[Intro - Will.I.Am] + (Nas) 
Hip hop 
Hip hop (Ugh!) 
Is dead (Had to flip this track again, yall!) 
Hip-hip hop 
Hip hop (Ugh!) 
Is dead 
Hip-hip hop (Ugh!) 
Hip-hip hop...is dead (NYC! Dirty South!) 
Hip-hip hop (West Coast!) 
Hip hop (Midwest!) 
Hip hop (Lets go!) 

 [bad word] - Nas] 
If hip hop should die before I wake 
Ill put an extended clip inside of my AK 
Roll to every station, murder the DJ! 
Roll to every station, murder the DJ! 
If hip hop should die before I wake 
Ill put an extended clip inside of my AK 
Roll to every station, murder the DJ! 
Roll to every station, murder the DJ! 

[Will.I.Am] 
Hip hop just died this mornin 
And shes dead, shes dead 

[Verse 1 – Nas] 
Yeah, people smoke, chill, party, and die in the same corner 
Get cash, live fast, body their mans mama 
Quick fast, trigger fingers, on the llama 
Revenge in their eyes, Hennessy and the ganja 
Word to the wise with villain state of minds 
Grindin, hittin Brazilian dimes from behind 
Grindin, hittin Brazilian dimes from behind 
(Grindin, hittin Brazilian dimes from behind) 
Whenever, if ever, I roll up, its sown up 
Any ghetto will tell ya, Nas helped grow us up 
My face once graced promotional Sony [bad word] 
Hundred million and billin, I helped blow em up 
Gave my man my right, I could have went left 
So like my girl Foxy, the kid went Def/deaf 
So people, whos your top ten? 
Is it MC Shan? Is it MC Ren? 

 [bad word]  

[Bridge - Will.I.Am] 
Hip hop just died this mornin 
And shes dead, shes dead 

[Verse 2 - Nas] 
The bigger the cap, the bigger the peelin  [bad word] through, something ill, missin the ceilin 
What influenced my raps? Stick-ups and killings 
Kidnappings, project buildings, [bad word] dealings 
Criticize that, why is that? 
Cuz Nas rap [bad word] to legitimized [bad word] 
Cuz we love to talk on nasty chickens 
Most intellectuals will only half listen 
So you cant blame jazz musicians 
Or David Stern with his NBA fashion issues 
Oh, I they like me, in my white tee 
You cant ice me – we here for life, B! 
On my second marriage, hip hops my first wifey 
And for that, we not takin it lightly 
If hip hop should die, we die together 
Bodies in the morgue lie together 
All together now! 

 [bad word]  

[Bridge - Will.I.Am] 
Hip hop just died this mornin 
Hip hop just died this mornin 
Hip hop just died this mornin 
And shes dead, shes dead 

{*Beats stops*) 

(*Crowd chants "Hip hop!" before and during all of Verse 3*) 

[Verse 3 – Nas] 
Everybody sound the [bad word] the game 
Reminiscin when it wasnt all business 
It forgot where it started 
So we all gather here for the dearly departed 
Hip-hopper since a toddler 
One homeboy became a man, then a mobster 
If it dies, let me get my last swig of Vodka 
R.I.P., well donate your lungs to a rasta! 
(*Beats starts up again*) 
Went from turntables to MP3s 
From "Beat Street" [bad word] on Mickey Ds 
From gold cables to Jacobs 
From plain facials to Botox and face lifts 
Im lookin over my shoulder 
Its about eighty people from my hood that showed up 
And they came to show love 
Sold out concert and the doors are closed shut
A.G. THE BEST