[Verse 1: IMP THA DON ]
I never thought that I would live the way that I do
Or see the things I seen
Sometimes I feel like life is but a dream
But it seems to me that
These n***as don't want us to achieve our dreams yet
And that's just how it goes, partner
Finna ball on these n***as like a Globe-Trotter
Slam dunking, head bumping, the bread coming
I fear nothing
Hear none of that hating shit that they say to me
Mama got me, she praying for me
I've been doing the raps, homie, I stay fluent
I've been shooting, I'm that strapped, you stay loosing
In the booth, I'm Batman my gat oozing
To tеll the truth, I'm that man that lacks loosing
Yeah, now make way for thе bad guy
I tell a bitch I won't hit, I won't even ask twice
These n***as ain't chosen and I see em as the last slice
The Don getting bread, these n***as better act right
Yeah, we pretending n***a casting movies
I plan to go to Gucci and get my girl a two-piece
She bring out a new me when I'm driving on the oooh
I love it how she give it to me

[Chorus: Chrisette Michele]
Hip Hop
It will never die
Hip Hop
It will never, never die
Hip Hop
It will never die
Hip Hop
It will never, never die

[Verse 2: IMP THA DON ]
I always thought that I could be on every flyer
Smoke up then get higher
Killing who came prior
With no skills required
Build an empire
[?] or retire
Of course, we got the fire, don't you listen to them liars
Yeah, they're just fable storytellers
And they hating how we get it
All these n***as fucking jealous
We just left the hood and no one do it better
But really, ain't no pressure
'Cause there's really nothing left
I'm running up the cheque when I'm dripping in finesse
All these n***as claim they got it but the government is next
I promise we the hottest, we ain't stopping till we set
Pitori got my back and in my city I protect

[Verse 3: Kri$h]
Yeah, and in my city I protect
Went through a lot of them
Through the writtens, I reflect
I ain't dripping, got my lace tight, I'm on a mission
[?] my city that means survival of the fittest
We made it happen from nothing to something
A couple of years is what it took us
And now we're on the second-floor working
Honestly, where the studio be is where a n***a be
I'm in the burbs but the hood at me my mind suburban
Hit the lick and make sure it's more than the last amount
And to all of the basic needs, cash it out
Run it up, two times at least
I ain't tapping out on it, on it till [?]
That's the better route
Smoke a L till the day I'm out, that's what I'm 'bout
She ride a n***a from break of dawn, till the sun is out
The pendulum you had to swing, that's how we got here
I got my eye up on the cliffs, steady plotting
Young n***a, pants sagging, doobie on my lips
Screeming out "Fuck em all!" soon as we got here
At the point they ain't even give a fuck that we exist
So we wouldn't fuck with them, ain't got an option
Calculated my steps, I ain't trying to end up in a trap
Young independent n***as running shit
We gotta keep it like that
[?] is on securing the bag
My n***a it is
[Chorus: Chrisette Michele]
Hip Hop
It will never die
Hip Hop
It will never, never die

Hip Hop
It will never die
Hip Hop
It will never, never die