[Houston Hip Hop 50th Anniversary Special]
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HIP HOP WAS BORN IN THE SUMMER OF 1973 AT A BLOCK PARTY IN THE BRONX, DJ KOOL HERC.
EXTENDED BREAKS USING RECORDS IN TWO TURNTABLES AND A MIKE JUST TO KEEP THE PARTY MOVING.
THESE TECHNIQUES BECAME TWO KEY ELEMENTS OF HIP HOP.
HELLO AND WELCOME TO HOUSTON TELEVISION, OUR HTTV STUDIOS HERE AT CITY HALL.
I'M FLASH GORDON PARKS, AND I'M GDA, CEO OF SWISHER HOUSE.
IN THE 50 YEARS THAT FOLLOWED, HIP HOP HAS PUSHED FORWARD AT NEW HEIGHTS.
IN ITS EVOLUTION, HIP HOP WAS MADE AN IMPACT, INCLUDING HERE IN HOUSTON, TEXAS.
FAST FORWARD, IT'S A NEW GENERATION OF HOUSTON HIP HOP ACTS THAT ARE MAKING NAMES FOR THEMSELVES WITH GOOD GRIEF ON THE ONES AND TWOS.
OUR FIRST GUESS IS NO SURPRISE OF BING.
WHAT'S GOING ON Y'ALL? THANK Y'ALL FOR HAVING ME.
MY NAME IS NO SURPRISE, ALSO KNOWN AS NOSA.
I'M ONE FOURTH OF BNG, ALSO KNOWN AS BEING FROM SOUTHWEST HOUSTON, TEXAS.
WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE 50 YEARS OF HIP HOP AND UHM A CHILD.
I'M A PRODUCT OF HIP HOP AND UH, IT HELPED MAKE, UH, ME THE PERSON THAT I AM.
SO I, I OWE, UH, A LIFELONG DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO HIP HOP.
SO WE'RE JUST GONNA KEEP IT GOING.
Y'ALL GONNA TURN IT UP A LITTLE BIT.
SO THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR TUNING IN.
PEOPLE GOING KNOW BUT AT PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH, TEACH THESE RAPPERS TO FLOW.
MY CONDOLENCES I SHOULD KID PICK WITH THE FU RAPPERS IS LAZY.
AND YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THE STICK.
GIVES YOU A LESSON OF GUESSING.
NEVER BEEN AND INVESTING IN OUR PROGRESSION.
DON'T MENTION ME IN YOUR MENTION, I'M NO NEVER GUESSING WHO.
THAT'S A RHETORICAL QUESTION BECAUSE WE WRITE THIS TO THE LEFT ONES.
YO, WE WRITE THIS FOR THE LEFT ONES AND WE WRITE THIS FOR THE LEFT ONES OR REPEAT TO THE BEAT.
YEAH, WE KISS SOME YO WE WRITE THIS TO THE LEFT ONES AND WE WRITE THIS FOR THE LEFT ONES.
YO, WE WRITE THIS FOR THE LEFT ONES RP TO THE BEAT.
YEAH, WE KISS SOME AND WE WRITE THIS TO THE LEFT ONES.
I HOPE EVERYBODY'S DOING GOOD OUT HERE.
WE'RE GONNA KEEP IT PUSHING, YOU KNOW, USUALLY I GOT MY HOMIE BREW OVER HERE AND I GOT MY HOMIE COMP ONE SO I'M AN ARMY OF ONE TODAY.
WE'RE GONNA KEEP IT, WE'RE GONNA KEEP IT ROCKING WITH Y'ALL.
LIFE AIN'T SWEET LIKE SWISHERS.
LET'S JUST SEE HOW FAR THEM WISHES GO.
WE JUST FISHES IN THIS SWIMMING HOLD.
LIFE AIN'T SWEET LIKE SWISHERS.
WE CAME TO SLAUGHTER WRAP SAW CITY YONDER MAT.
