[Verse 1]

On the block down Main Street

Where everything's sweet

Students went to learn in the building that changed me

From a baby boy to a fine young producer on the rise

I remember how they used to organize

In the corridors, in the staircases wild cuttin'

Some others was serious and some was 'bout nothin'

Queens guys, we gluttons for punishment

Always in some shit, everybody thought they was running it

Flushing, Corona, LeFrak & Jamaica

The four territories that would basically make up

The student body

Chicks meanderin' through the lobby

With Polo Jeans and jewelry, my new hobby

Was scoopin' 'em, after school I was loopin' 'em beats

Sitting in the twelve twelve with Paul, Soup and 'em

Pullin' off Superman all night sessions with G

Then in the mornin' go back with no sleep to-

[Hook]

Bowne, Bowne (Out in Queens)

Bowne, Bowne (Flushing to be exact)

Bowne, Bowne

Bowne, Bowne

[Verse 2]

'88, no '89, was the start of my prime

When I hit the auditorium and polished my rhyme

Was Professor Paul Juice, wasn't Large at the time

Tryin' to think of a line that I could launch at a dime

Kept the gear references real slick inside the verses

While others was poppin' shit and some sounded nervous

Me? I found my purpose, and finally

I could write a positive message

'Cause teachers had their eye on me

Some tried to spy on me, over my shoulder

Remember one teacher asked what I wrote and I showed her

Read the shit out loud for the class but I was proud

'Cause it all made sense and since

Yeah, I vowed to be Grand High Imperial, Large Professor

Know the one that be on the tape, bars of pressure

Then combine them little songs and do right, not wrong

I owe it all to the institution now back home called-

[Hook]

[Verse 3]

So now the years float by on the calendar

And some of my peers, they know the guy from the ground up

Often appear, here and there and all around the

G-L-O-B, they roll out, they here the sound of the Do Double B?

In the halls and on the lunch lines, tryin' to impede

On the bars and the punchlines

Back in the days when I was basically unsigned

At one time, but dreams come true and now I'm

At the top of my game when I be layin' it down

Walkin' on the same road I've been pavin' since Bowne

Everyday when I be makin' my way into town

Via Main and was [?] and I think about-

[Hook]

Bowne, Bowne (Out in Queens)

Bowne, Bowne (Flushing to be exact)

Bowne, Bowne

Bowne, Bowne

Bowne, Bowne (Down the block on Main Street)

Bowne, Bowne

Bowne, Bowne

Bowne, Bowne