act too (the love of my life)

What, hip-hop, hip-hop
To the top, to the top
Hip-hop, check it out, it's like that
Uh, and it sounds so nice
Hip-hop, you the love of my life
I'm 'bout to take you to the, to the, to the
To the, to the, to the
To the, to the, to the
To the, to the, check it out, yo
What, and it sounds so nice
Hip-hop, you the love of my life
I'm 'bout to take you to the top, what?
Hip-hop, hip-hop
To the top, to the top
Hip-hop, check it out, it's like
Word up, and it sounds so nice
Hip-hop, you the love of my life

The anticipation arose as time froze
I stared off the stage with my eyes closed, and dove
Into the deep cosmos, the impact pushed back
The first five rows, but before the raw live shows
I remember I's a little snot-nosed
Rockin' gazelle goggles, and eyes I closed
Learnin' the ropes of ghetto survival
Peepin' out the situation I had to slide through
Had to watch my back, my front, plus my sides too
When it came to gettin' mine, I ain't tryin' to argue
Sometimes I wouldn't have made it if it wasn't for you
Hip-hop, you the love of my life, and that's true
When I was handlin' the shit I had to do
It was all for you, from the door for you
Speed through you, gettin' paper on tour for you
From the start, Thought was down by law for you
Used to hit up every corner store war for you
We ripped shit, and kept it hardcore for you
I remember late night, steady rockin' the mic
Hip-hop, you the love of my life
So tell the people like that, y'all (That, y'all)
And it sounds so nice
Hip-hop, you the love of my life
We 'bout to take it to the top

I was speakin', to my guy 'Riq and
How she was desperately seekin' to organize in the confusion
Usin', no protection, told on resurrection
Caught in the Hype Williams, and lost her direction
Gettin' ate in sections, where I wouldn't eat her
Her under-the-counter love, so silently I treat her
Her daddy'll beat her, eyes off her
In the mix on tape, niggas had her in the rough
When we touch, it was more than just a fuck
The police enter, I found peace (Like who?)
Like Malcolm in the East, seen her on the streets
Of New York, trickin' off, tried to make a hit with her
But my dick went soft, movin' weight, losin' weight
Not picky, with who she choose to date, too confused to hate
With her struggle I relate, close to thirty
Most of the niggas she know is dirty, havin' more babies than Lauryn
She started showin' early, as of late I realized
That this is her fate, or destiny, to bring the best of me
It's like God is testin' me, in retrospect I see
She brought life and death to me, peace to us collectively
Live and direct, when we perform
It's just coffee shop chicks and white dudes
Over her I got into it with that nigga Ice Cube
Now the fight moved to in life, makin' the right moves
Besides God and family, you my life's jewel

Like that, y'all
Hip-hop, hip-hop, hip-hop, hip-hop
Hip-hop, hip-hop, hip-hop, hip-hop
Hip-hop, hip-hop, hip-hop, hip-hop
Hip-hop, hip-hop, hip-hop, hip-hop
Hip-hop, hip-hop, hip-hop, hip-hop
Hip-hop, hip-hop, hip-hop, hip-hop

Uh, and it sounds so nice
Hip-hop, you the love of my life
I'm 'bout to take you to the, to the, to the
To the, to the, to the
To the, to the, to the
To the, to the, check it out, what?
Yo, fifth dynamite, and it sounds so nice
Hip-hop, you the love of my life
I'm 'bout to take you to the top, love
Hip-hop, to the top, love
Hip-hop, check it out, it's like that, right
And it sounds alright, word up, 'cause you the love of my life
I'm 'bout to take you to the, to the, to the
To the, to the, to the
To the, to the, to the
To the, to the, check it out, what?
And it sounds so nice
Hip-hop, you the love of my life
I'm 'bout to take you to the top, love
Hip-hop, to the top, love
Hip-hop, check it out, fifth dynamite
And it sounds alright, yeah, 'cause you the love of my life
I'm 'bout to take you to the, to the, to the
To the, to the, to the, to the, to the, to the
To the, to the, check it out, yo, yo, yo
And it sounds so nice, yo, check it out
Hip-hop, you the love of my life
I'm 'bout to take you to the top, love
Hip-hop, to the top, love
Hip-hop, check it out, it's like that, yeah
And it sounds so nice, hip-hop, 'cause you the love of my life
I'm 'bout to take you to the, to the, to the
To the, to the, to the
To the, to the, to the
To the, to the, check it out, what?