AZ - This Is What I Do - Текст песни

[Intro: AZ] 
Yes, yes, ladies and gentlemen 
I'll like to thank you for your support, love 
Not only to me, but to the whole hip-hop industry itself 
We as a whole, we've been weathering in the Storm 
From the start, 30-plus years ago to now 
But uh, like all weapons of hate, we perceiver 
So allow me to speak not only for me 
But on behalf of the hip-hop coalition 
Every hood, every ghetto across the United States of America 

[Verse 1: AZ] 
Yea, as a youngin' I was sittin'- spittin' sponge-in' 
Just learnin' the life, and Christ second comin' 
Well mannered and nice, got advice from women 
But when the money get tight, the stomach start grumblin' 
It was some of then, wasn't all Hammers then 
Went in the Benz, it was kingpin and bubblin' 
We started huddlin', puttin' in, and jugglin' 
A shear later we straight, no more strugglin' 
But that was only the start 
The love between homey started fallin' apart 
I guess anything's addictive when it's callin' your heart 
Death and incarceration had us all in the dark 
We was done, some'll say "we had a beautiful run" 
And the beauty is skin deep was beneath the slums 
I was numb, that was like speakin' in tongues 
So relax, I adapt within a week I was sprung 
Spoke facts on the track, it's like squeezin' a gun 
No more crack, all the boys on my back hearin' "RUN" 
Yea, I changed & came, all them years, on the stairs G Rap & Kane 
I felt pain, them beamers still lurkin' my brain 
But the ways is the most high is to preserve to explain 
It was the fame, that focused me, perfected my game 
And like that, there's so many others that this rap will remain 
And in exchange, we give fans the force of the reign 
To feed, nurture, and breed, and be the voice of the slain 
It's a shame, but that real shit come wit the life 
And in order to obtain you gotta sacrifice 
It's like cuttin' your bitch shorter, don't pass on fights 
I'ma tourer, so you know all my facts is right 
Plus my Aurora is like used spoilers on the porch at night 
So be polite, just go for them critics that write 
This is Rap, we from the hood, just tryin' to get a slice 
Some'll bite, but the most just coast wit ice 
And rock a little chain, get a little brain 

[Immediately changes to AZ talking] 

Ha ha-ha ha, yea, hey, it is what it is 
You know Rap has no rules 
See my enlightener he-he once told me once said 
"If there is no devilish-men, then there won't be Godliness" 
"One can't exist without the other" 
Knaw'mean?, it's like a Doctor is only needed to heal 
And he caters to the sick, so the sick must exist, ya heard? 
A Minister - he only gives sermon to - uh you know - 
Those seeking for forgiveness - so them sinners must exist 
You know? it's simple simplistic, ha ha-ha ha 
It's AZ the GOD - Constantine - Quiet Money for life 
This is What I Do, I'm here