Preserve The Kulture Lyrics

Preserve The Kulture lyrics

{*audience clapping, beat starts*}

We've been having these gatherings for
over 12 years

Uhh, my first one, was ah at Latin Quarters in 1987

with Afrika Bambaataa - he threw the first one, that I attended

We kept
the tradition going through the Stop the Violence Movement

Through Human
Education Against Lies, Rhythm Cultural Institute

And now the Temple of
Hip-Hop

This is Hip-Hop's spiritual base

And as a spiritual base,
we look to guide the youth in that discipline

Uhh, no culture is a
culture, unless it has principles

unless it has morals, unless - we are
unified

in some sort of principle, something we are not going to step
beyond

Something that defines us

What I'd like to do, is just for a
moment as we.. deal with this

Think about your role in Hip-Hop

Think
about what you do everyday in Hip-Hop

This is not about right now

It's about twenty years from now

It's about ten years from now

The tapes are rolling, the notes are being taken

This is the type of
thinking we have to get into

if this is going to survive and last

So again, Hip-Hop Appreciation Week, is a time of self-reflection

A
time for Hip-Hoppers to ask,

"What am I doing, to preserve the culture?"
{*echoes*}