a world premiere a world premiere a world premiere i calculate that eighty five was the year i first grabbed the pen daydreamin of the cheers id hear from rockin shows no girbauds that sag the windbreaker suits and backspins that was mad i stress progress roll joints at my rest til the ill wee hours and i knew it was the best i hit mad spots many crews got dropped while i was gettin props niggas was dealin on the block stayin in crib on the weekends cause was marley marl was freakin the cuts mr magic was speakin thats how i got my first taste makin tapes til the rhyme skill was great and my style would escalate practice made my perfect tactics now my dap gets clap cause im the rap snap fanatic but now in nine trey i got the t ray tracks and my trunks my roots are growin styles from way back going way back way back way back back in back in the days going way back way back way back back in back in the days i flash back to fat kangol hats with plastic back when steppin on kicks in eighty six got your ass kicked bombers and sheepskins were common when i first started rhymin still i found time to go bombin me and my pals rocked cazals with no glass dark flavored clarks lee denims off the ass back when mr magic had it goin all the way on the beef with bdp added flavor like a crayon indeed mcs would represent with the skills but now in ninety three a lot of them can get the dillz it seems like a little somethin missin in the mix but now i got a deal so its up to me to fix when niggas put me up on with funky raps to cut on word is bond if i hear another wack rap song i might snap and its an actual fact that ima kick it like that cause this is strictly bout the way back going way back way back way back back in back in the days going way back way back way back back in back in the days going way back way back way back back in back in the days going way back way back way back back in back in the days its like that yall its like that yall its like that tha tha that its like that yall its like that yall its like that yall its like that tha tha that its like that yall  aww man damn way back things was kinda fat had the godfather knot a starter hat things are kinda wack now packed up my cardboard and stepped away i didnt have a choice the culture was slayed graffiti had died and things were disappearin the west coast was here and all these wack beats appearin djs were breakin down record store doors to get the biz dance and the chante moores peace to buck four rock steady on the floor new york and dynamic crews plus many more remember the time when you didnt pack a nine niggas just came to hear some funky ass rhymes but all of thats over cause brothers wanna act up no clubs to go to theyll just pack rap up thats how the media wants it to stop so peep the first and last showing of graffiti rock so check it the brothers wanna wreck it to get whats expected cause hip hop should be respected gotta get it back to get it on track artifacts kickin styles illy on the way back like back when my timberlands were only size sixes i used to take pictures shootin spitballs at bitches cross new jersey transit just to see a rapper kick it but now i aint with it cause niggas just aint worth the ticket shit man i remember jams that were slammin gettin me and my man in was harder than backgammon djs would scratch back to back on boom baps and rappers with real raps would drop shit real fat but now kid as i recollect rappers out who caught wreck respected just got stuck up in my tape deck real deal hip hop when biz used to flip flop his fat ass on stage and do a dance in busted reeboks niggas mustve forgot when real rhymes was hot cause now if you aint gold you aint got no props but fuck that im above that i dont play that the artifacts staff drops math about the way back going way back way back way back back in back in the days going way back way back way back back in back in the days going way back way back way back back in back in the days going way back way back way back back in back in the days its a demo back in back in the days you gots to chill back in back in the days south bronx to the to the bridge south bronx back in back in the days jimbrowski thats what it is back in back in the days its like that yall its like that yall its like that tha tha that its like that yall its like that yall its like that yall its like that tha tha that its like that yall its like that yall its like that yall its like that tha tha that its like that yall its like that yall its like that yall its like that tha tha that its like that yall3