Pop

I lived in the ghetto and I watched it

You know the little guys that are standing around crossing their arms
And they're not lovable, they're not giving any love
They could give a damn about me

I understand it all too well

Hip-hop so pop, bust it open and pop
World finna go pop, can't stop the pop
Fanny Willis a cop, Young Thug got popped
Pop Smoke got popped, Tupac was popped
Right hand on my pop, stand back when I pop
Snap, crackle, and pop, crack jack in a box
Drop ads and they pop, put the crabs in a pot
With Kareem's fried heart, mild sauce and a

Let's get it poppin', who's the most popular?
Rappers write op-eds about they soap operas
Prosper us, send black kids to colleges
Meanwhile on the Westside it's an apocalypse
Good lessons, grandma's blessings

I was Flintstone, y'all was livin' like the Jetsons
Now they all threaten when they see us set jettin'
It's hard to be a king in this world without peasants
Mom and pop popped up when they son was popped at the pop-up
Bullets flew towards whole shop up
Fuck the product, it's a miracle that he got up
What's it profit a man to let his debts pile up?

Populace, poverish, propagandists, politics
False prophets, promises
People ain't the problem, power is

Lil' Kim got popped, Stallion got popped
I was ridin' with Bad Boy, he and Dre got popped
Him pop got shot, Big Pop was popped
Rap turned to pop, everybody's the opps
Guns that only prop, Alec Baldwin popped
Still stunned, mumblin' niggas got all the guap
They all sound pop, same shit, new pot
When you lames spit that bullshit, we all get popped
It's a hip-hop stick up, proper when I pop in

Can't nobody stop it and Lotus is still a problem
Probably ain't possible, the proof is in the audibles
It's plausible this particular puzzle's unsolvable

Everybody sweet now, suckers for lollipops
Puppets for popularity, who's the Bugattiest?

Gods and goddesses, power that got us this
Monuments and metropolis, we the opulent occupants
Feelin' indominus, fulfillin' the promises
They create policy, we deal with the consequence
Shorties is visible but feelin' anonymous

We build on principle while they playin' politics

Projects, prospects, prominent, progress

The process for our kids
People ain't the problem, power is

Hip-hop so pop, bust it open and pop
World finna go pop, can't stop the pop
Fanny Willis a cop, Young Thug got popped
Pop Smoke got popped, Tupac was popped

Lil' Kim got popped, Stallion got popped
I was ridin' with Bad Boy, he and Dre got popped
Him pop got shot, Big Pop was popped
When you lames spit that bullshit, we all get popped

The truth of this is nobody gave, nobody cared
As long as our kids were dyin'

Lil' Kim got popped, Stallion got popped
I was ridin' with Bad Boy, he and Dre got popped
Him pop got shot, Big Pop was popped
Rap turned to pop, everybody's the opps

Hip-hop so pop, bust it open and pop
World finna go pop, can't stop the pop
Fanny Willis a cop, Young Thug got popped
Pop Smoke got popped, Tupac was popped

It's a victim like me, a brother like me
I ain't no better than he is, I really am not any better than he is
We're in the same trap for the same reason
It's the same way, you know, that the great
Powers can use a tribal war in, you know
Set them against each other, then blame both parties

They both are to blame because they have to stop and think about it
Of course
There was no point in it
But baby, it takes people a very long time to learn a very little