Hip Hop: A Culture, Not Just a Genre

 

A Poem to One of My Favorite Genres

You pulse through my veins like a beat,

The streets' voice, saints' stories that repeat.

You're my heart's rhythm, steady and true,

Rhymes in my mind, a creative brew.

You define my culture, shape my life's art,

Expressed in rhyme, through every part.

You're more than music, you're a bold fusion,

A movement, a lifestyle, in constant evolution.

A force for good, a voice that's heard,

For the silent, you speak every word.

"I'll stand by you, beyond the mic's fade,"

"In tough times, I'll ride with you, unswayed."

Hip hop, I love you for all that you bring,

My muse, my passion, the star that I sing.