THAT'S IS WHAT YOUR TRACK RATCHET WITH THAT RATCHET.
THAT'S JUST WHAT THEY CLASS THREE, THE UNDERTAKERS PULL UP TO YOUR STAGE AND BOW.
HOW ABOUT THE CASKET? BOOM WENT TO THE BASKET.
WE AIN'T EVEN GO HEADED TO THE STOVE.
MAYBE GET ME THREE OR FOUR, THEN AGAIN MAKE IT FIVE.
'CAUSE WE MEAN YOU WANT TO GO.
I DIDN'T DO IS IN SCHOOL, NEVER GOT MY PHD.
THAT'S WHAT LOWER LIFE FORMS DO.
SO IT'S NO SURPRISE I DON'T RISE TILL NOON.
LIFE AIN'T SWEET LIKE SWISHERS.
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LET'S JUST SEE HOW FAR THEM WISHES GO.WE JUST FISHES IN THIS IN HOLE.
WE AIN'T TALK ABOUT NO TV SHOW.
LIFE AIN'T SWEET LIKE SWISHES CUT THAT, CUT THAT LIGHT, THAT SWISS SHOW BRU H TOWN.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LOVE ABOUT HOUSTON IS THAT HOUSTON IS ITS OWN MUSICAL UH, ECOSYSTEM.
YOU KNOW IF YOU CAN MAKE IT IN HOUSTON, YOU CAN MAKE IT ANYWHERE.
BUT REMEMBER THAT HIP HOP IS BEYOND JUST UH, RAPPING.
WE HAVE OUR DJS, WE HAVE OUR GRAFFITI ARTIST BE BOYS, BE A BREAK AND I'M GONNA BEAT BE BOYS.
NO BEACH YOUR SPEECH OR REACH.
BUT TO EACH HIS ZONE YOU NEED A PRIEST TO REACH OUR ZONE.
HEAVEN KNOWS THAT THESE FLOWS ON ANOTHER LEVELING DEVIL.
SO WE EXERCISE THE BASS IN TREBLE, RUN A LAPS ON TRACK, MEET TO RELAX ON BACK BEATS NO CAP, JUST WRAPS OR STATS SPEAK LIKE FAT SHEETS.
NAS TOLD ME THAT THE WORLD IS OURS BUT IT'S ALSO FULL OF RYAN COWS TRYING TO FINDS SOME POWER ON STILL LA IT IT'LL MATTER WITH THAT RAP, THIS HAT SPLIT LIKE MATCHSTICK GET BACK.
SO LET STROLL DOWN THAT YELLOW BRICK ROAD TALK.
WE STILL SKIPPING THEM STONES WE THROW.
THERE AIN'T NO HEART IN YOUR ART IF YOU ONLY HAD A BRAIN, MAN.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? WHAT I'M SAYING, THESE CATS AIN'T THE SAME.
AIN'T NO WAY THEY GOING TO STAY AND ALL LAYING 'CAUSE WE SWANG.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS WHO YOU THINK YOU PLAYING WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT PRACTICE? NOT A GAME.
BOY, YOU LAME WHAT I'M SAYING? WE SPIT FIRE FLAMES TAKING SHOTS AT OUR NAME.
WHAT I'M SAYING, WHAT WHAT WE SAYING B AND G BRAND AIN'T CHANGED, BUT THE CHANGE.
SO I GOT TWO MORE AND I'D REALLY LIKE TO THANK GRACIE CHAVEZ AND THE, UH, MAYOR'S OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS FOR HAVING US.
UM, YEAH, MAN, 50 YEARS IS WILD.
50 YEARS IF ANYTHING IS, IS AMAZING.
AND UH, YOU KNOW, UH, WHEN I LOOK BACK AT HOW WE ARE NOW, WE COULDN'T BE HERE IF IT WASN'T FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT LAID THE GROUNDWORK BEFORE US.
