Back When

[Concept]

[VERSE 1]
Let me take you to a place, wit pain and heartaches/
before rappers acted hard and fake, start the tape/
back when I was a young individual, dumb criminal/
open ya mind peep the visual/
back when it was about speaking ya mind/
preaching a line, not teaching a crime/
we used to hit the street blocks/
listen to our elders on the corners flowin while they mans beat boxed/
back when it was true shit, not this new shit/
made a blueprint ta change the game and ima pursue it/
till I succeed, wont stop till the pen bleed/
and those rappin about shootin aint even men ta me/
cant even cross the path of this underground wrath/
go ahead attempt and watch the whole world laugh/
back when it was truth in the vocal booth/
take perspective the words of a local youth

[CHORUS]
I cant let Hip-Hop fade, Hip-Hop change/
Hip-Hop lose meaning in the game/
so ima take you back when it was real Hip-Hop/
Juice said it best I cant let em steal Hip-Hop

[VERSE 2]
Back when underground battling decided whos best/
if victory was accomplished you won and past the test/
now its all about vest and tec-9s/
what happened to taking to the stage if an emcee disrespect mines/
back when it wasn't about who had the most money/
you wouldn't change who you were/
how would you look ta your fam now/
how would you look ta your fans now, wit a wack sound/
now, the worst rapper wont even back down/
what are we teaching kids these days/
when the ones they look up to is living in criminal ways/
that's way all these youngsters wanna be gangstas on the street/
but don't know the first thing about it may they rest in peace/
Hip-Hop aint ready for death, fight don't die, we gotta survive/
so ima take you back when the greats were still alive/
fakes weren't telling lies, if you tried, you still couldn't break my pride

[complexity]

Holy shit. Nice man. The concept was ill. Pun intended. Very impressive. 9/10

[Subsist]

Im with you on that man , these days they taking it too far it isnt like it always used to be. Its really good but on the second verse I noticed how the flow gets broken between the 5th and 7th line , I dont know about that but when I was reading your piece It broke off with me. But I guess you can make it work your work is really good.

[complexity]

First verse is highly superior to the second one

[Conspiracy]

That shit was dope the second verse fell off to me in some parts but overall thats sick 8.5/10

[Concept]

i see what yall sayin thats why i stop at 2 verses
thanks for the feedback