This one's for my MCs and real rap fans

The true heart of hip hop that still clap hands

Who go to the shows, feel the notes in their soul

And listen to the wordplay enclosed in the flow

Inscribe all the thoughts that they captured dreaming

Spitting life into verses, giving words meaning

The freestyle began, my intro to rap

Making lines rhyme to the beat in a flash

Other artists bragged to the bills in their stash

But I had a student loan couldn't talk about the cash

Plus they had rims they would roll in the street

The first car I bought was almost older than me

I wrote like a pro, and spit what I know

Made a link with Six Four and I continued to grow

Imagine the surprise when our eyes identified

People shared our interests and listening with pride

Nerdcore, geeksta, whatever you may call it

Reveal the real meaning, adjective agnostic

This one's for my b-boys and skilled graf writers

The true heart of hip hop that still craft fire

All sorts of reasons to demonstrate skills for

Out on the dance floor or up on the billboard

Love the graf writers for their piecing and tagging

It gave me a reason to enjoy the train passing

Felt the inspiration and took to my flatscreen

Warez group logos I designed all in ASCII

Wild font styles, change colors faded

All the groups around, name an acronym I made it

Tagged every item in the group that had passed through

Memorized the characters, every single value

And freestyle was old if I had to tell the truth

Then I met Crazy Legs from the Rock Steady Crew

He said: Hip hop is you, it's in what you do

And it made me realize this is hip hop too

This one's for my DJs above and underground

The true heart of hip hop that handles the sound

Writers' heads nod, b-boys dance around

They fuel the MCs please don't cancel them now

All wax or digital they've gotta create

And somehow they're still out digging in the crates

Bassline for mind, use the rhythm as voice

Laptop or turntable, weapon of choice

Beat juggle, flare, techniques so sick

The scratches, the blends, and the fades on the mix

Round out the package, finish it completed

So much for you, so you see why they're needed

Think about the songs that you save and import

You'd have an incomplete playlist without Six Four

It'd be a bit short, I mean you'd need a few more

Because without the DJ there'd be no Dual Core