Act Too (The Love Of My Life)

What?
 Hip-Hop y'all, to the top y'all
 Hip-Hop check it out
 It's like that, and it sounds so nice
 Hip-Hop, you the love of my life
 We bout to take it to the to the to the
 To the to the to the to the
 To the to the to the to the
 To the to the to the to the check it out
 Yo, what? And it sounds so nice
 Hip-Hop, you the love of my life
 I'm bout to take it to the top, what?
 Hip-Hop (hip-hop love)
 To the top (to the top) hip-hop, check it out
 It's like, word up, and it sounds so nice
 Hip-Hop, you the love of my life (of my life)
 (Black Thought)
 The anticipation arose as time froze
 I stared off the stage with my eyes closed and dove
 into the deep cosmos
 The impact pushed back, the first five rows
 But before the raw live shows
 I remember I'se a little snot-nosed
 Rockin Gazelle, goggles and Izod clothes
 Learnin the ropes of ghetto survival
 Peepin out the situation I had to slide through
 Had to watch my back my front plus my sides too
 When it came to gettin mine I ain't tryin, to argue
 Sometimes I wouldn'ta made it if it wasn't for you
 Hip-Hop, you the love of my life and that's true
 When I was handlin the shit I had to do
 It was all for you, from the door for you
 Speak through you, gettin paper on tour for you
 From the start, Thought was down by law for you
 Used to hit up every corner store wall for you
 We ripped shit, and kept it hardcore for you
 I remember late nights, steady rockin the mic
 Hip-Hop, you the love of my life
 So tell the people like that y'all (that y'all)
 And it sounds so nice
 Hip-Hop, you the love of my life
 We bout to take it to the top.
 (Common)
 Yo, yo I was speakin, to my guy 'Riq and
 How she was desperately seekin to Organize in a Konfusion
 Usin, no protection, told H.E.R. on _Resurrection_
 Caught in the Hype Williams, and lost H.E.R. direction
 Gettin eight/ate in sections where I wouldn't eat H.E.R.
 An under the counter love, so _Silent_-ly I _Treat_ H.E.R.
 Her Daddy'll beat H.E.R., eyes all Puff-ed
 In the mix on tape, niggaz had her in the buff
 When we touch, it was more than just a fuck
 The Police, in her I found peace (like who?)
 Like Malcolm in the East
 Seen H.E.R. on the streets of New York, trickin off
 Tried to make a hit with H.E.R. but my dick went soft
 Movin weight, losin weight, not picky - with who she choose to date
 To confuse the hate, with her struggle I relate
 Close to thirty, most of the niggaz she know is dirty
 Havin more babies than Lauryn, she started showin early
 As of late I realized, that this is H.E.R. fate
 Or destiny that brings the best of me
 It's like God is testin me
 In _Retrospect_ I see she brought _Life_ and death to me
 Peace to us collectively, live and direct when we perform
 It's just coffee shop chicks and white dudes
 Over H.E.R. I got into it with that nigga Ice Cube
 Now the fight moved to in life, makin the right moves
 Besides God and family, you my life's jewel
 Like that y'all
 Hip-Hop. *echoes*
 (whispered)
 Take it to the top, what? Hip-Hop (hip-hip)
 To the top, hip-hop (hip-hop) check it out
 (Black Thought - louder)
 It's like, word up, and it sounds nice
 Hip-Hop, you the love of my life, what?
 Bout to take you to the to the to the
 To the to the to the to the
 To the to the to the to the
 To the to the to the to the, yo
 Fifth Dynamite, and it sounds so nice
 Hip-Hop, you the love of my life
 I'm bout to take you to the top love
 Hip-Hop, word up, to the top (to the top)
 Hip-Hop, check it out
 It's like that, what? And it sounds alright
 Hey, cause you the love of my life
 I'm bout to take you to the to the to the
 To the to the to the to the
 To the to the to the to the
 To the to the to the to the, check it out
 What? Yeah, and it sounds so nice
 Hip-Hop, you the love of my life
 Bout to take you to the top love
 Hip-Hop (hip-hop) to the top (to the top) hip-hop (hip-hop)
 Fifth Dynamite, and it sounds alright
 Hey, cause you the love of my life
 I'm bout to take you to the to the to the
 To the to the to the to the
 To the to the to the to the
 To the to the to the to the, check it out, yo
 Ye-yeh-yo, yo, and it sounds so nice
 Hip-Hop, you the love of my life
 We bout to take you to the top love, hip-hop (hip-hop)
 To the top (to the top) hip-hop (hip-hop)
 Check it out, it's like, yeah, and it's sounds alright
 Hip-Hop, you the love of my life
 We bout, take it to the to the to the *vocals fade*