[Verse One]
  It was a time when life when was mad simple (SO SIMPLE)
  Me and my people listened to records and used to rock rhymes all day
  We didn't pay rent, moms had that, monkey on her back
  My main concern back then, was kickin funky rap
  And fantasizin bout bein signed to Def Jam
  Around that time 3rd Bass got dissed by X-Clan
  It was a crazy time in hip-hop
  "Follow the Leader" was my shit back then, and got crazy props
  
  [Verse Two]
  Coca-Cola, rugbies and Benettons; the adore of tongues
  Graf flicks, summer cookouts in the project halls
  Smoky lungs, off to the jam in the park
  Where only real MC's performed and were the ones who had heart
  Havin cyphers at gunpoint, b-boppin see you in Hunt's Point
  Cowboy stee', leather vest at one point
  So real it is I never thought I'd even make it this far
  So real it is I never thought I'd even make it this far
  
  [Chorus: repeat 2X]
  MC's, you know what we talkin about
  DJ's, y'all know what we talkin about
  Write graffiti on the train, do your thing, no doubt
  B-Boys and B-Girls, turn the party out
  
  [Verse Three]
  When Red Alert was bangin it on KISS
  I made my first demo tape, no better yet I made my first hit
  At least I thought it was at the time
  Today I think I'm just as nice as all the cats that made me wanna rhyme
  
  It was Kangol, Doc Ice, U.T.F.O.
  Roxanne rivalry, I heard it on the radio
  
  [Verse Four]
  The Show" was Doug Fresh, the Bronx was at they best
  While Rockmaster Scott blew up the live request
  Spraypaint was toxic, Shinehead was with the rosters
  Days was spent lookin for refridgerator boxes
  
  Battlin MC's in front of Marlboro Houses
  Packin razor blades inside my kangaroo pouches
  
  [Verse Five]
  EPMD and, Run-D.M.C. and
  Public Enemy was at the Nausau Coliseum
  You shoulda seen 'em, sold out crowds and bright lights
  Party people in the place with only one or two fights
  
  I remember how I felt when Scott LaRock got shot
  I was there when Greg Nice would beatbox for T-La Rock
  
  And Slick Rick was rockin jewels I never seen before
  Non Phixion, you can catch us on the Freshfest Tour!
  
  [Chorus]