Hip-Hop His(tory) - I AM THE STORM

So I wanted to take a trip down memory lane

Shout out to all the Hip-Hop that raised me

Alright, let me try to explain this

I grew up on Pete Rock & Cl Smooth

Public Enemy handed me power tools

Kool Moe Dee and Big Daddy Kane, they were too

Queen Latifah, she brought us that Flavor Unit

I admit I got into some LL Cool

Uncle L’s «Mama Said» was a hit at school

No one else I knew knew all these other dudes

They thought I was a fool, guess now I’m laughin' too

DMC, Eric B & Rakim, and me

Was a microphone fiend, before a teen

Kid Capri, Diamond D, and DITC

At school I had B’s, in hip-hop, I had PHD’s

Native tongue, jungle brothers, and black sheep

Tribe Called Quest, and De La had the fat beats

Heavy D, Biz Markie, on the back beat

«Just a Friend» was «No Diggity», Blackstreet

Kool G Rap, Doug E Fresh, man and Slick Rick

Large Professor, Big L, and than Q Tip

Marley Marl, DJ Red Alert, schooled it

MC Lyte, Salt-N-Pepa, they ruled it

Nasty Nas tore it up with that «Halftime»

Every word, every phrase, every dope line

Man, it was a moment that stopped time

I thought no one could ever top «That Rhyme»

And than I heard Main Source

These cats were like comin' in flames for us

Biggie Smallz was the king of the concourse

And ‘Pac, he had so many mind blowers

Then Gangstarr, such an original

They made songs that I’ll never forget about

And than came Lord’s of the Underground

Puff & Craig Mack, they were bringin' that thunder down

EPMD hit me with «Crossroads»

Always «Business as Usual» like pros

Das EFX with their «iggity» like flows

And Redman shook me up with my mind blown

The Wu-Tang, 36 Chambers

Who’d of thunk they’d come and change what the game was

Method & Raekwon the Chef, so dangerous

RZA made tracks, that were Deniro-like famous

Hold up man, I can’t forget Chubb Rock

The Fatboys & Beasties with that club rock

LONS, Busta Rhymes, with the real talk

Jay-Z had «Godfather of Rap» locked

Now Kendrick be the new king of the bus stop

But wait, I’m gettin' ahead of myself, (ahh) stop

Ice Cube & Ice T were the hard knocks

Taught us all that we should all fear hip-hop

Third Bass, MC Serch, flipped the script, hot

«Back to the Grill Again» rocked blocks and brought Nas

Than The Roots brought Questlove & Black Thought

Who’d of thought they on the Jimmy Fallon Late slot?

And Bizarre Ride to The Pharcyde

Hieroglyphics shook it up until the sound died

Del & Souls of Mischief had us on a hand glide

OutKast, «Southernplayalistic» for the landslide

Common Sense came and borrowed a dollar

Poetry resurrected the scholar

No ID was officially balla

Mos Def was a part of creating the product

Xzibit & Mobb Deep the infamous

Cypress Hill & DJ Muggs, were killin' it

House of Pain, and Funkdoobiest illin' it

50 Cent, Missy, Pharrell, and Timbaland

Dr. Dre, Snoop, and Eminem

Black Moon and Onyx were filled with that Venom and

Jeru the Damaja, Ghetto Boys, Young MC

Grandmaster Flash, Mase, and Showbiz, and AG

Royce Da 5'9, DJ Scratch with that breakbeat

RIP, Aaliyah is missed greatly

There’s a peak into the window that raised me

Hopefully that can help and explain me