[Intro]

Yea, yea, yea

Just wanna take this time

To pay respect to the past, y'know?

Like my nana told me

Check it out

[Verse]

It goes De La, JB, Tribe Called Quest

Melle Mel, Grandmaster Flash, Doug E. Fresh

Big Daddy Kane, Rakim, KRS

Common, Talib, Pharoahe Monch, Mos Def

Premier, Pete Rock, JD, Jazzy Jeff

And uh, Marley Marl, and uh, Large Profess

Buckwild, Diamond D, and Lord Finesse

Madlib, Hi-Tek and even Mr. West

Say Ghostface genius, Raekwon the chef

Inspectah Deck, the RZA and the Mef

[?]

Pharcyde, Channel Live and Das EFX

Immortal Technique, The Coup and Dead Prez

Roots and Crown city, AZ and MF

[?] the Souls of Mischief

The Fugees without Pras and Wyclef

Say O-P-E-N-S-O-U-L-S

Outkast, Goodie Mob, CunninLynguists

J-Live, J5, Blackalicious

2pac, Pun, Big L, Notorious

Take it back

Yea, you gotta pay it back

Uh, pay it back

Because you wouldn't have this if you didn't have that

Pay it back

Yea, pay it back

Bro, you gotta pay it back

Uh, 'cause we still in the trade of that old boom bap

Like that, like that, like that

[Outro]

Just some shit to pay respect to the past, y'know?

(Like that and uh, like this and uh)

Music taught us, shot

Chur, chur

Some shit like that