Lyrics: Respect

yo I’m sick of the lack of respect that I get from these cats who think that they pose as a threat when they don’t even know me yet. they try and put me to the test, thinking' their on top of me coz they gotta bigger chest. but i just sit back and let em guess have em wonderin what i could do to em next coz they dont know what to expect. i'm tellin u now its not about success.its the fact that we've all blessed by the man upstairs. but nobody cares, these people so quick 2 judge. cant even walk down the streets without getting mugged. had i fight tonigh n hommies gettin slugged,it seems like we forget who's watchin us from above.some dudes r heartless,thats why we've lost so many rap artists its garbage they never think of thier sons and daughters now they gotta grow up without a father n all, God bless the memory of 2pac, notorius, jam master jay and bugs.

chorus

its time that people started to show a little respect
we all love hiphop we all represent
we only have one life, and we should live it till the end
we should ll have the opportunity to do our best
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Whats up with hiphop, it's like we gotta getr props
dont give us props you get dropped its a serious problem we got.
when this lack of respect leads to death by gunshots
it dont happen in australia yet, how long have we got?
before we all gotta be hard core, when crews start wars
when beef jump off the beat come to ya streets n all
when peops knock on the door, n force ya to the floor
put a gun in your mouth and blow your brains out all over the wall
cos we all want this respect, dont disrespect
its like we all gotta prove that we the best
the just dont make sense, we all paranoid and stressed
we aint running from coppas we ran from each other instead
how long before an aussue rapper dead, when this old friend
gets this crazy idea in his head, like ya tryna test
pulls out his weopons and uses them
we should all settle down before hip hop gets stupid man

chorus x 2

(no singin 4 this little part)

chorus

(this part is fading out)

show a little respect
we all know who we represent
show a little respect