What Happened? from Timeless by Force+Motion

Yeah, yeah
Timeless (coming at you again)
That slick rhymin'
For '24 and many more

[Verse 1:]
In my heart I’m an artist caught in the art of competition
Trying to spark a new beginning from the chars of tradition
Listening to RapCavier to hear what’s popping with the prospects
Running diagnostics on the state of Hip Hop
I keep on checking for essentials like I’m tapping pockets
Watching every challenger implode just like the NASA Rocket
Instead of trying to be great they chasing after profits
They talking, but they artificial like animatronics
Man it’s obnoxious
Force+Motion digging in the crates, still rolling tapes
Like we packing boxes, moving back to the conscious states
Gotta treat the game as serious as sepsis
When viral fame is poisoning the essence
And it's like
What happened to it, y'all?

[Scratch Hook]
It all changed
But I stayed the same

[Verse 2:]
Aiyo I’m struggling with change like your grandma's at the register
My city ain’t the same although it’s similar
I’m in the jungle with a Dutch like Carl Weathers in Predator
Feeling like a visitor in places I remember
Cobra clutching old pictures got me slaughtering the track
Feeling shaken down like they passed the offering back
They say the grass is only greener where you water it at
Well my demeanor kind of seem like I belong in the past
It’s getting hard to adapt, rappers pushing skill out the way
New York is more known for Drill nowadays
And spitting real lyrics got me feeling outta place
Everybody coming up I swear they all sound the same
I don’t even get the slang
Getting older - am I losing touch?
Ain’t even hating I’m just used to what the music was
And truthfully disheartened left in the dust
Watching the masses stray farther from the culture that I love
What happened to it? (huh?)

• Experimental
• Hip-Hop/Rap
• boom bap
• golden age
• lyrical hip-hop
• underground
• New York