[00:42.640]Yeah yo yo.
[00:44.180]I was a young cat listening to Snoop and Dre
[00:46.680]Trying to memorize the words that they used to say
[00:49.240]It's like this and like that and like this and uh
[00:51.480]It's like that and like this and like that and uh
[00:54.350]That was back in 92, I was only 10, holding pens
[00:57.790]Back before rap was all about the bling
[00:59.490]I was a young prince kickin' my style
[01:01.560]Not knowing one day I'd be the king of my town
[01:04.080]Now, sittin' around just blazin' them pounds
[01:06.740]At the age of 15
[01:07.910]Rap was only a dream
[01:09.160]Then a brother got a demo
[01:10.470]And some money to settle
[01:11.670]Now I'm 20 years young
[01:12.880]And the best where I'm from
[01:14.510][Chorus]
[01:24.990][Termanology]
[01:34.760]Yo. I remember 88 with the backspin
[01:37.570]Back when it was more to hip-hop then rappin'
[01:39.500]Back when everybody spit it with a passion
[01:42.730]Time, time, time, time for some action
[01:45.280]Back when Iron Mike Tyson was the one to be
[01:47.840]Marley Marl and Pete Rock had hottest beats
[01:50.350]Queen Latifah had the video for human teeth
[01:52.890]Around the time that crack fucked up the community
[01:55.430]It was the golden age era for rap
[01:57.540]Nothing like now-a-days with all these terrible cats
[02:00.150]Listening to Kane and to Kool G, it's a wrap
[02:02.720]Everytime you bought an album you just knew it was fat
[02:05.090]Way back, before I had the Sony walkman with playback
[02:08.070]Before I had the A deck, Hydro and a hayracks
[02:10.680]Before the invention of DVD's
[02:12.870]And KRS put it down for the BDP
[02:16.110][Chorus]
[02:21.080][Termanology]
[02:36.150]Back in the days when I was young i'm not a kid anymore
[02:38.410]But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again
[02:41.360]Eating Skittles and digging in the fridge again
[02:43.770]Back when the doc said that Term needed some Idelin
[02:46.300]On a mission and trying to get them dividends
[02:48.820]Back when I spit for anybody that was listenin'
[02:51.450]Remember pitchin' and a dollar for a nickle and
[02:54.010]In 95 Mobb Deep had The Infamous
[02:56.690]As a young kid, it was a bad influence
[02:59.130]I had the police trying to take my fingerprints
[03:01.740]Cash rules everything around me - CREAM get the money
[03:04.720]4-5-6 give me that 20
[03:06.760]That was the hot shit gettin' funds playin' dice
[03:09.440]Spending our studio time and adding ice
[03:11.840]So I can relate to The Roots man they said it right
[03:14.430]Hip-hop your the love of my life, like
[03:17.080][Outro]
[03:17.500]"Gangstarr"
[03:18.680][T]Is real hip-hop and uh
[03:19.520]"KRS-One"
[03:20.580][T]That's real hip-hop and uh
[03:22.210]"Rakim"
[03:23.240][T]Is real hip-hop and uh
[03:24.720]"Public Enemy"
[03:25.840][T]That's real hip-hop and uh
[03:26.890]"Kool G Rap and Polo"
[03:28.010][T]That's real hip-hop and uh
[03:29.360]"A Tribe Called Quest"
[03:30.520][T]That's real hip-hop and uh
[03:31.760]"Big Daddy Kane"
[03:33.110][T]That's real hip-hop and uh
[03:34.550]"Ed O.G."
[03:35.930][T]That's realHip-hop - x8