1, 2, Yeah, niggas know about Fatback With the different records they had back in the days You what I mean, the belt driven turntables With joints with the slip mats
Put on the needles So the motherfucking record won't The needle skip and shit Getting juice from the light poles Shout out to the Bronx,
Aiyyo, shit go way back like a Uni marker Kid the D train and hit the Bronx up bandits attack, Planet Rock, Bambaataa Peace to Pylon rap
And the DJ that made the scratch the way for Flex, Mister Cee, 'nuff of them cats See, this rap shit came at a time that was Twenty years later, I mastered it
Seen light poles get used for power, I was a little stay out late, I was sour So I sat by the window, the DJ cut Impeach the Pres, Apache and just
Redding, swing, the music stopped Guess the system blew out one of his take a little while, then it come back on Somebody stepped on the wire and shit, all
Now everybody's in the groove, echo chamber "Check one two, one two", that's my lights is live, Pink Champale Little pink joints being lit up on the
Couple had two fives Other that, cleared a circle in the park and shoot five Girls wore they Lees and and Lees, TF Lords fit the fellies
[Incomprehensible] and Kangol buckets, Go to like, fuck it Seen the stamp on that Eddie Niggas coming from the Funhouse Dusted, bubbles on the wall
We remind you Where rap come from Yes, my brother, my It's our duty, we must you
Hip hop was set out in the Hip hop was set out in the Hip hop was set out in the We to do it out in the dark
Yo, it all at the 'After Midnight Philly' but walk with me Mad niggas down from New York City hit the skating rink USA Schoolly, "Gangster Boogie" and "PSK"
I shells, Gazelles, top tens and lottos Mega design, reefer smoke, Coqui nine Entire wore velours, call the boys with the Lucci 84's from Atlantic Gucci store
break dancing, Rust-Oleum cans I put the writing on the signed, "Truly yours" Philly smashed '87 Seminar Out on the battlefield like Pat
Hit the borough with Krown out of Camden People Patty Dukeing in the party, all in Around the time started cold lamping "Rebel Without a Pause" was the street
Old Memorex cassette, collections Bright spotlights on all the at the Spectrum When the Fresh Fest come, leather and sheepskins Brothers would bust they to get one
MC Breeze, Disco C, Jazzy Cash and Miz and Lady B banging "Sucker MC's" in '83 I was South Philly like St. Charles and D
Them wild North Side Puerto Ricans snuff you Twenty deep in a Ford Escort, the Tuff Crew I to follow my cousin, he was a buck too don't like how I'm living, well, fuck you
I been a G since a kid Sticking my head up into somebody's dollar party, getting into And late nights, been in bed Instead, I was running with them downtown lemon heads
A little man, hanging where them women is thirteen, seeing real strong images And that's the reason for my real rap That's I started it and that's where I'mma finish it
We remind you Where this rap come Yes, my brother, my our duty, we must remind you
Hip hop was set out in the Hip hop was set out in the Hip hop was set out in the We to do it out in the dark