i m here to praise the past let s raise a glass this track is for your old school mixtape champs a burned cd no sir not me i want the analogue ones that came with side b s to mix that style took mad time and effort cd tape cassette and vinyl record a good mixtape would take me 3 or 4 days i d have my headphones raised rewind record pause play get a song she never heard lets collect the tracks and get the facts to move her neck and back pull a slow jam low down pulling out sculpture don t want your phone number rather know your culture so that after we speak i spend like half of a week getting deep on my mixtape masterpiece ain t a stereo that plays the mixtape ways come on man we ain t back in the days like back in the days of a girlfriend mixtape perfect prose to hit with a sick break nowadays you just burn a playlist i don t care that ll never be the same as back in the days of a girlfriend mixtape perfect prose to hit with a sick break a girl so cool i ll get old school pull out the tape decks and pay some respect to a girl like you i mix a tape for a girl like you a good mixtape is my idea of romance if she s got no taste then we ve got no chance original s critical apathy s criminal see i strive for the pinnacle got no time to be cynical cos i live with that vision how i love women independent intelligent and always crate diggin can good love last it all depends on how she reacts when i introduce my friends this is mahogany twins name ebony king rakim and president eric b and if she treats them all like honoured guests and eager to listen just like lord finesse she gotta love my boy bob why would i be with her and respect kate tempest she s a fire spitter love bill withers cos there ain t nobody smoother big up to sam cooke they don t make him how they used to back in the days of a girlfriend mixtape perfect prose to hit with a sick break nowadays you just burn a playlist i don t care that ll never feel the same as back in the days of a girlfriend mixtape perfect prose to hit with a sick break a girl so cool i ll get old school pull out my tape decks and pay some respect to a girl like you i mix a tape for a girl like you