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Yeah yo yo. |
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I was a young cat listening to Snoop and Dre |
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Trying to memorize the words that they used to say |
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It's like this and like that and like this and uh |
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It's like that and like this and like that and uh |
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That was back in 92, I was only 10, holding pens |
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Back before rap was all about the bling |
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I was a young prince kickin' my style |
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Not knowing one day I'd be the king of my town |
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Now, sittin' around just blazin' them pounds |
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At the age of 15 |
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Rap was only a dream |
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Then a brother got a demo |
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And some money to settle |
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Now I'm 20 years young |
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And the best where I'm from |
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Yo. I remember 88 with the backspin |
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Back when it was more to hip-hop then rappin' |
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Back when everybody spit it with a passion |
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Time, time, time, time for some action |
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Back when Iron Mike Tyson was the one to be |
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Marley Marl and Pete Rock had hottest beats |
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Queen Latifah had the video for human teeth |
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Around the time that crack fucked up the community |
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It was the golden age era for rap |
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Nothing like now-a-days with all these terrible cats |
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Listening to Kane and to Kool G, it's a wrap |
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Everytime you bought an album you just knew it was fat |
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Way back, before I had the Sony walkman with playback |
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Before I had the A deck, Hydro and a hayracks |
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Before the invention of DVD's |
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And KRS put it down for the BDP |
| [02:16.110][Chorus] |
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Back in the days when I was young i'm not a kid anymore |
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But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again |
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Eating Skittles and digging in the fridge again |
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Back when the doc said that Term needed some Idelin |
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On a mission and trying to get them dividends |
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Back when I spit for anybody that was listenin' |
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Remember pitchin' and a dollar for a nickle and |
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In 95 Mobb Deep had The Infamous |
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As a young kid, it was a bad influence |
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I had the police trying to take my fingerprints |
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Cash rules everything around me - CREAM get the money |
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4-5-6 give me that 20 |
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That was the hot shit gettin' funds playin' dice |
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Spending our studio time and adding ice |
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So I can relate to The Roots man they said it right |
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Hip-hop your the love of my life, like |
| [03:17.080][Outro] |
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"Gangstarr" |
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Is real hip-hop and uh |
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"KRS-One" |
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That's real hip-hop and uh |
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"Rakim" |
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Is real hip-hop and uh |
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"Public Enemy" |
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That's real hip-hop and uh |
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"Kool G Rap and Polo" |
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That's real hip-hop and uh |
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"A Tribe Called Quest" |
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That's real hip-hop and uh |
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"Big Daddy Kane" |
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That's real hip-hop and uh |
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"Ed O.G." |
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That's realHip-hop - x8 |
