Here we go; we gonna send this one out to the old school
All these motherfuckers in the bronx, and brooklyn, and staten island
Queens, and all the motherfuckers that laid it down, the foundation
Yaknowhatiand'msayin? nuttin but love for the old school
Thatand's who we gonna do this one for, ya feel me?
andquot;what more could i say? i wouldnand't be here today
If the old school didnand't pave the wayandquot; --andgt; grand puba
(repeat 3x)
Nothin like the old school/ainand't nuttin like the old school
andquot;what more could i say? i wouldnand't be here today
If the old school didnand't pave the wayandquot; --andgt; grand puba
I remember mr. magic, flash, grandmaster caz
Ll raisin hell but, that didnand't last
Eric b. and 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 canand'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 donand'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 andquot;push itandquot; was the bomb shit, nuttin like the old school
andquot;what more could i say? i wouldnand't be here today
If the old school didnand't pave the wayandquot; --andgt; grand puba
Heheheh, it ainand't nuttin like the old school
andquot;what more could i say? i wouldnand't be here today
If the old school didnand't pave the wayandquot; --andgt; grand puba
Ainand't nuttin like the old school
andquot;what more could i say? i wouldnand't be here today
If the old school didnand't pave the wayandquot; --andgt; grand puba
Yeaheheh, it ainand't nuttin like the old school
andquot;what more could i say? i wouldnand't be here today
If the old school didnand't pave the wayandquot; --andgt; grand puba
Nuttin like the old school
andquot;what more could i say? i wouldnand't be here today
If the old school didnand't pave the wayandquot; --andgt; grand puba
Ainand't nuttin like the old school
andquot;what more could i say? i wouldnand't be here today
If the old school didnand't pave the wayandquot; --andgt; grand puba
Heheh... i had, shell toes, and bbdand's
A killer crease inside my leeand's when i hit the streets
Iand'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
Iand'm on the train headin uptown, freestylin
With some wild kids from bucktown, profilin
Cause the hoochies was starin, thinkin, andquot;why them niggaz swearin?andquot;
Iand'm wonderin if thatand'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 rikerand's isle
Me and my homies breakin nights, tryin to keep it true
Out on the roof sippin 90 proof, ainand't nuttin like the old school
andquot;what more could i say? i wouldnand't be here today
If the old school didnand't pave the wayandquot; --andgt; grand puba
Heheheyah, thatand's right, it ainand't nuttin like the old school
andquot;what more could i say? i wouldnand't be here today
If the old school didnand't pave the wayandquot; --andgt; grand puba
Ainand't nuttin like the old school
andquot;what more could i say? i wouldnand't be here today
If the old school didnand't pave the wayandquot; --andgt; grand puba
Nuttin like the old school
andquot;what more could i say? i wouldnand't be here today
If the old school didnand't pave the wayandquot; --andgt; grand puba
Nuttin like the old school
andquot;what more could i say? i wouldnand't be here today
If the old school didnand't pave the wayandquot; --andgt; grand puba
Ainand't nuttin like the old school
andquot;what more could i say? i wouldnand't be here today
If the old school didnand't pave the wayandquot; --andgt; 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 donand't let the transit cops see me
It ainand't nuttin like the old school!
(grand puba sample repeats every bar to end)
It ainand't nuttin like the old school
Hahahah, it ainand't nuttin like the old school
Hey, heheaha, on the real though, ainand't nuttin like the old school
...
Remember seein brooklyn go crazy up in the motherfuckin party?
Member how fuckers used to go, andquot;is brooklyn in the house?andquot;
And motherfuckers would lose they god damn mind
Thatand's the old school to me; thatand's what iand'm sayin (su-per, sperm)
I remember goin places that motherfuckers was scared to say
They was from anywhere but brooklyn; that shit was the bomb
Back in the motherfuckin 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 iceyand's yo?
Yo remember the italian iceyand's the spanish niggaz comin down
With the coconut iceyand's and shit?
I came through the door, said it before
That was the shit!
