Luyện nghe bài hát I Was There

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

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

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

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

And where you? Where were you?
And where were Where were 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 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
Nelson Mandela was freed from prison
And spoke out at Yankee Stadium in New York I was

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

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

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

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

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

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