The Thrill Is Gone Statik Selektah (Ft. Styles P & Talib Kweli)

[Produced by: Statik Selektah]

[Verse 1: Styles P]
I mean you get ya check, I can't knock that
But it's a culture, you can't forget about that

Too many vultures in it (too many)
I think Nas said Hip Hop Is Dead cause he couldn't see the culture in it
Too many funny clothes (too much), too many Auto-Tunes (haha)
Too many gangsters, when they made the Auto Goon (when they made those)
Listen boy you should play your role
Like rap don't need a brand new De La Soul
Pay homage to any MC who paved our road
Or the big Mercedes Benz boy won't get drove
I say that cause, I be where the monsters at
I'm like God damn, they even screwed up conscious rap (God dammit)
I think rap need a new P.E. to +Fight The Power+ and be free (Fight The Power)
And try to bring the light like GE (GE)
I think we deaf, dumb and we blind and for the ten hundredth time
Who give a damn about our swag and our grind? (who give a damn?)
Why don't you rhyme about a thought that you had on your mind
You an MC, let me see, how you really design, ya know?

[Hook:]
"The thrill is gone"
"The shit is pathetic"
"Please forget it"
"Your style is played out"
"The thrill is gone"
"Prepare for this rap killin"
"Ri-Ri-Right?"
"The thrill is gone"
("Let it, let it go")
"Your style is played out"
"The thrill is gone"
"Right?"
"Right?"