If Hip-Hop is Dead

from Shades of Grace by Timothy Welbeck

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If Hip-Hop is Dead

Written by: Timothy Welbeck

Biblical References: Proverbs 15:4, 17:4, 18:1-7, 20-21, Matthew 6:22-23, 12:37, 13:13-16, 18:6-7, Ephesians 4:29

Half of a half century now removed/Industry would prove to be the mending glue/Pressing man together in groups amongst the spruce/Holding the brutes, the woodlands couldn't produce its fruit/Overcrowding the forest, the multitudes grew/People sprouting in the thousands, confounding the ruse/Islands of concrete slabs carpeted truth, that man had now forced trees to elude their roots/Swiftly towers scraped the skies, hardening lives/Dimming the Son's radiance, darkening eyes/Even in this time, their came a heartening surprise/A sassafras sprung from the pavement, hardly alive/Dozens started in line, they were spending part of their time, watching the flower grow, that grew harder to find/None believing the seedling was beating insurmountable odds/Of living after pressing through the mountainous rock/So daily, they rounded the block, astounded and shocked/To see the budding leaves, the people found it and watched/The numbers grew daily as the stalk pounded the rock/It never stopped confounding the mob, crowding in awe/But they didn't know they left all of the Son's light block/They just watch the flower grow stronger than anyone might thought/No amount of observation could belittle their interest/They were creeping in, and they were creeping in inches/But they denied the flower the very things that built it/It was weakening daily, and the flower could feel it/However, they never noticed when it shriveled and wilted/So if hip-hop is dead, it's only because you killed it

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from Shades of Grace, released April 19, 2011
rom Shades of Grace, released 19 April 2011
If Hip-Hop is Dead 2:19 | Written by Timothy Welbeck (ASCAP) | Produced by David P. Stevens for Sanctifly Music Group (BMI) | All instruments and programming by David P. Stevens for Sanctifly Music Group (BMI) | Drums and percussion by Wardell “dELLpHoNics” Pearson, Jr. |
| 2010 Published by Painted Red Publishing (ASCAP). | Sanctifly Publishing (BMI). | All rights reserved. |
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Timothy Welbeck Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Timothy Welbeck is what happens when your favorite lawyer and favorite rapper are the same person. He’s an MC turned Civil Rights attorney and university professor who has crafted a stirring brand of music that is thought-provoking and relevant, honest and life-changing. In that way he represents literally and figuratively. ... more