Luyện nghe bài hát I Was There

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

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

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

When Tookie was buried I was there
'73, Park I was there
One-twenty-three I was there
You ain't me the history 'cause 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 bus blew up in London I was there
When Death Row challenged Bad Boy at the Source
In New York at the Garden, yup I was

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

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

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

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

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

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