Hip Hop Saves Lives (feat. Chuck D, Grandmaster Caz, Configa & Speech)

from Bullets In The Chamber by Arrested Development

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lyrics

Yeah, my man Ralph from France from Paris said
We're not just fans man
We're not fanatics
We just love the music
We want be close to it
We're attracted to it
That really hit me

Yo
I know it's way more than fandom
When we see our fans dancing
We ain't just attractive at random
It's not just our popular anthems
Nah, our money ain't tall
Our songs ain't dark
And our checks ain't handsome
Yet, for 30 years sold out France and
London and Japan and had fans
Shed a tear when they can shake my hand
Here I stand
With a stance still advancing
Some artists from Atlanta
Has painted all over hip hop's canvas
So Rollingstone owes y'all some answers
In 93 they called us band of the year
But look it here in 2022
They abandon us
No surprise though
No Egypt in em but denial
We got no mirrors no smoke
What we reflect has never been a joke
Stereotype or trope
And we don't snort no coke
We don't bag up no dope
I know that gets less promo
So

Everyday we rock
And everyday we rise
Hip-Hop saves lives baby
Hip-Hop saves lives

Yo
You know I had to do this album just to prove something
I couldn't retire the fans inspired
When I land inside the muck and the mire
I turn a 180 from hells fire
And told the devil
hey man F your desires
He flees from truth
I'm freed from the sins of my youth
The devils a liar
I'm a beacon of light
A Deacon, a knight
A thief in the night
Cut loose the noose I'm seeking a fight
From being strange fruit he can bite
Leave the scene with new seeds that breed better roots
For blacker berries & sweeter juice
The facts are buried
We needing to
Do an excavation
Hip hop nation they are deceiving you
We're humans thru and thru but
Let's just say, the vibe of the day
Is love of man but the hate of hue
The nigga factory
Hip-hop can be blasphemy
Not that you asking me
Eut I say let's get back to peace

Everyday we rock
And everyday we rise
Hip-Hop saves lives baby
Hip-Hop saves lives

And it don't stop and it don't quit
Yeah we don't care if it don't fit
Ahhhh
Like spearmint
Saving lives
Fresh air arrives
The great big experiment
Show y'all what we gonna do
Play it back to me
Speech you got the first two
Yep
Now here we go
Running to the medicine
Call the next of kin cuz we love you and you
Base powers be only what you'll need
Turn up them highs until the sound bleed
Get ready to listen hard to these beautiful songs
Feels so right you could never feel wrong
Right on
Here's what we mean now watch em all
So the crowd is seen heading to the dj
Swim upstream put the needle to the green
And hear the audience scream

Everyday we rock
And everyday we rise
Hip-Hop saves lives baby
Hip-Hop saves lives
Hip-Hop
Hip-Hop
Hip-Hop saves lives
Saves lives baby
Hip-Hop
Hip-Hop
Hip-Hop saves lives
Saves lives baby
Hip-Hop
Hip-Hop
Hip-Hop saves lives
Saves lives baby

credits

from Bullets In The Chamber, released January 12, 2024

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about

Arrested Development Atlanta, Georgia

Legendary. 2 Grammy awards for Best New Artist and Best Rap Single (Tennessee), 2 MTV awards, a Soul Train Music Award, & the NAACP Image Award. Rolling Stone mag named them Band of The Year (1992), VH-1 named AD one of the greatest Hip-hop artists of all time! The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame named AD's smash “Tennessee” one of the 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll. The definition of legends. ... more

shows

Jun 29

Hollywood Bowl

Hollywood, CA
Jul 18

Podium Victorie

Alkmaar, Netherlands
Jul 23

The Welly Club

Hull, UK
Jul 26

Islington Assembly Hall

London, UK
Aug 4

The Factory Live

Worthing, UK
Aug 6

The Lido

Margate, UK
Aug 7

The Boileroom

Guildford, UK
Aug 8

Cambridge Junction

Cambridge, UK
Aug 10

Old Woollen

Leeds, UK
Aug 11

UEA The Waterfront

Norwich, UK
Aug 25

Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre

Sterling Heights, MI
Aug 29

Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park

Atlanta, GA
Aug 31

Filene Center at Wolf Trap

Washington, DC
Sep 1

MGM Music Hall at Fenway

Boston, MA

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