Forgot How To Listen Lyrics

(Verse 1)

Hop in your whip whether it’s Pontiac, Infiniti, Ford

Pop in a tape, disc, cassette, or an auxiliary cord

Grad a dutch and take an L ride with your homies and chill

Recline your seat till you can barely see over the wheel

Slam your foot flat on the gas and start traveling fast

Turn up the volume, blast it on max till it rattles the glass

Get absorbed in some classical records and old songs

Till you’re so lost you can’t concentrate on your own thoughts

Because a real MC attacks a song like a poet

So feel free to spit the verse and rap along if you know it

Cause I’ve never been disturbed when I listen to verse ever

I even turn the base down so I can hear the words better

Cause there’s nothing worse than missing shit when it’s spit

Like when you hit a pothole, the disc skips, and you pissed

And if you’re riding with a chick who doesn’t listen to words

And skips through the verse, than kick that stupid bitch to the curb

(Chorus)

Cause I’m a true MC and a Hip Hop head

So I refuse to believe that this Hip Hop’s dead

But it seems like nowadays that no one’s properly spittin’

And the only explanation’s they Forgot How To Listen

So forget about the swagger and the diamonds that glisten

Get some Big Pun, Gang Starr, and Nas in your system

Find the tempo of the song and then just nod to the rhythm

And Imma open up your ears since you Forgot How To Listen

(Verse 2)

Now before you make a choice and determine selections

Know that everyone’s different and has a personal preference

So don’t only search for what you’re expected and you’re supposed to Google

Make your own decisions instead of just what’s promoted to you

Experiment with lyrics, rhymes, and the pace

And overtime you will develop and acquire a taste

Don’t be blinded by blatant garbage who lie and say they’re the hardest

Just find who you can relate to and follow your favorite artists

And when an album dropped I would be anxious for weeks

And when the singles were released, I wouldn’t listen to leaks

Cause it would spoil the experience with words I knew

So I could listen to it entirely the first time through

And you should show appreciation and support to the posse

Whether you cop it in the store or go preorder a copy

Then grab your stashes with some matches and a blunt that’s lit

Rip the plastic off the package then bump that shit

(Chorus)

Cause I’m a true MC and a Hip Hop head

So I refuse to believe that this Hip Hop’s dead

But it seems like nowadays that no one’s properly spittin’

And the only explanation’s they Forgot How To Listen

So forget about the swagger and the diamonds that glisten

Get some Big Pun, Gang Starr, and Nas in your system

Find the tempo of the song and then just nod to the rhythm

And Imma open up your ears since you Forgot How To Listen

(Verse 3)

You should seek those original, sublime, and unique

And find whose rhymin’ schemes are properly combined with beat

Refrain from using any speak because silence is key

And just sit reclined in your seat until the rhyme is complete

Because fans nowadays have fallen victim to the fake

As a slave of Lil Wayne and prisoner of Drake

So nod to the tempo and the rhythm of the base

And my lyrical display’ll let you listeners’ escape

And homage should be paid to the lanes that the legends paved

There’s alotta knowledge you can gain from the heavy weights

So don’t be distracted by the base when the record plays

Let the lyrics soak into brain till it resonates

Then you could understand the logic and intentions

If you process every sentence and then comprehend the message

Then you could decipher between the real and the whack

And that’s how the fuck you’re really supposed to listen to rap

(Chorus)

Cause I’m a true MC and a Hip Hop head

So I refuse to believe that this Hip Hop’s dead

But it seems like nowadays that no one’s properly spittin’

And the only explanation’s they Forgot How To Listen

So forget about the swagger and the diamonds that glisten

Get some Big Pun, Gang Starr, and Nas in your system

Find the tempo of the song and then just nod to the rhythm

And Imma open up your ears since you Forgot How To Listen