Luyện nghe bài hát I Was There

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

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

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

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

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

When Moe Dee LL I was there
When that bus up in London I was there
When Death Row 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
When Nelson Mandela was freed from
And spoke out at Yankee Stadium in New I was there

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

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

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

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

I readin' a book or recitin' a hook
I am hip hop 'cause yup I was there
Y'all to get it together with hip hop's history
And get it right 'cause yup I was there, I was

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