Joell Ortiz - Before Hip-Hop Lyrics






Ha, listen homie, you don't know me like you think you know me
Ah

Big boy toys that clap like a dirty bitch box
Ladders attached with 36 shots inserted and cocked
You ain't gotta take my word this shit pop
Ask around how I circled these blocks before Hip Hop

Sandwich baggies, drop it in, and tie knots
Invite my favorite fiend over to come and try rocks
Dope the only thing stamped inside my mailbox
Folded money 'til the rubber bands popped before Hip Hop

Old E, St Ides and Valentine Ale
Dutch masters, Phillys and White Owl smells
L train to Linden and Powell to roll L's
Token booths nigga, no vocal booths before Hip Hop...

Whole different dude... I'm rolling to you
I got a dub that I don't fold to that deuce
Eything good even yo nasty ass shoes now here's my moment of truth...
Yea, that was life before Hip Hop

You think you know me, you don't really know me
Back in my hood I'm still the one and only
Before these music projects, I'm the projects homie
Y'all just see the new me, y'all don't know the the old me
Before these beats was trapping, I was out there trapping
Before these birds was rapping, I was bird wrapping
Before the fans was clapping, it was cans clapping
No bank accounts, hand to hand transactions...

A bunch of candles in the lobby, who got laid to rest?
Empty bottles near the flicks, I know the wake is next
I'm from a place where people walk around with major stress...
Don't say something you'll regret before Hip Hop uhh

I was crazy fresh... Trapping in my Avirex
Blue Yankee fitted, 501s above the Navy checks
I never had to beg for pussy, bitches gave me sex
I left all the drugs at they address before Hip Hop

Shit ya boy was out there tryna survive
Too lazy for a 9 to 5 I bought a 9 and got live
Til it jammed... said goodbye next day went outside
And bought that pretty 38 it's on the lap in my ride right...

It wasn't all about these verses and words
It was being 1st to the curb from the 1st to the 3rd
It was 'bout staying alert, you see 'em lurking you swerve...
To this day, I thank God I ain't get locked before Hip Hop

You think you know me, you don't really know me
Back in my hood I'm still the one and only
Before these music projects, I'm the projects homie
Y'all just see the new me, y'all don't know the the old me
Before these beats was trapping, I was out there trapping
Before these birds was rapping, I was bird wrapping
Before the fans was clapping, it was cans clapping
No bank accounts, hand to hand transactions...

Before hip hop, had that thing on my hip, don't let it hop off (Ha ha ha)
But nah though, just Joell Ortiz





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  1. f.... ....

    Slaughter House... This is my dude. Yaowa!! Fuego 🔥🔥

  2. M.... S....

    Let's go Joell

  3. C.... B....

    Breath of fresh air

  4. S.... G....

    This was dope

  5. m.... ....

    Yaowa !! Love and greetings from pdx West Coast! Loves the beast coast !

  6. P.... d....

    Real hip hop

  7. m.... ....

    Most underappreciated MC in the game

  8. K.... ....

    West Coast fucks w this HEAVY!!!! This cats beat selection is FUCKIN IMPECCABLE!!!!!!!!!
    🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
    East Side Long Beach Cali Hommie!!

  9. A.... G....

    Real hiphop.

  10. n.... s....

    🔥🔥BROOKLYN 🔥🔥

  11. m.... d....

    Yo idgaf my favorite ny hip hop artist since probably either 50 or nas ortiz's punch lines are fire

  12. S.... ....

    Joel another head banger with word and verses! Thank you for bringing real hip hop all the way to Austin Texas.

  13. O.... C....

    🔥🔥🔥🔥

  14. A.... A....

    Damn this is nice

  15. k.... ....

    https://youtu.be/tGHJgC2gW98 never heard before Joell Ortiz joint from 2002

  16. T.... ....

    7k plus likes and only 100 dislikes, even the internet trolls know that this is real OG hip-hop.

  17. S.... D....

    98dislikes 🤨.. for what good reason/s??

    stupid haters! 🖕

  18. r.... ....

    Joell been mean with the bars. Ice cold with the metaphors.

  19. f.... p....

    Still one of the illest👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

  20. z.... d....

    south africa here we go with ortiz

  21. C.... ....

    Cant forget maino

  22. P.... S....

    1/4 of that dangerous group

  23. S.... F....

    The song is super dope! Joell Ortiz is one of the best but I really want to know who is that sexy and beautiful girl that was in Joell Ortiz's video? Damn she's nice!

  24. K.... M....

    this is why i been fucking wit dude since the first SH joint. one of the best in the game hands down.

  25. M.... E....

    Imagine if this song was feauturing Dave East and Nore🔥🔥🔥🔥💣💣💣💣 Because I can hear their voice over this fire beat🔥🔥

  26. B.... ....

    Hip Hop always kickin , even through the saturated mainstream real Hip Hop is always breathing . You just have to weed through more trash nowadays but Bars are always out there for the true heads .

  27. A.... M....

    Joell is so underrated. Giving you lyrics and a N.Y perspective of the streets. Real stories.

  28. T.... C....

    Fire!!!!!

  29. D.... F....

    id like it twice if i could

  30. J.... B....

    Once Shady always Shady.

  31. M.... S....

    Man this whole album fucking bang hard!!!!! He gave us a gem this year.. lyrical genius that’s so underrated

  32. A.... R....

    Cool track but I prefer the old joell the brick bodega, and joell ortiz covers the classics...

  33. I.... T....

    This dude make me proud to be born and raised in Brooklyn and to be Puerto Rican 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷

    I.... T....

    Ivan Torres 🙄why?! You aint him or eating off his success..

  34. J.... B....

    👍🏽

  35. S.... J....

    🔥 🔥 🔥

  36. D.... ....

    ....🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥....Shit gave me flashbacks of me in the 89-90’s....