SO, YOU KNOW, FOR ALL OUR SOLDIERS THAT AIN'T HERE NO MORE SHOUTING OUT, MO SHOUTING OUT, PAT SHOUTING OUT.
EVERYBODY THAT HAS HELPED CREATE WHAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY IN HOUSTON.
AND UH, YEAH, SO LET'S KEEP IT MOVING.
THIS WAS MADE MANY, MANY YEARS AGO.
I'M GONNA DEDICATE IT TO MY MOM.
YEAH, EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON.
'CAUSE LIFE KEEPS CHANGING LIKE THE SEASONS.
SO IF WE FALL IN THE HARSHEST WINTER, NO WONDER WE BOUNCE BACK LIKE SPRING AND SUMMER.
THEY SAY THAT GOOD DIE YOUNG BAD ONES MAKE IT CHEETAHS NEVER PROSPER.
PROSPERITY IS BASIC HAPPINESS, LIFE AND LIBERTY KILLING ME SOFTLY.
I WISH SOMEBODY WOULD STOP ME.
THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT JUST NEED TO BE SAID.
DON'T LET SUCCESS GET IN YOUR HEAD.
AND I AIN'T SPEAKING ILL OF THE DEAD.
I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT RIGHT.
WHAT WOULD IT BE LIKE IF ALL THESE GUYS WERE STILL ALIVE? WOULD PAC TELL YOU WHAT CAR TO DRIVE, WHAT KIND OF CLOTHES TO BUY OR TELL YOU HOW TO BE FLY AND ALL ALONG? GOTTA HOPE THAT I'M WRONG, BUT WILL BIG BE A BIG PRO FOR SEAN JOHN KNOW TRIBUTE SONG, THE TIKTOK IS STRONG.
JUST PUFF DADDY ALSO RING THE ALARM.
YOU'RE NOBODY TILL SOMEBODY BODIES.
IT CHANGES YOUR CNN CHANGES YOUR SIGHTS WHEN YOU BLINDED BY THESE LIGHTS.
H TA WHAT'S THE DEAL? SO WHAT IT DO IF WE NEVER LOST SCHOOL, Y'ALL PICK UP THE CHALK.
IF SCHOOL WAS AROUND, LIFE WOULD BE SLOWED DOWN AND THE SUC WOULDN'T FEEL UNDERGROUND.
BUT I STILL WONDER HOW IT'D BE IF BIG L WAS STILL DITC.
WOULD HE LEAN BACK WITH FAT JOE MAKE FAT FLOWS WITH LITTLE FINESSE.
SO C AND DOM DC EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON.
SO WE EVEN IF WE QUESTION IT, JUST GOTTA MAKE THE BEST OF IT.
SO REST IN PEACE TO POKEY AND PIMP SEE AND HYPE AND THAT AFTERLIFE ROCKING PARTIES.
'CAUSE EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON.
LIFE KEEPS CHANGING LIKE THE SEASONS.
SO IF WE FALL IN THAT HARSHEST WINTER, NO WONDER WE BOUNCE BACK LIKE SPRING AND SUMMER.
I FEEL LIKE I'M ON WAYNE'S WORLD.
LET'S JUST, UH, STOP REAL, REAL QUICK.
SO I WANNA SAY, UH, SO ME, I FOUND HIP HOP.
I WAS IN, UH, MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL AND I STARTED, I WAS IN A PROGRAM, IT WAS A BREAK DANCING PROGRAM AT LAMAR HIGH SCHOOL.
IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST BREAK DANCING PROGRAMS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL, UH, IN THE COUNTRY.
AND THAT PROGRAM, UH, LIKE YOU HAD TO PASS YOUR CLASSES IF YOU WANTED TO, TO BREAK DANCE.
AND SO IT MOTIVATED A, A GROUP OF KIDS FROM THE HOOD JUST TO, TO WORK AND TO PASS AND TO, TO, UH, MAKE GOOD GRADES SO THEY
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COULD PARTICIPATE.MANY OF THEM, OUR TEACHERS IN HISD.
