Nerdcore Died

Yeah I said it, nerdcore died

Blogged it online and they all asked why

Now I'm the bad guy cause all I did was try

To start a dialogue on just what went awry

Stop whining! You've got to learn the basics

Your album was a train wreck, I know it's hard to face it

Basically, you debased the scene

Chased a little dream and you called me mean

when all I did was call the genre's time of death

Gave props to some rappers that I thought were the best

but you didn't make the list - you felt dissed!

Wrote some simple rhymes that you said I dismissed

TO 8-bit beat iambic stagnation

All about your Xbox and your PlayStation... feeling it, I'm not

Your CD wasn't hot, I guess you had your shot

I know a lot of rappers or people who claim

to be deep in the game but they secretly lame

And when I hear they records I start laughin' it up

And I wanna tell 'em, "Please stop rappin - you suck!"

But I don't - cause who am I to crush a dream?

Because I love hip-hop, I got love for the scene

But the fact is that many artists rarely try they hardest

So they don't spend the dough to make productions clean

I rapped on beats that were game-related

To my surprise, half of the game related

The other half all became angry haters

who were mad at Mega Ran cause they ain't create it

We all had an NES and hummed all the tunes

But good music ain't usually done in your room

So do your thing dawgs, but don't get sore

cause I don't hang around your forum much any more

Cause I don't have time for a message board beef

I'd rather play games or listen to the beats

Or make good music that folks wanna listen to

Don't get it mixed up, Random ain't dissin you

Not that I'm too big to hang out and get wit'chu

Represent yourself in a manner that's offic-ial

Think of who you listen to, imitate, then innovate

Come original, then I get at you

Is nerdcore dope? Is nerdcore whack?

Is nerdcore fiction? Is nerdcore fact? (You tell me)

Is nerdcore amateur? Is nerdcore pro?

Should nerdcore stay or should nerdcore go? (You tell me)

Is nerdcore real? Is nerdcore fake?

Is nerdcore love or does nerdcore hate? (Tell me)

Does nerdcore matter? Is nerdcore improvin?

Is nerdcore winnin? Is nerdcore losin? (You tell me)

I got love for the kids with the laptops

Up in the lab making crunk-core rap rock

Writing the rhymes 'cause they're straight flowin' non-stop

Putting inames to the styles in a headlock

I got love for the kids with their labels

Making those beats with two Technic turntables

Flippin the script like a dope Aesop fable

Killin the tracks just like Cain he slayed Abel

Look - all I want to see is amazing art

Invest your heart and play your part

Perfect your craft and straight do you

If you don't do you then who's going to?

Just push it, push it, make it awesome

Build those concepts get it poppin

There's no stoppin' you when your voice

makes the world go "What?" like your name was James Joyce

I made the same choice, back when I was young

Tried to make beats on my PS1

Made a pact to keep it true and BS none

Wrote raps on the stoop, look how far we've come

Success is a journey, not a destination

So thank God I was blessed with patience

I never been down with this type cash nonsense

If I'm conscience, what are your unconscious?

I showed you how to plot a career

How to astonish your peers and then brought in some gears

So take that backpack nerd rap label off Random

and slap it on a bottle of beer, you hear?

It's impossible to categorize me

Can't say that anything that's happened surprise me

They still ain't figurin' it out, sittin' in the house

Clickin' on they mouse, just bickering about nerdcore