Here we go; we gonna send this one out to the old school All these mother ers in the Bronx
and Brooklyn
and Staten Island Queens
and all the mother ers that laid it down
the foundation yaknowhatI msayin? Nuttin but love for the old school That s who we gonna do this one for
ya feel me? "What more could I say? I wouldn t be here today if the old school didn t pave the way" --> Grand Puba (repeat 3X) Nothin like the old school/ain t nuttin like the old school "What more could I say? I wouldn t be here today if the old school didn t pave the way" --> Grand Puba I remember Mr.
Magic
FLASH
Grandmaster Caz LL raisin hell but
that didn t last Eric B.
& Rakim was
the shit to me I flip to see a Doug E.
Fresh show
with Ricky D and Red Alert was puttin in work
with Chuck Chill Had my homies on the hill gettin ill
when shit was real Went out to steal
remember Raw
with Daddy Kane when De La Soul was puttin Potholes in the game I can t explain how it was
Whodini had me puffin on that buddha gettin buzzed
cause there I was Them block parties in the projects
and on my block You diggi don t stop
sippin on that Private Stock Through my speaker Queen Latifah
and MC Lyte Listen to Treach
KRS to get me through the night With T La Rock and Mantronix
to Stetsasonic Remember "Push It" was the bomb shit
nuttin like the old school "What more could I say? I wouldn t be here today if the old school didn t pave the way" --> Grand Puba Heheheh
it ain t nuttin like the old school "What more could I say? I wouldn t be here today if the old school didn t pave the way" --> Grand Puba Ain t nuttin like the old school "What more could I say? I wouldn t be here today if the old school didn t pave the way" --> Grand Puba Yeaheheh
it ain t nuttin like the old school "What more could I say? I wouldn t be here today if the old school didn t pave the way" --> Grand Puba Nuttin like the old school "What more could I say? I wouldn t be here today if the old school didn t pave the way" --> Grand Puba Ain t nuttin like the old school "What more could I say? I wouldn t be here today if the old school didn t pave the way" --> Grand Puba Heheh
I had
Shell Toes
and BVD s A killer crease inside my Lee s when I hit the streets I m playin skelly
ring to leavey
or catch a kiss before the homies in my hood learned to smack a bitch
I remember way back
the weak weed they had Too many seeds in the trey bag I m on the train headin uptown
freestylin with some wild kids from Bucktown
profilin cause the hoochies was starin
thinkin
"Why them niggaz swearin?" I m wonderin if that s her hair
I remember Stickball
pump the hoochies on the wall or takin leaks on the steps
stinkin up the hall Through my childhood
wild as a juvenile A young nigga tryin to stay away from Riker s Isle Me and my homies breakin nights
tryin to keep it true Out on the roof sippin 90 proof
ain t nuttin like the old school "What more could I say? I wouldn t be here today if the old school didn t pave the way" --> Grand Puba Heheheyah
that s right
it ain t nuttin like the old school "What more could I say? I wouldn t be here today if the old school didn t pave the way" --> Grand Puba Ain t nuttin like the old school "What more could I say? I wouldn t be here today if the old school didn t pave the way" --> Grand Puba Nuttin like the old school "What more could I say? I wouldn t be here today if the old school didn t pave the way" --> Grand Puba Nuttin like the old school "What more could I say? I wouldn t be here today if the old school didn t pave the way" --> Grand Puba Ain t nuttin like the old school "What more could I say? I wouldn t be here today if the old school didn t pave the way" --> Grand Puba Hahah
remember poppin and lockin to Kurtis Blow
the name belts And Scott LaRock the Super Hoe back in Latin Quarters When Slick Rick was spittin La-Di-Da-Di Gamin the hoochies at the neighborhood block parties
I remem-ber breakdancin to Melle Mel Jekyll and Hyde
LL when he Rocks the Bells Forget the TV
about to hit the streets and do graffiti Be careful don t let the transit cops see me It ain t nuttin like the old school! (Grand Puba sample repeats every bar to end) It ain t nuttin like the old school Hahahah
it ain t nuttin like the old school Hey
heheaha
on the real though
ain t nuttin like the old school
Remember seein Brooklyn go crazy up in the mother in party? Member how ers used to go
"Is Brooklyn in the house?" and mother ers would lose they GOD DAMN MIND That s the old school to me; that s what I m sayin (Su-per
Sperm) I remember goin places that mother ers was scared to say they was from anywhere but Brooklyn; that shit was the bomb Back in the mother in old school nigga Remember skelly nigga? Knockin niggaz out the box
poppin boxes? Member stickball? Member niggaz to run that shit like that? Member the block members screamin up at your mom from the window? (LL Cool J is hard as HELL
) The ice cream truck
member all the mother
Member the italian icey s yo? Yo remember the italian icey s the spanish niggaz comin down with the coconut icey s and shit? I came through the door
said it before That was the SHIT! |
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