NOW I SAY THAT TO SAY THIS, THAT INVESTING IN OUR CHILDREN, INVESTING IN ARTS, INVESTING IN CREATIVITY, PUTTING HIP HOP NOT AS JUST A FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT, BUT AS A VEHICLE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE AND COMMUNICATION IS IMPORTANT.
AND IF WE CAN MEET OUR CHILDREN IN A PLACE WHERE WE CAN SEE EYE TO EYE, WE CAN DO A LOT OF THINGS.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO THANK THIS FIRST STEP, MOCHA, FOR BEING ABLE TO, UH, BRIDGE THAT GAP.
I'M PART OF BNG, SPELLED B-X-X-N-G.
YO, THESE CATS IS NOT SPECIFIC.
I KNOW THIS ISN'T WHAT THEY ENVISIONED.
THEY BLIND TOLD DEATH TO DUMB TO GET IT.
LET US GET AHEAD, GET SHREDDED.
BUT THESE GRINCH BEATS GET DEADED AT DEAD END.
LET'S SEE WHAT THEY MADE OF Y'ALL.
LOOK WHAT WE CAME FROM OUT THE MUD WITH SOME HEAT WE PLAY.
THEY SAY WE DON'T PLAY NO THEATRICS.
BUT THE FACT IS, THEY RAP BACKWARDS BELOW PAUL WITH THE BALL SPA IN THE PRACTICE.
WE'LL KEEPING IT ON HIS LENGTH.
LIKE WITH THREE HIGH MEN FROM THE CITY WHERE THEY SIT IN ON TWO TIMES 10.
SO LOUD AND BANGING, BANGING DOWN I 10.
MOON, WALKING ON THE BEACH TALKING WHEN I SPEAK WHO? WE GOT IT.
BUT WHAT Y'ALL KNOW ABOUT THAT? WHAT Y'ALL KNOW ABOUT THAT? THAT'S A RAP.
WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT? AND THAT'S A RAP.
THIS SEASON ONE OF HOUSTON'S LONGEST NON-RUNNING CORPORATE SPONSORED TOY DRIVES IN THE CITY.
MY NAME'S ALL RIGHT MAN, THAT WAS NO SURPRISE.
HE, HE'D BEEN PUTTING IT DOWN FOR OVER 20 YEARS IN THE CITY.
AND JUST, UH, TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW GROUPS LIKE BEING REGISTERED FOR THE HOUSTON MUSIC DIRECTORY.
IF YOU ARE A MUSICIAN LISTED IN THAT DIRECTORY, OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS ARE NOW A POSSIBILITY.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR LOCAL MUSICIANS AND MUSIC PROS, UH, THE DIRECTORY ALSO HAS A SEARCH FEATURE.
HOUSTON HIP HOP'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION WILL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS BRIGHT, READY TO SPICE UP YOUR DAY.
DOWNTOWN HOUSTON HAS EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE CRAVING.
SWAP YOUR WEEKDAY DINNER FOR AWARD-WINNING TAKEOUT.
TREAT YOURSELF TO BOLD, UNIQUE FLAVORS OR FRESH FROM THE OVEN CLASSICS.
DRINK OUTSIDE THE BOX FROM BREWERIES TO COCKTAIL BARS.
THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW TO TASTE WHEN YOU JOIN US DOWNTOWN.
VISIT DOWNTOWN HOUSTON.ORG TO FIND RESTAURANTS AND BARS FOR YOUR NEXT DELICIOUS ADVENTURE THROUGHOUT THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
METRO HAS BEEN THERE FOR YOU GETTING MEDICAL CENTER EMPLOYEES AND OTHER ESSENTIAL WORKERS TO THEIR JOBS DURING LOCKDOWN.
WE'RE ALSO IMPROVING YOUR CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE.
