Above the law, climbing walls till roofs got sprayed
 Running for daze, when we saw more red and blue than the braves
 And I remember getting chipper, jonesing to make hit on, Street signs,
 bus stops, freeways with free paint and replay 
 it over again those were the days
 When spitting freestyles that amazed was getting paid
 Keepin’ the crowd engaged the best wage you could have made,
 having fun was getting blazed, funny how things have changed,
 it Was so new back then, sneaking in shows with friends,
 Copying hand stampings with permanent pens,
 Underground shows right under my nose ,
 Living legends, bored stiff and the derelictuals,
 Then Hiphop took off, shiny suits and danced around
 But connected every race background and passed down
 to younger siblings and sons, now dads rap wow 
 paris to Tokyo every show packed out
 and rap was called a fad that’ll soon pass out, 
 remember all that? how we all laugh now
 
 CHORUS
 you remember that? Take it way way back 
 you remember that? Hiphop and rap
 you remember that? Take it way way back 
 on a trip to the past When rap was called a fad (x2)
 
 back then I was cold chilling just mindin’ my biz
 until I caught the vapors from that puff puff give
 it was organized konfusion, black moons I must admit
 rotating above my head, digable planets and things
 so I calmed my nerves, sippin’ latte listening to latee, 
 spinnin’ def jams from lord finesse, DITC
 turn on the tv, for edutainment, 
 crooklyn dodgers, and a wild pitch is how the game ends
 where’s channel live? homework procrastinating,
 I see the front door, there my large professor’s waiting
 no debatin’, i need a bigger shot than rob horry,
 plus this leader of new school won’t hear my sob story,
 in class I was a black sheep, I wrote rhymes all day
 “van damn”, the choice was mine, and I found a way
 I gave up sleep cause that’s the cousin of death
 words I wont forget even till my last breath
 
 CHORUS