Aloe Blacc - A Dedication - Текст песни

This is dedicated to the number one thing in my life 
So close to me that you could call it my wife 
It's dedicated to the one that I wake with and sleep with 
Every morning I get up and I brush my teeth with 
Even when I'm watching the thundercats and heathcliff 
Eating my rice crispies in the living room seat with 
Battle with and when it's time to split blaze a saddle with, 
If we was out in the midwest I'd tip cattle with 
The one I sip tea with and used to climb trees with 
Dedicated to the one I fell out of them trees with 
One love to the thing that kept me most out of trouble 
Invested time and effort and it paid back double 
I dedicate this to the culture and people and the music 
The b-boys, the b-girls, graffiti and the movement 
Dedicated to the old school it just don't stop 
This is a dedication to hip hop 

When I was just a snot nose youngin runnin around 
They called me little rock, the dopest little b-boy in town 
We had a crew we used to be putting linolium down 
We battle for beef but always leave the street with a pound 
Taking the crown for the fame and representing the name 
Late night meet at the tracks to rock the Santa Fe train 
Pull out your sketch or freestyle it if you think you got game 
Find a spot to claim or cap a sucka toy if it's lame 
Don't even wait for it to dry just take a flick and be out quick 
Make it to Unity before the line gets too thick 
Back in the day it used to be a Lincoln just to get in 
Nowadays you lucky if less then ten 
Meet my boys on the inside greet them with hip hop salutations 
Made up of hand shake combinations 
Looking for the spot where the circle is formulating 
The true essence a symbol of the hip hop nation. 

I don't know what life would be like without hip hop 
Without the kick and the snare with out the pop lock 
Without the chirp and the flare without the up rock 
Without the fist pump and head bop when dope beats drop 
I don't know what I would do without a microphone 
Without the underground spots and feedback tones 
Without the bus without my walkman and my headphones 
Without the different crews that be representing in every zone 
I don't know what I would be without the culture 
Without graffiti scribbled on desks, books, and folders 
Without the stickers and t-shirts and posters 
Without the battle between east and west coasters 
I don't know where we would be without the beat box 
Without the Yes yall, and you don't stop 
Without the way we dress and walk, the way we talk 
I don't know what life would be like without hip hop