  37. D.... M....

    Hip hop ain't dead yet ....thanks 4 this 1

  38. T.... J....

    Joell mos def in my top 10

  39. B.... S....

    The big homie is always solid!

  40. H.... P....

    #HipHopPeriod

  41. A.... h....

    That song is stupid he sounds like a crack head big pun

  42. M.... E....

    This ish is yaaaaowwaaaaa🔥🔥🔥 Brooklyn is on fire right now with Joell Ortiz, Masta Ace and Smif N Wessun💣💣💣 2019 is a good year for hip hop😎

  43. R.... W....

    Give it to ‘me raw and uncut.. music that is... this had me swayin...

  44. K.... T....

    Bars!!! Yao!!!!

  45. O.... ....

    This dude is so underrated for a long time...i wish him more success..

  46. M.... R....

    🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  47. D.... M....

    I love me some him!! 😍

  48. B.... B....

    Dope 🔥

  49. T.... T....

    "Too lazy for a 9 to 5, I bought a 9 & got live".

  50. B.... 8....

    Never Ever Disappointed. My Dude

  51. J.... M....

    Trapping in my Averix 😍😍😍

  52. A.... K....

    Before HipHop, Joell Ortiz never recycled verses from his Grindmode Cypher to use on TeamBackPack 2 years later...but...oh well. *shrug*

  53. K.... K....

    🔥 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🧠🔥🔥🔥🔥✨✨

  54. M.... ....

    JOELL NEVA DISAPPOINTS🔥

  55. F.... B....

    Fire as always....Bklyn forever!

  56. r.... h....

    🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  57. b.... w....

    Classic

  58. K.... C....

    I was crazy fresh
    trapping in my averex
    blue yankee fitted
    501
    above the navy checks

  59. C.... K....

    What tf the woman in this video for?

  60. T.... ....

    You brought back memories.

  61. D.... P....

    Joell has always been ridiculously consistent. And always keeps it tight with the verse. Makes his point chorus or no chorus spits fire then bows out. It's so nice to know what your going to get with him.. I dont want to hear a rapper say uh and yea twenty times in a verse to fill empty space..

  62. c.... c....

    Straight fire!!!

  63. k.... ....

    It wasn’t all about these verses and words. It was bein first to the curb, from the 1st to the 3rd... it was about, stayin aleart. you see em lurkin we surve... 🔥 bars

  64. R.... ....

    Dude corny

  65. B.... H....

    YAOWAAAAAAAAAAAA

  66. B.... D....

    This hot thats what NY is not these corny dick riding dudes now of days,LP real niggas know the spot back then for that fire bud.

  67. M.... ....

    Joell with the hood shit! 🎧💉👂🎼🎵🎶💎⛏🔥💣🔥💣🧨😎 Storytelling the life he actually lived!

  68. A.... B....

    shits fire...wonder who was on the beat?...Mello is a much needed wave fr

  69. L.... J....

    He fell off so hard

  70. I.... ....

    Yaowa! Joell stay spitting str8 🔥. Dude always comes with bars.

  71. z.... ....

    Real Hip Hop!! Yyyyyyaaaaaaooooooo

  72. C.... M....

    The game miss Joel man where is hype at?

  73. O.... ....

    This is that work bro!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥@JoelOrtiz Killen em💪

  74. K.... H....

    AAAH. The 80’s. Miss it soooo much.Shit was cool AF. Now we doin the 60's again. SMMFH

  75. G.... ....

    Fire 🔥 🔥!!

  76. S.... C....

    Still the fucking beast fron the east "Yaowa!!!" Porico!!!!

  77. h.... ....

    https://open.spotify.com/album/0YvBSPVUXskWNPaM0AVepf

  78. y.... ....

    Real hip hop here,cool gutter beat nice flow with substance!👍🇵🇷

  79. A.... ....

    Spit 🔥

  80. M.... O....

    I 👀 you 🔥

  81. F.... T....

    Joell Ortiz Aftermath After The Aftermath Deal Is What It's All About Bodega Chronicles Yes! Yes!

  82. D.... R....

    Dope Track

  83. E.... n....

    🇵🇷

  84. D.... s....

    Joell seem like a cool ass dude.

  85. B.... G....

    🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  86. K.... N....

    Yessssss.... he sat there and remembered the days when we thrived on most minimal cause mi madresita had to figure it ALL out... LEFRAK EAST ELMURST JACKSON HEIGHTS. BIG JERZ......

    K.... N....

    Thats What's up lefrak all day queens we here ny shit

  87. b.... ....

    Refreshing thanks JO

  88. R.... H....

    So happy for joell. There is life after slaughterhouse for him.

  89. B.... ....

    🔥🔥🔥

  90. C.... S....

    Real HIP-HOP WorD Up

  91. O.... T....

    My nigga!!

  92. T.... T....

    "MESSAGE!" to somebody...

  93. S.... M....

    PLEASE KILL ALL THESE NEW BEATS B4 U VACATION AGAIN

  94. M.... M....

    Flava For Ya Ear from the one and only YAOWA!!! https://smarturl.it/Yaowa

    M.... M....

    @Jobe Jacobs 💯

    M.... M....

    https://tunein.com/radio/JAZZ-RADIO---Black-Music-s97310/
    http://tunein.com/radio/24-7-Motown-s191799/
    http://tunein.com/radio/Disco-Fever-s250013/
    https://tunein.com/artist/Bob-Marley-m371240/
    http://www.iheart.com/live/slow-jams-4719/
    https://tunein.com/radio/Wu-Tang-Radio-%28Wu-World-Radio%29-s133913

    M.... M....

    Mello Music Group he’s my favorite artist.. love the 90’s flow ...