| Slappers, kick push, boogie board
| Slappers, kick push, boogie board
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| Punch drunk, punch kick, super hard
| Golpe borracho, golpe patada, super duro
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| Bruce Lee, Spike Lee, broken nose
| Bruce Lee, Spike Lee, nariz rota
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| Pop’s home, pop’s gone, broken home
| Pop's home, pop se ha ido, hogar roto
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| Live Aid, A-Team, fly like Mike
| Live Aid, A-Team, vuela como Mike
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| Recess, schoolbooks, dynamite
| Recreo, libros de texto, dinamita
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| Backpack, headphones, BDP
| Mochila, auriculares, BDP
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| Ice Cube, Fresh Prince, MTV
| Cubo de hielo, príncipe fresco, MTV
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| It was mixtapes, spray cans, subway trains
| Fueron mixtapes, latas de aerosol, trenes subterráneos
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| It was black books, sparklers and halls of fame
| Eran libros negros, bengalas y salones de la fama
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| It was shell toe Adidas with super fat laces
| Era una Adidas con puntera de concha con cordones supergruesos
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| And the girls with the knee socks rocking the braces, yo
| Y las chicas con los calcetines hasta la rodilla meciendo los aparatos ortopédicos, yo
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| It was basketball and smoking pot
| Era baloncesto y fumar marihuana
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| And pushing down the pedal till the motor’s hot
| Y pisando el pedal hasta que el motor esté caliente
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| Rum and coke a lot, Karmacoma style
| Mucho ron y coca al estilo Karmacoma
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| When push came to shove, it was love, listen
| Cuando llegó el momento de empujar, era amor, escucha
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| It was getting tattoos, smoking cigarettes
| Era hacerse tatuajes, fumar cigarrillos
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| It was Zig Zag papers, time to build a spliff
| Eran los papeles de Zig Zag, hora de construir un canuto
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| It was getting digits, kinda hit and miss
| Estaba obteniendo dígitos, un poco al azar
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| It was happiness, lies and kids, come on
| Era felicidad, mentiras y niños, vamos
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| It was making out for hours, sharing a shower
| Fue besarse durante horas, compartir una ducha
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| It was sleepover parties, it was midnight hours
| Eran fiestas de pijamas, era medianoche
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| Getting into fights, dodging the cops
| Entrar en peleas, esquivar a la policía
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| We was rocking the club on the drop
| Estábamos sacudiendo el club en la caída
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| You can change the fashion, you can change the style
| Puedes cambiar la moda, puedes cambiar el estilo
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| But you can’t change the way that I feel about time
| Pero no puedes cambiar la forma en que me siento sobre el tiempo
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| Cause time went gold in '89
| Porque el tiempo se volvió oro en el '89
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| And kept it live through '95
| Y lo mantuvo en vivo hasta el '95
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| It was cross color gear and hopscotch
| Era equipo de colores cruzados y rayuela
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| Fat booming cassettes when the box rocks
| Cassettes gordos en auge cuando la caja se balancea
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| It was gazing the lights from the rooftop
| Estaba mirando las luces desde la azotea.
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| And then grinding the slides in the boondocks
| Y luego moliendo los toboganes en los barrios marginales
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| It was big-checkered shirts over long sleeves
| Eran camisas de cuadros grandes sobre mangas largas
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| It was trips to the 'Dam for the strong weed
| Fueron viajes a la 'Presa para la hierba fuerte
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| We were so free and wild, it was gnarly, yo
| Éramos tan libres y salvajes, era retorcido, yo
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| It was party, bullshit, back to party
| Era fiesta, mierda, vuelta a la fiesta
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| It was two-wheel and three-wheel and four-wheel drive
| Era de dos ruedas y tres ruedas y cuatro ruedas motrices
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| It was hip-hop and jungle and reggae live
| Era hip-hop, jungle y reggae en vivo
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| Peace, love, unity, respect vibes
| Paz, amor, unidad, vibras de respeto.
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| It was ladybug, humbug and butterfly
| Era mariquita, farsante y mariposa
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| It was Def Jam jokes and delirious
| Eran bromas y delirantes de Def Jam
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| All them old folks complain and fearing us
| Todos esos viejos se quejan y nos temen
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| Cause our magic was strong and mysterious
| Porque nuestra magia era fuerte y misteriosa
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| We got serious on the drop | Nos tomamos en serio la caída |