Hip Hop Lives (I Come Back) Lyrics

[Hook]
I come back
Every year I get newer
I'm the dust on the moon
I'm the trash in the sewer, let's go
I come back
Every year I get brighter

If you thinking hip-hop is alive hold up your lighter, let's go
I come back
Every year I'm expanding
Talking to developers about this city we planning
, c'mon
I come back
Through any endeavor, this is hip-hop
We gone last forever


[Verse 1]
Hip means to know, it's a form of intelligence
To be hip is to be up-date and relevant
Hop is a form of movement
You can't just observe a hop, you gotta hop up and do it

Hip and hop is more than music
Hip is the knowledge, hop is the movement
Hip and hop is intelligent movement

Or relevant movement, we sellin' the music
So write this down on your black books and journals:
Hip-hop culture is eternal
Run and tell all your friends
An ancient civilization has been born again, it's a fact
[Hook]

We will be here forever, we will still be here forever
Get what I'm saying, forever

Marley
I come back
Every year I get newer
That's that
That's that

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Genius Annotation

Check out the video for a great summary of the history of hip hop – doesn’t come through as much in the lyrics.

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    It’s Alive (Intro) (Missing Lyrics)
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    Hip Hop Lives (I Come Back)
  3. 8.
    M.a.r.l.e.y. (Skit) (Missing Lyrics)
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Marley Marl's House of Hits (Chestnut Ridge, NY)
Release Date
May 22, 2007
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