Black Eyed Peas

Released: September 26, 2000

Songwriter: apl.de.ap will.i.am

Producer: will.i.am

[Verse 1]
I know I'm not the only one that's filling the void
Creatively hip-hop is being destroyed
A lot of rappers really need to be unemployed
Because the topics that them talk about has got me annoyed
You see I heard it all before, there's no need to repeat it
The forms I vacated, might as well delete it
Put your program in and open a new file
You shoulda took your record advance and bought a style
We the only crew that came original
While a lot of other brothers just mimic the pile
The pile that's only designed for pop charts
That contradicts thought, that's the reason we brought
It back cause honestly it lacks
Talent and creativity, in fact
These are symptoms to somethin' that's wack
And your system senseless to witness that
So, hear me if you wanna, we gon' speak on it
We gon' tell the world why hip-hop is haunted
Money is a drug and MC's is on it
We gon' take it back to the days of Mantronix

[Chorus]
Yo *snap* we bringin' it back
Check it out cause we bringin' it back
All DJ crews that's cuttin', you bringin' it back
We bringin' it back
All b-boys breakin' and bustin', bringin' it back
We bringin' it back
I'ma do the cabbage patch to solidify we bringin' it back
Black Eyed Peas straight bringin' it back, check it out

[Verse 2]
Y'all, your rhymes ain't ready, you dead like Kenny
Approachin' on the mic soundin' hefty
Ummmmmm, lustin' for them pennies
Far too many, MC's wanna praise they Bentley's
Yo, we breakin' it down with the art
DJ and breakin' up on the chart
MC's pull out your mic, rip it apart
Writers hit up the wall, put up your mark and
Set get ready, hold yourself steady
Tryin to make a turn like Aunt Betty
Sharp on the mic and slice like a machete
Feelin the beat, real deep, down to my belly
Back in the essence, rhyme with the reasons
Too many MC lost the true meanin'
Hip-hop, bringin' it back with the feelin'
Y'all, we're bringin' it back with the feelin'
So love me if you wanna, but I'ma speak on it
I'ma tell the world why hip-hop is haunted
Money is a drug and MC's is on it
We gon' take it back to the days of Soulsonic

[Chorus]
Yo *snap* we bringin' it back
Check it out cause we bringin' it back
All DJ crews that's cuttin', you bringin' it back
We bringin' it back
All b-boys breakin' and bustin', bringin' it back
We bringin' it back
I'ma do the cabbage patch to solidify we bringin' it back
Black Eyed Peas straight bringin' it back, check it out
Yo, we bringin' it back
Check it out look we bringin' it back
All DJ's scratchin' and cuttin', you bringin' it back
We bringin' it back
All b-girls breakin' and bustin', you bringin' it back
We bringin' it back
I'ma do the running man to solidify we bringin' it back
Black Eyed Peas steady bringin' it back, check it out

[Outro]
B-girls
B-boys
B-girls

The Black Eyed Peas is a hip-hop and pop group, currently consisting of rappers will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo, and singer Jessica Reynoso.

Originally, The Black Eyed Peas were a hip-hop group, standing alongside the likes of Talib Kweli and Jurassic 5.

In the early 2000s, they started to add pop and EDM influences to their music. They subsequently added Fergie to the group and became the pop sensations that they became from 2003 to 2011. Fergie eventually left in 2018 and the Peas returned to their hip-hop roots.

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