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Synopsis: The Hip Hop Project is the dynamic and inspirational story of a group of New York City teenagers who transform their life stories into powerful works of art, using hip hop as a vehicle for self-development and personal discovery. The film traces the evolution of this award-winning outreach program developed by Kazi, a formerly homeless teenager turned youth mentor. After four years of collaboration, the group produced a powerful and thought-provoking album that provides a revealing look at their lives. In contrast to all the negative attention focused on hip hop and rap music, this is a story of hope, healing and the realization of dreams.
Director(s): Matt Ruskin
Production: ThinkFilm
  4 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.9
Metacritic:
66
Rotten Tomatoes:
58%
PG-13
Year:
2006
88 min
Website
70 Views


This is roll call.

What we're about to

bring to you,

it's the next generation:

MCs, poets, singers.

I hope y'all ready.

First up to bat is CaNNoN.

It's C-A-double N-O-N

up in ya neighborhood

Strollin',

holdin' that pen and a pad

Fill in that paper good

Roaming the city

Holdin' my giddy-guitar

on my back

Passion for music high

I'm a monster on a track

Do it all

Ain't no limit with tunes

from start to finish

I spark a image

Could make a cat feel me

or party wit' it

I'm a bad dude

Name a weapon in war,

I'll blast you

Stomping land wit' my troops

Better be prepared

when we pass through

Royalty quality,

Princess no denying me

Test me and your tracks

will get burned

Like music piracy

Bombing ya speakers

hot flow conceivers

Ill with the skill

and the business of music

Listen

Pay attention

and I'ma teach ya

Hate lays runnin'

with they lips

What's been said

I just grind

and keep sh*t in the fam

Like inbreds

It's double H-P

We shining crazy

like loony prisms

Flows official booths

Get injured when we up in 'em...

All right, so I want to welcome

y'all to the Hip Hop Project.

I'm Princess.

I'm the director

for the Hip Hop Project.

Let's go around

and just say your name,

how old you are,

what school you go to.

- I feel like

when I leave this life,

I did something,

and you still see it.

You know, you leave a legacy.

So I could come in

a year from now,

and I'm sitting

in the back just watching,

and know that I had a part

in giving it life.

In my lifetime,

I seen a lot of things.

Ups.

Downs.

Trials.

Tribulations.

But you know what?

Through it all,

I learned one thing.

You got to stay strong.

The odds was against me

I was favored to forfeit

But I overcame,

maintained through hardship

My mama didn't want me

I came up a orphan

Could've been a nut

in the condom

Flushed in a toilet

My destiny altered

My fate

has been offered

Had a vision

I would make it regardless

This is my testimony

Hear me clear

Life was whooping

my derrire

To the man upstairs

Said a prayer

So I could stand and stare

At the man in the mirror

I been through it all

My struggle was long

It was tough

I was strong

Though my mama was gone

Kids used to tease me

I'm full of my pride

When no one was lookin',

of course I cried

I felt awful inside

I tossed at night

From the bottom

I was forced to rise

I know the ground

gonna shake

And the winds will blow

Through the highs

and the lows

My survivors know

- Oh, you got to stay strong

Life still goes on

- I know the ground

gonna shake

And the winds will blow

Through the highs

and the lows

My survivors know

- Oh, you got to stay strong

Life still goes on

- I know looking at my life

All the hardship

I been through

Made me sharp as a Ginsu

Heart was an igloo

I took the bitter

with the sweet

Living in the streets

Getting into beef

Limiting my peace

I saw

Murphy's Law

Multiplied by four

The drama I endured

Never stumbled fall

Street-smart,

book retard

I evolved

Chips stacked against me,

and I still beat odds

I go to the depths

of my soul

Introspect

Focus my steps

Then go for the goal

Owe so many debts

To the shoulders I've wept

I want y'all to know

I've been coached by the best...

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