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joey!, let's go back in the days before your present, back when it was a little more pleasent, before i knew this rap shit would ever lure me in, let's go back like mike fox in the delorean, back in the day shit, back to the basics, when brass knuckles used to leave a nigga face ticked, its back to the diadoras and the asics, it's back to the new editon and the take 6, i'm number one, one, one, one, damn it feels good to see hip-hop say its number one, let's go way back if you able to do the math yeah, i'm talkin' bout the pool table in the cafe yeah, when the strip was introduce to paruiqo, commodore 64 and coleco, not back to cali back to the valley, back to dapadere yall back to bally's, back before puma and stange', before zhane and go a little further back to kwame, damn we came a long way, i'm number one, one, one, one, damn it feels good to see hip-hop say its number one, i remeber break dancin' cardboards and backflips, the royal blue and the orange patricks, wudn't like you homo sucka's, i had the low top converse cause i could change my logos color, i remember way back when every clan was stylin', flava flav clocks and x-clan medallions, in class see a girl you glance at her, pass her a note do you like me? circle a answer, i'm number one, one, one, one, damn it feels good to see hip-hop say its number one, winters not the best time warm it up kane had came through, the eight ball jackets and columbia rain suits, we ain't pay minds to the length of our chains, transformers was a dance decepticons was a gang, yall i'm talkin bout sheep skins, talkin bout wearn two pair of jeans when moms gave me a beatin', after school three o clock we was able to fight, park dibs yall two turn tables and mike like, i'm number one, one, one, one, damn it feels good to see hip-hop say its number one, what about when public enemy came out and they dropped a classic, or the pee-wee herman and the roger rabbit, and the nerds took our tests and they passed em for us, back to the roof top back to latin quarters, the olds school's new school now it's the same ol, it's back to fila's, gazelles and kango's, it's back to 40 ounces back to oe, not back to rope chains but back to gold teeth, i was the class clown just snappin at cats, let's go back to the with the matchin' hats, remember the real roxanne remember all, remember kool moe dee remember lord finesse, i bumped run-d.m.c. almost every weekend, the bronx and queensbridge just couldn't stop beefin', kept it on wax they ain't have to pack heat, back to ron zee tapes back to black sheep, i'm number one, one, one, one, damn it feels good to see hip-hop say its number one, come on say it with me, im talkin' old bobby brown before he whitney, i used bring all my touys in the tub with me, a snotty nose kid eatin boogers, it was ultimate warrior and jimmy fly snooka on, sometimes i read scriptures like psalms maybe, and i didn't wanna go to church but my moms made me, tv made me laugh, i remember night rider cause kit used to save his ass, let's go back to spoonin' back to black moon and, back to when wrestlin' had it's own cartoon and, they used to sleep on us now they demand us, will smith told parents they just can't understand us, back to playin the dozens, back to humpin' our prettiest girl cousin, psyche! i'm buggin. nwa was simply known, let' get back on the block i'm talkin quincy jones, i gotta jones yall, i'm number one, one, one, one, damn it feels good to see hip-hop say its number one, let's go back before i burned the booth, when tevin campbell was ill before the whole world learned the truth, hip hop had a message then dudes was droppin, i never got what i wanted on back to school shoppin', think about, used to be about shit, that was back when i still got easter outfits, we all grew up all older folks, its more than just music its a culture folks, we number one, one, one, one, damn it feels good to see hip-hop say its number one, remember sugar water, what was the name of the fuckin' drink, that they said the fuckin triple k, the klu klux klan and shit had put some shit in and, the black niggaz were gon' die - huh?, whatever that was, you niggaz knew about it
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Artist: joe budden