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 get it together, where were you?
I be your books, where were you?
Y'all better get it together, up

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

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

When Tookie was buried I was there
'73, Cedar I was there
park I was there
You tellin' me the history 'cause I was there, I was there

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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