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You Callin' It Hip Hop

from Omega Funk 10​,​000 EP by Benjiphonik

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Benjiphonik's salute to the old school B-Boy and B-Girls of Hip hop.

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Sending out a message from the Earth to outer-space
Our planet’s in trouble. Please help the human race.
A sonic apocalypse has robbed us of the beat
No pop-locks, beatbox, or rhymin’ on the street
The trap is all around us, in our head an’ our ears
Livin’ in fear, “You got ta rise up and persevere!”
No more excuses for suboptimal rap
Listen to your elders, then spit fire like that
So, we stomp that beat ‘til your feet get groanin’
Dance like a fool ‘til six in the moanin’
We break it down to the power of three
One kick, one snare, on dope MC

You callin’ it Hip Hop
But there’s no Rap
You callin’ it Hip Hop
With no Boom Bap
Kids ain’t even rhymin’ on the street anymore
Somebody get a B-Boy and Girl on the floor

Whatever happened to the days of cutting heads
One MC survived, the other was dead
Life inside the cipher made queens and mighty kings
Rhythm an’ stings, you’d never know what someone would bring
That would strengthen the game, changing the game
Build it up, tear it down, rearranging the game
Biggie Smalls an’ Tupac done rolled in they grave
Beat depraved, “The soul of Hip Hop needs to be saved!”
But I ain’t the one to bring that New Jack fire
I’m a Sucka MC, nobody’s callin’ me sire
So, wake up, get up, stand up for your rights
What time it is, y’all, “Time ta rock the mic!”

You callin’ it Hip Hop
But there’s no Rap
You callin’ it Hip Hop
With no Boom Bap
Kids ain’t even rhymin’ on the street anymore
Somebody get a B-Boy and Girl on the floor

40 days and 40 nights the Ark of Rap sailed to the light
To rock a rhyme that’s right on time
Rap can save us all

I’m a put this into words that you can easily understand
There’s a message in the music from the sonic promised land
So, gather round to hear the sound of funk personified
Get on the Ark of Rap, my friends, I’ll take you for a ride

You callin’ it Hip Hop (X3)

You callin’ it Hip Hop
But there’s no Rap
You callin’ it Hip Hop
With no Boom Bap
Kids ain’t even rhymin’ on the street anymore
Somebody get a B-Boy and Girl on the floor

You callin’ it Hip Hop
But there’s no Rap
You callin’ it Hip Hop
With no Boom Bap
Kids ain’t even rhymin’ on the street anymore
Somebody get a B-Boy and Girl on the floor

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from Omega Funk 10​,​000 EP, released September 9, 2020

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Benjiphonik Riverside, California

Benjiphonik is here to give the world just what it’s been longing for: a bald, skinny, dude with hair horns, stealin’ beats and spittin’ rhymes! Two time Blizzcon Award winning songwriter and performer, Linkin Park opener, and renowned cookie-baking raconteur, Ben ‘Benjiphonik’ Stewart has embarked on an alternative rock & Hip Hop journey that may just save your life… ... more

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