Luyện nghe bài hát I Was There

Do it Marley, ha, 'em
You 'em, where were you?
I wanna talk about rap historians
Y'all get it together, where were you?
I be readin' books, where were you?
Y'all get it together, word up

Hot 97 started I was there
When Rap City got started I was
When got started I was there
When Records got started I was there

When Yo MTV Raps I was there
When The magazines started I was there
When Cedric and Seda started I was
When Biggie was doin' his album I was

When Tookie was buried I was there
'73, Cedar Park I was
One-twenty-three I was there
You ain't tellin' me the history I was there, I was there

And were you? Where were you?
And where were Where were you?
And where were you? were you?
Where were

Moe Dee challenged LL I was there
When that bus up in London I was there
Death Row challenged Bad Boy at the Source Awards
In New at the Garden, yup I was there

When Kwame Toure formerly known as Carmichael
Was passin' on I was
Nelson Mandela was freed from prison
And spoke out at Yankee Stadium in New I was there

For all the of my children I was there
When the Rodney King uprisings happened I was
These rap historians tryin' to document
Hip hop from outside forget it I was there, I was

And where were you? Where you?
And where were you? were you?
And where were Where were you?
Where were

Look, The Jive label, I was there
The Columbia label, I was there
The Elektra label, I was there
The Warner Records label, I was there

The Koch label, I was there
The Capitol Records label, I was
I know they contracts 'cause I was there
I wrote and rewrote most of 'em when I was

I ain't readin' a or recitin' a hook
I am hip hop itself 'cause yup I was
Y'all need to get it together with hip history
And get it right 'cause yup I was there, I was

And where you? Where were you?
And where were you? Where were
And where you? Where were you?
Where you?