The best damn decade for videogames was also the best damn decade for hip-hop.
lyrics
THE NINETIES - SUPER SMACK
I like the boom bap when I rap
I don’t understand Snapchat
Never played Fortnite, but it’s alright
Aint’ got a problem with that
Sure I’ll change with the times
But I’ll keep the color in my rhymes
Cuz I’m a child, of the motherfuckin Nineties
I got nothin gainst a mumble rap
And yeah, when I'm in the mood you know I fucks w trap
But I confess, I like my rhymes dens
as a black hole or a Black Star, yo shouts to Mos Def
and the Souls of Mischief, and De La Soul
Lauren Hill and The Tribe with that 90s flow
That's some organic, small-batch, grass-fed rap
The kinda "think about it 'fore ya finally grasp that” rap, heh
And yeah I get it, I respect the fact
That hip hop adapts to everything, all the shit it’s been through
The sound must reflect the situation on the ground
And as the world got more vapid, seems our raps did too.
I won't forget it tho, I know that music can be light
And if I pick up a mic, maybe I'll fan a flame
Combine the spirit of Then, with the feelin of Now?
(Sounds fun)
Yeah I'll play that game
I like the boom bap when I rap
I don’t understand Snapchat
Never played Fortnite, but it’s alright
Aint’ got a problem with that
Sure I’ll change with the times
But I’ll keep the color in my rhymes
Cuz I’m a child, of the motherfuckin Nineties
I dropkick the goombas
Fireball in my hand
Might be a late bloomer
But you know I’m still rockin the band
My cape is my back pack
I fly with it everyday
No bomb-ombs for Baghdad
Just peace and videogames
And I know this is the part where I’m supposed to keep on
referencing nerdy shit but damn I think you get it by now
The only box that you can put me in the one that says
“None of the above” cuz I shake it up. Pow
So I put it in a pot, all these things I love
Turn the heat on high like a sinigang stew
I write these songs for me, but Smack’s a giving soul
So we'll serve it up hot for you
I like the boom bap when I rap
I don’t understand Snapchat
Never played Fortnite, but it’s alright
Aint’ got a problem with that
Sure I’ll change with the times
But I’ll keep the color in my rhymes
Cuz I’m a child, of the motherfuckin Nineties
I like the boom bap when I rap
I don’t understand Snapchat
Never played Fortnite, but it’s alright
Aint’ got a problem with that
Sure I’ll change with the times
But I’ll keep the color in my rhymes
Cuz I’m a child, of the motherfuckin Nineties
Cuz I’m a child, of the motherfuckin
Nineties
Cuz I’m a child, of the motherfuckin
Nineties
credits
released February 25, 2020
Produced by Douglas Widick
Photo by Papa Smack
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