[Intro]
The people at the label say they want something to repeat
But all my people really want something for the streets
[Hook]
So keep hooking (Hey, y'all, what's goin' on?)
So keep hooking (It's time, yo, word is bond)
So keep hooking (Let's do what we must do)
So keep hooking, keep, keep (Ah, ah, ah, let's hear it for)
[Verse 1]
Who can make it up? Dark Ages here in rap (Yeah)
And the constant conversation has been "Let's bring it back" (Ugh)
Corny rap-style niggas, they lack the pedigree
Deep waters they be in when they just the manatee
Who, me? I'm unaffected: the whale, the hammerhead
The magnanimous decision, unanimous: I am fed (Ugh, ugh, ugh, come on)
What you looking at? Wait, I can help you with that
The formidable, unforgettable painting Abstract (Come on)
On the wall amongst them all from Warhol to Jean-Michel (Ugh)
A commodity, hot property, here's the morning bell
Guantanamo Bay and niggas deferring routes
Your soliloquies are trash, inferring that you got clout
But homie, what's that about? (Ugh) You should revisit your scheme (Uh-huh)
Before the schemin' seems real, revert back to a dream (Uh-huh)
Into that pea-head of yours, you ain't commanding no tours
You seeing fee and per diem, we seeing that in the door
Plus a little bit more, because she choosing the prettiest
The wiliest, wittiest, on the low, we the grittiest (Ugh)
Taking the task, these barbaric insurgents
Who nursery-rhyme niggas and play like they crime figures (Ugh)
Man, what could give you such a naïve belief? (Come on)
There's examples all around of careers being brief
The Luke Cage of the loose-leaf page, run and hide
Comin' out in the yard, bona fide to be hard
[Hook]
So keep hooking
Keep hooking
Keep hooking
Keep hooking, keep, keep
So keep hooking
Keep hooking
Keep hooking
Keep hooking, keep, keep
[Verse 2]
As if we reading pressures higher, we should all be that inspired
To just lift it and take it higher, peep the name that's on the flyer (Who?)
The Midnight Marauder, Low End theoretical
Ringtone rappers rockin' shades are forgettable
Phantom of the rapper—boo! Yo, you Puss in Boots (Ugh)
Energies electricute, looking for a love recruit
High definition for the fortunate you to view (Ugh)
Challenges with riches—we will put you on strict review
Time to turn the tide around, comin with the Tribal sound
Brandishing these microphones, we outlaws in the town (Come on)
Corruption in the fool pit, we witness the jam
Acquisition of materials: the evil of man—
Trickles down to MCs, we combat the disease
With the good and hardy measurement, a real rap sediment
Degenerate genes and your body's the host
You need to open up wide while we give you the dose
[Outro]
Gather 'round
Gather 'round
Gather 'round
It's the hottest thing, thing—thing—thing
Gather round
Gather round (Uh, uh, uh, uh-uh, uh)
Gather round
It's the hottest thing
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