UK HIP HOP

In ’86 on the streets evidence of a culture

Rap’s a phenomenon, solid in structure

Crews emerging from out of the back streets

Hijack set trends, Supreme with bad beats

Kamanchi Sly ahead of his time

Mello the most incredible rapper alive

Duke, Merlin, Overlord X

Faze One and not forgetting Max LX

And Davey J, Westwood moved to Kiss

On the production Sparkie and Mastermix

2000 Adee with the baddest of breaks

And probably the greatest ever production ever to date

Hardnoise was rugged, Caveman stunning

London Posse original, keep the tap running; there’s more

Black Radical fans were fanatical

Cash Crew ridiculous, you couldn’t keep track of it all

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UK Hip Hop

It’s more than just music it’s a way of life

UK Hip Hop

It’s in the air we breathe you can feel the vibe

UK Hip Hop

Back then everybody did it for the art

UK Hip Hop

The pioneers made it what it is from the start

We had MCD with 2 x Def

Icepick with skills that took away your breath

Incredible emcees, Standing Ovation

Katch 22 ahead of their generation

Mark Anderson the underdog supporter

Kobalt 60, chaos from order

Gunshot an example of excellence

Silent Eclipse could bury you with a sentence

Mike Allen rose to the challenge

Took a new music form, put it in the balance

Dj Streets Ahead, Richie Rich and Sipho

Beat box extraordinaire, man of the people

Yankee, Motion, Danny, Feathers

Kat, Perves, everyone a rebel

Dj Pogo, Buziness, Dexter

Brotherhood hit the scene and gave us all extra

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Cutmaster Swift tore the roof at the final

DMC World Champion was the title

The same year Blade made his entrance

The streets were alive with music with no repentance

She Rockers, Cookie Crew, Dazzle, Starlite

SAS, Sindecut, Killamantwice

Grizzly, Crazy Noddy all major movers

All made an impact and made it what it is today

Cosmic Jam was the man with the dopest breaks

Son Of Noise, Dj Mada and Renegade

Def Defiance, First Down, Deliverance

Chu Champ’s amazing, Numskulls magnificent

279 gave London a Choice

Korperayshun, Dynametrix all had a voice

Blue Eyes organized a few jamns, gave us a

Brand new lease of life and attracted some new fans

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NSO Force, Most Dominant

Guttersnipes, Power lords, Lords Of Rap prominent

Figures in the game, Definition Of Sound

That even entered the charts and broke the barriers down

Krispy 3, Silver Bullet

And the most under-rated Demon Boys were the coolest

Rougher than animals, straight from the north side

Fresh Ski and Mo Rock delivered with raw pride

Derek B, Unanimous Decision diffused bombs

With a killer Instinct, it’s all on

Breaking The Illusion, Brothers Like Outlaw

Braintax, Point Blank, everybody was raw

Kids with a passion that kept the fire alive

Put rap on the map and gave us all a lease of life

Remember these names coz they paved the way

Coz without them rap would be dead in the UK

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