Thank You Hip Hop

Thank you Hip Hop for coming into the world. A microphone of pearls for Black boys and girls.

Thank you Hip Hop. August 11th 1973 you came into the inner city and made it into a winner city.

Thank you Hip Hop. You gave the ghetto a chance to have a voice when we thought we didn’t have a choice.

Thank you Hip Hop. When all I had was doubt you inspired me and showed me the way out.

Thank you Hip Hop. You became an express for wealth by telling me to go express myself.

Thank you Hip Hop. You presented my life to the world in a bigger scope and now I have hope.

Thank you Hip Hop. You made the world a little less scarier by creating unity and breaking down barriers.

Thank you Hip Hop. You achieved the impossible and showed the world Hip Hop artist are unstoppable.

Thank you Hip Hop. You showed the world that there is a such thing as an urban poet and now we’re not afraid to show it.

Thank you Hip Hop. From the north to the south, the east to the west. You showed the world your very best and now they won’t give your beat a rest.

Thank you Hip Hop. For your generation you were another Blues as the turntable’s ones and two’s

Thank you Hip Hop. You created rhythmic memories that the world will dance to for centuries.

Thank you Hip Hop. You’re a gift from the heavens that was blessed with rhyme and will last the test of time.

Thank you Hip Hop. You only get better and I’m thankful that your spirit will last forever.