FROM MORE FREQUENT CLEANINGS TO SECURITY MONITORS ON VEHICLES, WE'VE LAUNCHED FREE WIFI AND INSTALLED OVER 3000 NEW ACCESSIBLE BUS STOPS ALL TO MAKE YOUR RIDE BETTER.
VISIT RIDE METRO.ORG TO LEARN HOW YOU CAN DRIVE LESS AND DO MORE.
WELCOME BACK TO HOUSTON'S HIP HOP 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION AT CITY HALL.
AND UP NEXT WE GOT BLAZE AND BLACK.
THEY BEEN PUTTING IT DOWN FOR A MINUTE.
YOU ARE NOW LISTENING TO THE SOUNDS OF PLAYS AND YOU ARE NOW LISTENING TO THE SOUNDS OF PLACE AND BLACK AND YEAH, I'M FROM THE HOME OF THE SIPS BEST CITY IN THE WHOLE WILD WORLD.
I'M FROM THE HOME OF THE SIPS BEST CITY IN THE WHOLE WAWA WORLD.
BEST CITY IN THE WHOLE WILD WORLD
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CITY IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD.CITY IN THE WHOLE WHITE WORLD.
SHE KNOWS SHE COULD TAKE POP CULTURE, MUSIC, ELECTRIC REVIVAL, POP CULTURE MUSIC, ELECTRIC REVIVAL B XB RADIO HIT WHEN YOU PLAY IT ON THE RADIO.
'CAUSE WHERE I'M FROM, WE THE LAST TO EXIST.
SO WE GOTTA LEAVE THE KIDS SOME 'CAUSE I'M GONNA TELL YOU HOW IT IS AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU HOW IT COULD BE NO WINTER WONDER LAND IN THIS DOWN SOUTH HUMIDITY T ELLI CHAIN IN THE KIDS IN THE SYSTEM.
WE CAUSE FOR A CHANGE WHEN WE NOT ON THE KILLING FREE MUSIC USED TO HEAL.
NOW I'M TALKING JUST LIKE IT'S YOU AND ME.
NOW I'M TALKING JUST LIKE IT'S YOU AND ME.
WHERE YOU BEEN? HAD TO ASK YOUR MAMA LAST TIME SHE SEEN YOU WIN.
WHEN THE LAST TIME YOU EVEN SPOKE TO YOUR FRIENDS.
I'M GONNA LET HER FALL BEFORE IT FALL OFF.
I GAVE HER TIME AND YOU KNOW SHE PAY THE COST.
SHE GONNA TAKE IT OFF BECAUSE SHE WANNA BE YOUR BOSS BOSS.
AND SHE KNOW, SHE KNOWS BECAUSE WELCOME TO POP CULTURE MUSIC, ELECTRIC REVIVAL.
LET'S GO BE HERE FOR BROKEN HEARTS.
I DONE HAD A FEW VANITY VICE VIXENS.
SHE LOSING HER RELIGION BACK TO THE MISSION.
GOT MORE DRINKING IN THE KITCHEN, HOMA, ROLL ON THE TIRES.
SO YOU PRO AT THE FINISH LINE.
I SAID LIKE MAMA LAKER N TD MY MAMA, YOU KNOW MY DADDY, YOUR PLAYER BLACK HAD ME RAPPING.
SO I STARTED TO SNAPPING, PUT SOME COOL LIKE THE FUNS.
SO MY MAN, WHAT'S HAPPENING? I REMEMBER WHEN THEY TRIED TO PLAY US WEAK.
HUH? NOW WE LIKE THE HOTTEST IN THESE STREETS.
CUS YOU GONE WHEN I POP HEAD IN THESE STREETS.
AND WOULD I, COULD I, SHOULD I I BEG YOU POURING LIKE A PHONE WITH NO DOUBT TONE.
I CAN'T CALL FALL BEFORE FALL.
I GAVE HER TIME AND YOU KNOW, SHE PAID THE, SHE GONNA TAKE IT OFF BECAUSE SHE WANNA BEAT THE BALL.
HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING? UH, THIS IS BLAZING BLACK.
