Now when it first started
It used to be a party
DJs rockin' the club graffiti artists
Mel had a message, Kurtis had the breaks
And there were many more when it first took place
Huh, Kool Herc, Grandmaster Caz
Man sometimes I wish that I could go back
But we can never go back 'cause time keeps goin'
But I rewind time from how I be flowin'

You know it
Like Kool Moe kid a poet
Any era I show it
Hene's here and he's focused
The dopest like Rakim Allah composin'
Flows to get you open
And now you gotta quote em
The baddest thing since Daddy Kane
You glad he came to trash these lames
Take back the game
'cause they raps is wack they tracks lack impact
In fact these half a** cats need to relax

I relapse
Thinkin' about the ways of the '90s
That's the golden era 'member they beats they were grimy
Y'all brothers know little about cross-colors so
Gimme the mic and I'm 'onna educate y'all folk
KRS-One, Cypress Hill, Fu Schnickens
Tribe Called Quest for you preschool n*ggas
Illmatic bangin' out the Walkman dig me
Y'all swear the '90s only Pac plus Biggie
Drifting
Into the 2000s wit' me
New style of rippin' get a few thousand wit' me
I do sound like history
If you recall, Swizz Beatz, ROC that's what it was
Jay-Z Freeway Beans the squad
DMX would say "what!" that sh*t was hard
Murder Inc. G Unit money and cars
Broads in videos 106 & Park
And Dipset came pause
Though the era of floss gotta say they had bars
As quick as it came it was gone
Know some want it to stay but time moves on

And you know that time moves forward
And things change if or not you want it
Yeah
Each era is a culprit, thinking that it's gone but
Hip-hop is not over
'cause hip-hop is more than just spittin'
Aiy, it's culture and culture is living
Although it may seem that it's driftin'
The saviour is here have no fear I am risen
Hip-hop