From the Woods

Flipping back woods material

Long hikes and scenic sights

Cops running red lights

Where young tikes ride bikes

Tourists coming from New York

To spend a couple nights

While the local youth

Getting kicked off the street like mice

Tucked in these hills

Liberal voters second homeowners

Organization donors

Local business owners mostly white

A lot to comprehend

When I’m sitting down to write a rhyme

Before I venture out

To find another mountain to climb

But hip-hop made it’s way

Deep into the heart of sticks

So I’m kicking written's to the stars

Peep this lunar eclipse

Everyone like what yo what’s good

What you doing this Friday

Ciphers at house parties

Down deep dark driveways

Toured across the country

Drove on single highway

Passing through your hometown

To make your speakers vibrate

Getting home in a hurry

Had to pass on the right

Out in the 413

Exit two off the mass pike

Worldwide what's good

We're bumping hip-hop

To the city from the woods

From the top of the mountain

To your local neighborhood

It's a way of life man

This is understood

But we know where it started at

What's good

We're bumping hip-hop

From the city to the woods

From the street corner

To your rural neighborhood

It's a way of life man

This is understood

But we know where it started at

Leaves falling on the forest floor

In this rural corridor

My people swinging hammers

Working pulling up some floor boards

I’m Gandalf in the shire

You like Froto out in Mordor

I’m out in nature contemplating

All the greats that came before

Bringing hip-hop folklore

While whack emcees are waging war

Cuz being fake could pay you more

But that’s not what we do this for

I’m rap's Bruce Springsteen

Bob Dylan Pete Seeger

With LL Cool J and Beastie Boys up in your speaker

For teachers and truth seekers

For the students and the preachers

For the crowds up in the bleachers

Small towns and the believers

For the activists

Fighting warlords and evil leaders

If you coming from the woods I see ya

Worldwide what's good

We're bumping hip-hop

To the city from the woods

From the top of the mountain

To your local neighborhood

It's a way of life man

This is understood

But we know where it started at

What's good

We're bumping hip-hop

From the city to the woods

From the street corner

To your rural neighborhood

It's a way of life man

This is understood

But we know where it started at