[Interlude: Panchi, DJ Premier, Interviewer]
It's crazy, right?
Listen, listen, listen, I'm from New York City, right?
I'm from the five boroughs
It's the fact— Listen, when I was a little n***a growing up
When I met this n***a, him and Guru, right? (Mhm)
It probably— What was that, '87, '88? ('88)
'88, I was 16, 17 years old
I was gettin' money in Baltimore, I'm from the Bronx (Okay)
So I respected n***as from outta town coming to another town tryin' to get money (Aight)
Feel me? So that's what clicked me with Gang Starr
I thought Guru, God bless him, was my little man
That n***a was ten years older than me
I'm from outside (Okay)
And I thought that, you know
I come from the era where rappers wasn't really
Uh, admired the way they are now
You feel me? (Right) Them n***as was entertainers to us (Mhm)
We was fuckin' with n***as who threw stones at the penitentiary (Right)
Alright, so, when I got with Gang Starr, it was like
"Yo, I like these n***as, they from outta town, they came here to get money
And they doing they thing, I fuck with them"
Then when they blew, it was, "Ah, that's dope, they blew
These n***as is legends"