HIP HOP
Hocus Pocus Lyrics

J'suis tombé sur un vieux clip de Grandmaster Flash
I stumbled upon an old video of Grandmaster Flash

Hey t'as vu c'type et sa dégaine de barge!
Have you seen that guy and his crazy style?

Là j'étais scié, son style m'a fusillé (hen hen hen hen)
I was blown away, his style killed me (haha)

Sapé comme le keuf des Y.M.C.A!
Dressed like the cop from the YMCA!

A base de cuirs serrés, à l'époque banal,
Wearing tight leather, it was common back then

Et des bottes comme celles de Francis Lalanne .
And boots like those of Francis Lalanne.

J'sais que c'est un classique, mais qu'on m'enterre
I know it's a classic, but bury me

Si c'est ça nos origines vestimentaires.
If that's our fashion origin.

Quoique regarde ce qu'on porte dans les clips,
But look at what we wear in music videos,

En fait nos sapes sont toujours aussi cheap,
In reality, our clothes are still cheap,

Hip hop? Les diamants énormes sur les lobes?
Hip hop? Massive diamonds on earlobes?

Bullshit! Les taspés qu'ont oubliés leurs robes?
Bullshit! Women who forgot their dresses?

J'suis pas convaincu mais au moins ça évolue,
I'm not convinced, but at least it's evolving,

Un peu plus que leurs perfectos et leurs têtes velues,
A bit more than their leather jackets and hairy heads,

J'me dis qu'avec nos styles ridicules,
I think with our ridiculous styles,

Dans 10 ans on risque de s'marrer,
in 10 years we'll laugh about it,

Quand on se reverra avec du recul.
When we see it from a distance.

I got a passion it's, not just a habit
I have a passion, it's not just a habit

It's B-boy mentality deeper than any cavity
It's a B-boy mentality that goes deeper than anything

Way beyond fashion or any kind of salary
Far beyond fashion or any amount of money earned

A quick elixir mixed with a heavy dose of reality
A quick remedy mixed with a heavy dose of reality

It's too complicated for the minds outside the lines
It's too complicated for those who don't understand

Drawn when the volume of drums gets over nine
When the volume of drums is turned up to 11

I'm a, part of a movement not meant for the clueless
I'm a part of a movement not meant for the clueless

Use this in your curriculum when teachin the students
Teach this to your students in the curriculum

It's not
It's not just about

Who's it, what's is who scems to be controlling it
Who or what seems to be controlling it

It's the future of hip hop and how we are unfolding it
It's about the future of hip hop and how we're creating it

It's traveled down the road that every genre must walk down
It's gone down the path that every genre follows

Hip hop is on the ledgeand it needs to be talked down
Hip hop is on the edge and needs to be saved

The renaissance to the untimely death
The revival or death of the culture

The revival of a culture or survival of a soldier
The revival of a culture or survival of an individual

Brought by the common people of poverty and need
Brought by the poor and needy

I'm a voice, it's a tool, god let the world see
I'm a voice, it's a tool, and God let the world see

You must be out of ya mind,
You must be crazy

If you think the way you dress will serve to help the away you rhyme
If you think your clothes will help your rapping

Some people put their image first then self gets left behind
Some people prioritize their appearance over themselves

So when you search within the verse it's best that you be blind
So when you analyze the lyrics, it's best to ignore appearances

Your remarkably designed your equal is hard to find
You're uniquely designed and hard to match

If your unsatisfied take it up with the divine
If you're not satisfied, take it up with God

Cus we don't go the time. and if you go to me
Because we don't have the time, and if you ask me

I'll say your better off just being who you supposed to be
I'll say you're better off being yourself

Jogging à trios bandes,
Three-striped jogging pants

Aux pieds des vieilles Stan Smith,
Wearing old Stan Smith shoes

Casquette trois fois trop grande,
Cap three times too big

Sans oublier les fat laces,
Without forgetting the fat laces

T'es hip hop mec mais tu t'es trompé de 20 pijes,
You're hip hop, man, but you're 20 years behind

Maintenant sapé comme ça, t'es house tu piges?
Now dressed like that, you're house, you know?

Ca évolue vite, trop vite j'suis désolé,
It's evolving too fast, sorry

Quand j'commence à kiffer un truc c'est déjà démodé,
By the time I start to like something, it's already outdated,

Au moment où j'écris, c'est Air Force 1 et baggy jean,
Right now it's Air Force 1s and baggy jeans,

Mais à la fin d'ce couplet ça sera déjà has been.
But by the end of this verse, it'll already be outdated.

On portera demain ce qu'aux States ils portaient hier,
Tomorrow, we'll wear what they wore in the States yesterday,

La France, pays de la mode, on en est pourtant fier.
France, the country of fashion, yet we're proud of it.

Oh oh j'suis pas dans l'trip fashion ni haute couture,
Oh, I'm not into fashion or haute couture,

Les grosses fourrures. Puis quand c'est notre culture?
The big furs. But what about our culture?

J'fouille dans mes bacs plutôt que dans ma garde robe,
I dig through my records instead of my closet,

J'fais du son, ouais, et pas un défilé de mode.
I make music, yeah, not a fashion show.