Ludacris ft. Nas, JAY-Z - I Do It For Hip Hop Lyrics

I do it for hip-hop
I do it for hip-hop

Now this is what they call poetry in motion
My soul bleeds on the paper, heart screams with emotion
This my daily devotion, the verses stay deeper then the ocean
So hip-hop you owe me a promotion
Yeah I do a little boasting and bragging
Whats all the commotion and nagging about?
'Cause I'm Still the Champ in the south
'Cause rappers get in the booth and I keep dragging them out
For they fire at these pink slips I'm handing them out
'Cause this is theater of the mind
Considerate a sign of whats to come next
My moneys just fine bank filled with dumb checks
Terrorist threat flow, proceed to drop bombs like Mr. Funk flex
But I don't do it for the money, I do it from the heart
I do it with the beatbox, I did it from the start
I do it for the DJ's, I do it for the chart's
The fan gel flow, Luda do it 'cause it's art
I do it for the fans, I do it on command
I do it for the front row, I do it for the stands
I spit it for the hood, I do it for the block
And since nine years old, I did it for hip-hop!

I don't do it for the cars and the fancy drops
I do it for hip-hop, I do it for hip-hop, I do it for hip-hop
And I don't do it for the chains and the flashing rocks
I do it for hip-hop, I do it for hip-hop, I do it for hip-hop

Uh they say I'm so low key, I'm socially awkward
Only niggas who really know me, who I talk with
They smile in the light, hate in the dark
You call it beef, to me, it's just a fuckin walk in the park
Cause you are who you are when nobody's lookin
That's who you are, so when the cash and the cars is gone
The day after tomorrow, don't be askin to borrow
Ski mask it hard, like the way you rap in your bars
I can ride on you and whoever, devise new endeavors
I'm as live as a hive full of predators
Twenty thousand different species of bees
Some have poisonous stings, some just pollen their leaves
It's like rap, some just buzz, some will attack
Compromise their own life in fact
Sixteen years since my first sixteen
Pardon the rest of my niggas, but I'm the best who's ever did it!

(I don't do for the cars and the fancy drops)
Uh, I do it for hip-hop
Yeah, I do it for hip-hop
Uh (I do it for hip-hop)
(And I don't do for the chains and the flashin' rocks)
Why we do it kid? I do it for hip-hop
Yeah, I do it for hip-hop
Uh, I do it for hip-hop

Hip-hop, started out in the park
We used to do it to avoid the Narcs
I used to do it so the homeboy Clark
Can get the fuck off my back while I knocked off these packs
I used to rap to impress my friends
To pass the time while I was gettin' it in
Just so happens, I'm so illegal with the pen
They ain't want me doin' anything illegal again
I lost a lot of dogs to these streets
I got Grammy Awards on these beats
Thank God for Kool Herc
Without your shit I probably would've got murked
Shout out to Grandmaster Flash and to Caz
And even Jaz bum-ass
Hip-hop helped me wash my rocks
These other rappers couldn't wash my socks
That's why I took the number one slot
The realest shit in rap comes from my voice box
Lord knows when I was on my clock
I prolly never woulda stopped, thank God for hip-hop

I don't do for the cars and the fancy drops
(Uh, I do it for hip-hop)
(I do it for hip-hop)
I do it for hip-hop
And I don't do for the chains and the flashin' rocks
(Come on, I do it for hip-hop)
(I do it for hip-hop)
(I do it for hip-hop)

I don't do it for them cars and the fancy drops
I do it for hip-hop
I do it for hip-hop
I do it for hip-hop
And I don't it for the chains and the flashin' rocks
I do it for hip-hop
I do it for hip-hop
I do it for hip-hop