"The Healer/Hip Hop" - Erykah Badu

what up ya'll?

fuck, what a gem i stumbled upon just by putting this on random. man, i gotta admit, erykah badu isn't an mc, but fuck neither is mary j blige. how the fuck did she get crowned the queen of hip hop? that's bullshit and i'll argue with anyone over that shit.

if there is anyone that is deserving of it, i'd say lauryn hill...she's mad soulful, has a beautiful voice, has the class and beauty of a queen and she is one of the best mc's of all time (boy or girl). don't deny me; i'll resend vocab and ya'll can hear how she rips that shit. you hear her voice and you feel this stuff inside of you that'll make you wish you were black; if anything, if you ever wanted to be black..listening to lauryn hill would take you one step closer to it. ask all them crazy white girls on this list....they'll vouch. it's almost to the point where if they ever got caught saying a racist joke, their only resort may be like "i totally listened to "the miseducation..." like 3 times a week for 2 years." or like, "see how edgy and cool i am? i went to roscoes." but if i did see someone listening to lauryn, i'd be at least like, "aight, you still racist but at least......."

if anything, erykah badu should reign supreme over mary j. she's down for it....i mean, she fucked and fucked over some important figures....andre and common...and then the supreme wonderboy jay electronica. i don't know man...she does shit and makes people get all eclectic and stuff. hearing this song really fucking drives me crazy. fuck, she has so much soul.

she's one of those apples in the tree where no matter how sweet the one in your hand is, you want to reach higher and higher and just get that one fucking hard-to-reach apple. you know you gotta drop the one in your hand to jump higher....you'll never get it; and you'll leave hungrier than ever. but as the hours pass, and after you've jumped a million times, and after you know you'll never get that apple, you'll wish you never let go of that one apple you had...

but at least you've increased your hops game.

-- sonnyred

i hate being cocky, but it's in my nature sometimes, and come on, that was a funny one. i'm a little drunk and i ate dinner at the new father's office (in culver city) so don't fuck with me.....you can't bring me down (yes scott, i just quoted suicidal tendencies).

if you pay attention....you'll notice the lyrics pay tribute to j dilla. guys, you may or may not be as into hip hop as me, and most of you guys may have never heard of j dilla if it weren't for this music list...but this cat is mad important. pay attention. i will go on and say that he is greater than 2pac, greater than biggie, jammaster jay, scott larock (boogie down productions), big l or even eazy e. i'm not saying this because he is the greatest producer or mc or founded a whole new genre of music....i'm not saying that at all. it's the hip hop artists, themselves, that are...he's immortalized through other people..his legacy is left through other people. eazy e is a pioneer, biggie is arguably the "best mc," 2pac shit..people still wear shirts with him on it and they taught a class at ucla on his poetry. but what makes j dilla so great is that he's behind the scenes. he's the ghost that you don't know is there.

he's the $20 bill in your jeans pocket that you never knew you had.

fuck, you know how passionate i am about this culture...how the fuck can you ever, EVER expect me to dance to soulja boy at a club? am i a music snob? am i too cool for school? ever think it's just because i care too much? for fuck's sake.

i swear, if i had a girlfriend i'd make hard, freak accident-jaws of life love to her right now. now accepting applications. be sexy. but if you can't, then be gentle.

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THE HEALER

Humdi Lila Allah Jehova
Yahweh Dios Ma'ad Jah
Rastafara fyah dance, sex, music, hip-hop

It's bigger than religion
hip-hop
it's bigger than my nigga
hip-hop
it's bigger than the government
(humdi luli lali lulo)
This one is fa' Dilla, hip-hop...

(humdi luli la, humdi luli la lilulo, humdi lulila humdi lulilaaa...)

we ain't..
dead said the children don't believe it
We just made ourselves invisible..
underwater, stove-top,
blue flame scientist come out with your scales up..
get baptized in the ocean of the hungry
(Humdi luli lalilulo, Humdi lulilalilu)

My niggas turn in to gods,
walls come tumblin...(aaahhh)

Chorus
Humdi lila Allah jehova
yahweh dios ma'ad jah
Rastafara fyah dance,
sex, music, hip-hop
It's bigger than religion
hip-hop
it's bigger than my niggas
hip-hop
it's bigger than the government
(humdi luli lali lulo)
This one is the healer, hip-hop...

(humdi luli la, humdi lulilalilulo, humdi lulila, humdi lulilaaaa)

Told you
we aint dead yet
we been livin' through your internet
you don't have to believe everything you think
we've been programmed
wake up, we miss you.
they call you indigo, we call you Africa..
go get baptized in the ocean
of the people SAY
(Humdi luli lalulilo)
say reboot, refresh, restart..
fresh page,
new day,
o.g.'s,
new key...

(humdi lulila, humdi lulila lilulo, humdi luli la, humdilulila)