Intro
Now Iâm back around the old school that raised me
now Iâm back around the old school that raised me
now Iâm, now Iâm back around the old school that raised me
now Iâm back around the old school that raised me
Chorus
Now Iâm back around the old school that raised me (back around the old school)
now Iâm back around the old school that raised me
now Iâm, now Iâm back around the old school that raised me (back around the old school) now Iâm back around the old school that raised me (back)
Verse One
Now Iâm back around the old school that raised me itâs crazy
3 feet high and rising with daisyâs
caps to the back, fresh mesh, fresh to death
best dressed so donât step on my sneakers
spit a rhyme Iâll leave you speechless
back to the struggle
when Def Jam had Russell in the hustle
and Break-dance 1 had the muscles from Brussels
doing handclaps in black Spandex
back when Smokey was a bandit
Iâm guarding the mic, my manâs next
spit it like Special Ed, Biz Mark and KRS
or the Fresh Prince and Jazz Jeff
back when we used to worry boutâ the year 2000
millennium bugs now the ghetto got millennium thugs
and hip-hop evolved and young bloods feel old
platinum replaced gold, competitionâs fierce
and vinyl stores are scarce itâs a ghost town
itâs like the Sheriff got scared and fleâed the showdown
and Berry Gordy quit Motown, whereâs Stevie Wonder?
Last I heard he did a track with Busta
without the old school thereâs no school
now Iâm back around it feels so cool
Chorus (x2)
Verse Two
Now Iâm back around the old school, young with no front teeth
listening to Kool Keith and Stetsasonic
before De La did Bionix, before Dre did The Chronic
the ladies wore door knocker earrings and bandanas
and young kids believed in Santa
and hip-hop was beats, rhymes, pops and locks
where Rakim made emâ clap while Eric would cut
and the term Sucker MCâs was for Sucker MCâs
and these synthesized beats on keys were not born
and Pete Rock made a hook using only a horn
I reminisce and think about the wonderful bliss
when ice was only for drinks and was never for wrists
and selling out was for them punks, it was never for this
we maintained, when adversity came we changed lanes
our words had the power to sway and change brains
and free our own people from these shackles and chains
that imprison the youth and imprison the truth
so Iâmma act like a prisoner when Iâm in the booth
and hold bars get it? Iâm no fool, thereâs no rules
thereâs no clues paid my dues when reppinâ the old school
Chorus (x2)
Verse Three
Now Iâm back around the old school before Mafia names
where kids took a can sprayed graffiti on trains
it was tagging, MCâing was the art of bragging
before rumours of gay rappers and Armageddon
and every rap record was a lesson schooling me
was the likes of Young MC and Schooly D
catch my drift? And double vinyl records didnât exist
now they old news demoted to old tunes
but them plastics are considered classics
some are worth paper do the mathematics
yo, I let my tape rock till my tape pop
when my tape got stuck I was like man what
pushing paper in the top holes my blanks ran out
every week I was taping what was hot on the street
pressing pause when the DJ was beginning to speak
hoping that the track would leave a little loop of the beat
and I love them days, them days were priceless
one of the nicest times in my life
when I think back they still amaze me itâs crazy
cos now Iâm back around the old school that raised me
Chorus (x2)
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