[Spoken:]
Rap, is just a stem
A part on the branch

That comes from what we are all about

[Verse 1: Slow V]

Yo, turn my mic up I want to make sure they hear me
Loud and clear on this one


Yo this a new generation we live in, it's different
Where the government creates a space for every black in prison
They said the banned prejudice it's still all the same

Black man can't find a job unless he got a white name
They brain wash us into thinking we need to be luxurious
Live above our income, can't make no payments

We used to judge on actions, back then we had principle
Nowadays they rather see you sleep with the minerals
School board can't afford to keep the teachers

These kids will pray to Sponge Bob before they pray to Jesus
Even church ain't the same they got you paying for a seizure
Work hard get paid just to lace up the preacher

It's not sacred no more, we're losing the Holy War
I seen more people remarried, then blacks with bad credit scores
Over night lovers, families without structure

Kids without parents and babies becoming mothers
Even hip-hop done changed, this %#@! is just made ruckus
^!$$% %#@!s over a beat and the people love it

That's why I pass it down the line, so you can pass it down the line
So they'll never forget the true origin of rhyme


[Chorus x2: Slow V]
Slow V, this is my new generation theory
Retro, this is his new generation theory

S.R. this our new generation theory
Yes y'all, this our new generation theory


[Spoken:]
Everywhere in the world
Every high school, every junior high school

Every elementary school, got a rapper in it
So something that at one time in the early '70's & '80's
Was a novelty, now is every day


[Verse 2: Retrospect]
Uh, yea

Just listen

Acceptance, the downfall of the human society

It's irony, no need to buy CDs because of piracy
Acceptance, lesbian adoptions and gay doctors
Wanting a call from the state office is straight non-sense

In gay alters, holy matrimony marriage
Having sex with dead bodies, ^^&$#* cats will only cherish
Acceptance, sado!@%@ic, no exceptions

Anorexics will be in effect as a human investment
Corrupted elections, and nothing is mentioned
Your daughter's $#&@ing with gangsters with drugs on her necklace

The good is slowly fading; it's time for $#&@ing action
That's why I wrote this rhyme, to make sure it doesn't happen
Infections, infections, somewhere down the line there's a misconception

Which will lead to an acceptance, don't misconceive the message
Just pass the knowledge chisel it in stone
So it will always be known that the start of hip-hop, was in the Bronx by Jamaicans

So when you hear this song pass it to your generation
You'll pass it down the line so he can pass it down the line
So they'll never forget the true origin of rhyme


[Chorus x2: Retrospect]
Retro, this is my new generation theory

Slow V, this is his new generation theory
S.R. this our new generation theory
Yes y'all, this our new generation theory


[Spoken:]
Even though you don't sell records

It has nothing to do with
Your level of skill as an emcee
Or your credibility in hip-hop
It might have something to do
With your level of skill or credibility

In the corporate board rooms
Whose bottom line is the dollar
And how many records you can sell
But who gives a $#&@ about them and their opinion
They know nothing about hip-hop