K-Proetic - August 11th (feat. Nata)

Yea uh
My heart start beating, my mind starts going
My leg starts twitching, my mouth starts flowing
My brain's unfocused, my soul feels nourished
I swear that you're the love of my life

For 20 years, I've been engulfed with the marriage
Of words in a rhythmic pattern
And sampled and synthesized compositions by certain rappers
It started with toasting, scat-singing, playing the dozens
That led to this art from that gave my life so much substance
Kool Herc is the godfather and Coke La Rock
You hear the music from park jams and local blocks
Mid-70's, fed their souls with a remedy
I swear that you're the love of my life
Not everybody was hip to the music
To the ghettos it's strictly exclusive
Heard the Apache and disco influence
You found me a score later in the fall of 2001
And right then I knew the madness begun
Nas' "One Love" made me a storyteller
Threw away the pop music, hip hop I know is better
Learn the history, grab the mic and I got live
Barbershop dialogue, let's debate, what's your top 5?
Nas AZ Lupe Common and Rakim
I'm praying over time I make it to their top 10

My heart start beating, my mind starts going
My leg starts twitching, my mouth starts flowing
My brain's unfocused, my soul feels nourished
I swear that you're the love of my life
My head starts nodding, my foot starts tapping
My hands start moving, my tongue starts rapping
My brain's unfocused, my soul feels nourished
I swear that you're the love of my life

See I had met this kind of love when I was 9 years old
Didn't know about it much but it had so much soul
And I don't mean to impose
But there's something 'bout the way you disclose
On my life through the word you have chose and I
And I remember days and nights when I would brainstorm
In apartment J man we could barely keep our lights on
Heard that hard times for the fruit is like soil
Used to fix the satellite when the aluminum foil
To my surprise the channel showed the MTV Raps
Digable Planets just rhymin how they "Cool Like Dat"
The Choice Is Yours and then Common said he Used to Love H.E.R
Bonita Applebum had a sound like no other
And that's on Tribe Called Quest and I began to quest
Felt a feeling that has suit me best
Heart beating through chest
The only girl in the rap talk circles
CDs stores staying way past curfew
And then, Jay-Z, Biggie, Hill be the MCs
God said daughter you next pick up the pen please
And now I use to mic to plant seeds
So when they mention who's the greatest
I'm just praying that they mention me

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Uh Yea Uh huh Uh Uh
Uh Uh huh Uh Yea Yea

It's hip hop, the rhythm to the streets
It's hip hop, witty lyrics on a beat
It's hip hop, the sound of the culture
It's hip hop, we gotta keep it from the vultures
And yea we move across the borders
God body flow so when I spit it's holy water
The sound is worldwide but it started on the corner
Rappers gettin big tryna make a fake persona
And I don't know who taught them
And I don't know who raise them
Me & Nata flowing yea we do this on occasion
'Cause your soul needs saving
We rose from the pavement
You hear it in our cadence
Started from the basement and stages and hands waving

My heart start beating, my mind starts going
My leg starts twitching, my mouth starts flowing
My brain's unfocused, my soul feels nourished
I swear that you're the love of my life

I swear that you're the love of my life

Written by:
Aminata Bangura, Janye Gathers, Sebastien Francois

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