out in the park [03:42.60]Let us proclaim the mystery and fame [03:45.34]I pray the Lord my culture be saved [03:48.31]If hip-hop dies before I awake [03:50.93]May Jam Master Jay cut a LL break [03:54.05]Let us proclaim the mystery and fame [03:56.98]I pray the Lord my culture be saved [03:59.89]If hip-hop dies before I awake [04:02.68]May Jam Master Jay cut a LL break