THIS IS MISS ALLY ON VOCALS AND WE HAPPY TO BE HERE CELEBRATING HIP HOP IN THEIR 50TH YEAH.
STACK MY MONEY TILL BECAUSE I CAN'T AFFORD TO LEAVE.
MAMA NEED G I'M SERVING LIKE MAKE BUT THIS AIN'T NO JOB FOR ME.
I DON'T GIVE A F BECAUSE I'M A G CELEBRATING HIP HOP.
WE GOTTA DO SOME BREAKING TOO.
SO I WANNA BRING MY B GIRL UP JUST FOR A SECOND.
MY COUSIN BE FLIPPING LIKE DOWN SO I JUST WANT MAMA TO SMILE.
SMILE AIN'T HAD IT LIKE THAT IN A WILD HEAVY.
SO I HAD TO FIGURE HOW TO BE THE MAN OF THE HOUSE.
PIG IT BACK TO MICKEY D'S ON THE NORTH.
NOW WE GOT THE NICK COMING, COMING.
MAGIC, MAGIC LEFT LIKE IRVING.
NOW WE JUST COUNTING THIS MONEY, MONEY RUNNING OUTTA TIME.
JUST WANT THE CHEESE BECAUSE OF MY G.
LIKE MICKEY D LIKE MICKEY D CHEESE
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BECAUSE I'M MY G SQUEEZE.DON'T MAKE ME JUST WANT THE CHEESE.
'CAUSE I'M A, 'CAUSE I'M A DON'T MAKE ME, DON'T MAKE ME.
I JUST WANT THE LIKE MICKEY D LIKE MICKEY.
YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
WHAT YOU GOT B GONE OUT THE SOIL IN THE DIRT THAT YOU PUT YOUR SEED ON.
HOW THAT FEELING IN YOUR CHEST? LIQUID.
KEEP THE CHROME WHEN I PLAY BOTH AWAY AND HOME.
Y'ALL CAN'T TELL ME ME NOTHING ABOUT THIS HOT.
Y'ALL CAN'T TELL ME NOTHING ABOUT THE GOD COME PLACE, PLAY.
SAY, SAY Y'ALL CAN'T TELL ME NOTHING ABOUT THE CORNERS.
Y'ALL CAN'T TELL US NOTHING WHEN WE WALK IN BLAZING BLACK.
A LOT OF PEOPLE MAKE THIS HAPPEN TODAY.
THIS NEXT SONG IS CALLED ALL EVERYBODY DOING.
EVERYBODY OUT DOING ALL RIGHT.
I'M GONNA THE BLACK BOX CHEVY WITH THE TRUNK.
I'M GONNA BEND TO BLACK BOX CHEVY WITH THE DRUM.
I'M, I'M GONNA BEND TO BLACK BOX CHEVY SHIA.
I GOT WHAT YOU NEED THAT RUM PUMP PUMP.
MY GIRLFRIEND NAME IS KARMA AND YOU KNOW SHE GO, COME NOW YOU CRISSCROSS.
YOU DON'T WANNA SEE US STRAIGHT UP.
NOSE AIN'T NO COLD WHEN YOU AIN'T NO TALKING OVER.
AIN'T NO TELL THEM BLACK CI SERVE YOUR PEOPLE, NOT YOUR FEELING.
THAT SMOKE WAS ALL, YEAH THAT GIRL WAS ALL, DON'T ASK ME IF I'M ALL RIGHT.
PRAY THIS HILL GONNA GO RIGHT.
YEAH, THAT GIRL WAS ALL RIGHT.
DON'T ASK ME IF I'M ALL RIGHT.
GRACIE, WHAT'S UP? SHOUT OUT TO HIP HOP CELEBRATING THE 50 YEARS.
BUT WE IN HOUSTON, TEXAS H TOWN H.
SO WHEN WE DO HIP HOP POP CELEBRATING 50 YEARS IN H TOWN.
