| 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
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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
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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» That’s real hip-hop and uh
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| «Ed O.G.»
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| That’s real
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| Hip-hop — x8 |