Those Were The Days
(专辑: Words From The Genius - 1991)
Those were the
days, back in Junior High For an 8th grader, my style was kinda fly And just to prove I
was an MC Pro I
often sponsored a
classroom show And the
hype part of my imagination Was making my homeroom a
hip hop station Minutes before the
late bell would ring I
would greet the
audience and then I'll swing A
lyric or two as the
students barked Beacuse my rhymes had sparked Off somethign causing the
class to mingle To a
rhythm which is now a
12" single Letting off many styles of hip hop Holding the
mic that I
made in wood shop Forget gold, my key chain was a
cable Two math textbooks were turntables And for a
mixer, something much cooler A
penny being cross faded on a
ruler Measuring dope beats that were flexed From hands that played a
drum roll on a
desk From my home girl, her name, fly as Emory Sweet memory I
remember sitting in my art class Drawing up lyrics kinda fast The
outcome, a
masterpiece Live shows with hyped up rhymes released As if lyrics were flowing from the
heavens above I'll grab a
mic and provoke a
push to a
shove From boys and girls who broke necks to see The
lyrics G.O.D. Those were the
days Now it's high school, lunch room's the
scene And I'm ready to flip the
routing In the
cafeteria, period three And here I
come with the
JVC I
go in my pocket and pull out a
mic Plug it in, check one-two...alright Now who wanna show and prove their MC skills? A
brother stepped forward and tried to get ill But when it came time to live out his name He kicked rhymes that all sounded the
same But I
did him in with a
matter of time And he was done with one victorious rhyme He was shocked because he knew he was rocked Along with his classmates from off his block YO!, I'm telling you, I
flipped his whole crew One against one or one against two Or three or four brothers who swore they can rhyme Battled me and got taken out every time From my style and my dope profile Plus the
period of time that I
rocked for awhile As a
motivated, dominated supreme force Cultivated, activated cream and source The
wise educated and born to be The
one who would flip an MC Those were the
days