WHERE WE AT? WHERE WE AT? I GOT IT ENDING.
THERE'S ONLY PROBLEM WE ENDED CORRECTLY WITH SOME H TIME FLAVOR.
LET'S GO SEE AT HOME IN ON A DAILY BASIS.
QUICK TO HOP BACK ON YOUR BLOCK FACES SLABS IN OPEN SPACES.
LOOKING GOOD, STANDING TALL, BEATING DOWN YOUR BLOCK, KNOCKING PICTURES OFF YOUR HEY Y BACK THEN THEY DIDN'T UHHUH.
Y'ALL LOVE BACK THEN THEY DIDN'T.
NOW I'M HOT DAY Y'ALL BACK THEN I SAID BACK THEN, BACK THEN I SAID BACK THEN, BACK THEN THEY DIDN'T.
Y'ALL ON FOUR IN FOUR WHAT? ON FOUR IN FOUR ON FOURS.
HEY, WANNA BE A BALLER A SHOT.
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SPREAD.BUT IT'S GOTTA BE A BETTER WAY.
WHAT'S UP A BETTER WAY? MY YOU ALREADY KNOW SO IF YOU WANT HIT ME ON THE DIAL.
IF I DON'T CALL BACK, DON'T PUT ON THE SHOW BY YOUR HOUSE.
BLOW INSTEAD OF KNOCKING, I'M CHILLING WITH YOU ALREADY KNOW.
SO IF YOU WANT MEET ME, HIT ME ON THE LOW.
IF I DON'T CALL BACK, DON'T PUT ON THE SHOW BY YOUR HOUSE.
HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD ON.
HEY, BROKE THEM BOYS OFF STRAIGHT FROM THAT NORTH SIDE.
GRACIE CHAVE AND YOU KNOW THAT GANG GANG? OKAY, SHOUT OUT G DASH.
GOTTA HIT THE FLASH ONE MORE TIME.
WHEN THE CAMERA SEE US PASSING MAN, YOU KNOW WE SPIN THE TRUCK AROUND THERE.
LIKE GYMNASTICS BE NO GORILLA.
AND IT DON'T STOP DROP TOPS IN THE F*****G LOT.
ONE THING ABOUT ME, I'M GONNA MAKE SURE THE FAMILY FACE.
CHRIS BISHOP BLACK WITH THE FREESTYLE ON THE SPOT.
ALICE, LET'S END IT REAL QUICK, REALLY QUICK BEFORE WE GO OUT HERE ALICE, LET'S TAKE IT DOWN.
SHOUT OUT TO EVERYONE REPRESENTING, CELEBRATING HIP HOP.
50 YEARS FROM CITIES, FROM CITY, FROM STATE TO STATE.
YAY SHA WE, WE DO THIS EVERY DAY.
WE THANK HALL FOR AND WE DO THIS EVERY DAY.
WE, IT'S HOUSTON, TEXAS CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF HIP HOP, BLAZING BLACK PHIL.
UH, MAN, THANKS TO NO SURPRISE.
THANKS TO BLAZING BLACK, THANKS TO DJ.
GOOD GRIEF ON THE ONES AND TWOS, ALL THE MUSICIANS.
YO, REGISTER FOR THE MUSIC DIRECTORY AT HOUSTON MUSIC LIVE AND FOLLOW CULTURAL AFFAIRS OFFICE ON FACEBOOK AND IG AT HOUSTON MOCHA.
AND MANY THANKS TO HTV FOR HOSTING US IN STUDIO HERE AT CITY HALL.
I MEAN DASH WHAT WHICH, HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT IT.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE THESE EVENTS LIKE THIS.
AND IT'S GONNA BE MORE JUST GOTTA GET REGISTERED IN THAT DIRECTORY.
SO YOU COULD BE ONE OF THOSE ARTISTS THAT'S NEXT TO PERFORM.
YO, 50 YEARS OF HIP HOP, WE OUT HERE AT HOUSTON, TEXAS.