Whayback Lyrics
[El Da Sensai] I calculate that eighty-five was the year I first grabbed
the pen, daydreamin of the cheers Ahead from rockin shows, no Girbauds that
sag The windbreaker suits and backspins that was mad I stress progress
roll joints at my rest til the ill wee hours, and I knew it was the
best I hit mad spots, many crews got dropped While I was gettin props
niggaz was dealin on the block Stayin in crib on the weekends was Marley
Marl was freakin the cuts Mr. Magic was speakin That's how I got my first
taste, makin tapes til the rhyme skill was great and my style would
escalate Practice made my perfect tactics Now my dap gets clap, cause I'm
the rap snap fanatic But now in nine-trey I got the T-Ray track And my
trunks, my roots are growin styles from whayback
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[Tame
One] I flash back to fat Kangol hats, with plastic Back when steppin on
kicks in eighty-six got your ass kicked Bombers and sheepskins, were common
when I first started rhymin Still I found time to go bombin Me and my
pals rocked Cazals with no glass Dark flavored Clarks, Lee Denims off the
ass Back when Mr. Magic had it goin all the way on the beat with BDP,
added flavor like a crayon Indeed MC's would represent with the
skills But now in ninety-three a lot of them can get the dillz It seems
like a little sumthin missin in the mix But now I got a deal, so it's up to
me to fix When niggaz put me up on, with funky raps to cut on Word is
BOND, if I hear another wack rap song I might snap and it's an actual
fact that I'ma kick it like that, cause this is strictly bout the
whayback
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[El Da Sensai] Aww man damn, whayback, things was
kinda fat Had the Godfather knot, a Starter hat, things are kinda
wack now, packed up, my cardboard and stepped away I didn't have a
choice, the culture was slayed B.D. had died, and things were
dissapearin The West coast was here and all these wack beats
appearin DJ's were breakin down record store doors to get the Biz Dance
and the Chante Moore's Peace to Buck Four, Rocksteady on the floor New
York and Dynamic crews plus many more Remember the time when you didn't pack
a nine Niggaz just came to hear some, funky ass rhymes But all of that's
over, cause brothers wanna act up No clubs to go to, they'll just pack rap
up That's how the media wants it to stop So peep the verse and last
showin of Graffiti Rock So check it, the brothers wanna wreck it To get
what's expected, cause hip-hop, should be respect Gotta get it back, to get
it on track Artifacts kickin styles illy on the whayback
[Tame
One] Like back when my Timberlands were only size sixes I used to take
pictures shootin spitballs at bitches Cross New Jersey Transit just to see a
rapper kick it But now I ain't with it, cause niggaz just ain't worth the
ticket Shit man, I remember jams that were slammin Gettin me and my man
in, was harder than backgammon DJ's would scratch back to back from boom
baps And rappers with real raps, could drop shit real fat But now kid, as
I recollect, rappers out who caught wreck respected, just got stuck up in my
tape deck Real deal hip-hop, when Biz used to flip-flop His fat ass, on
stage'd do a dance, in busted Reeboks Niggaz musta forgot, when real rhymes
was hot Cause now if you ain't gold, you ain't got no props But fuck
that, I'm above that, I don't play that The Artifacts staff drops math about
the whayback
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"It's a demo.." "Back in back in the days" "You
gots to chill.." "Back in back in the days" "South Bronx" "The Bri to The
Bridge" 'South Bronx" "Back in back in the days" "Jimbrowski.. that's
what it is" "Back in back in the days" "Like that y'all, it's like that
y'all It's like thatta that, it's like that y'all" (4X)
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