MOG

I can't explain how it was, Whodini

I remember Mr. Magic Flash, Grandmaster Caz
What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today
What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today
Profilin, 'cause the hoochies was starin'
And motherfuckers would lose they goddamn mind

With T La Rock and Mantronix to Stetsasonic
I remember breakdancin' to Melle Mel
If the old school didn't pave the way
(It ain't nuttin like the old school)
(Ain't nuttin like the old school)

Remember poppin' and lockin' to Kurtis Blow the name belts
If the old school didn't pave the way
What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today
Back in the motherfuckin' old school nigga

Remember seein' Brooklyn go crazy up in the motherfuckin' party?

Me and my homies breakin' nights, tryin' to keep it true
What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today
What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today
I'm on the train headin' uptown

What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today
Had me puffin' on that Buddha gettin' buzzed, 'cause there I was
If the old school didn't pave the way

What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today
If the old school didn't pave the way

Remember skelly nigga, knockin' niggaz out the box, poppin' boxes?
Member stickball, member niggaz to run that shit like that?
If the old school didn't pave the way
I came through the door, said it before
If the old school didn't pave the way
You diggi don't stop, sippin' on that Private Stock
What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today
(It ain't nuttin like the old school)
I flip to see a Doug E. Fresh show with Ricky D
What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today
With the coconut icey's and shit?
If the old school didn't pave the way
What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today
Member how fuckers used to go, "Is Brooklyn in the house?"
(Nuttin' like the old school)
Through my speaker Queen Latifah and MC Lyte

I remember goin' places that motherfuckers was scared to say
Remembers screamin' up at your mom from the window?
If the old school didn't pave the way

What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today
Member the Italian icey's yo?
If the old school didn't pave the way
If the old school didn't pave the way
And Scott La Rock the Super Hoe back in Latin Quarters
Freestylin' with some wild kids from Bucktown

What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today
It ain't nuttin like the old school
(Nuttin' like the old school)
A young nigga tryin' to stay away from Riker's Isle
What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today
(Ain't nuttin' like the old school)

What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today
Went out to steal, remember Raw with Daddy Kane
If the old school didn't pave the way
I remember way back, the weak weed they had
What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today
What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today
Be careful don't let the transit cops see me
(Ain't nuttin' like the old school)
That's who we gonna do this one for, ya feel me?

That's the old school to me, that's what I'm sayin'

What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today
Gamin' the hoochies at the neighborhood block parties
Jekyll and Hyde, LL when he rocks the bells
And Red Alert was puttin' in work with Chuck Chill
Stickball, pump the hoochies on the wall
If the old school didn't pave the way
That shit was the bomb

Remember Push It was the bomb shit, nuttin' like the old school
(Ain't nuttin' like the old school)
Too many seeds in the trey bag
(Ain't ain't nuttin' like the old school)
If the old school didn't pave the way
I had, Shell Toes and BVD's
I'm playin' skelly, ring to leavey or catch a kiss
Thinkin' why them niggaz swearin'?
What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today

Eric B. and Rakim was the shit to me
Them block parties in the projects and on my block
Forget the TV, about to hit the streets and do graffiti
Queens and all the motherfuckers that laid it down the foundation

(Ain't nuttin' like the old school)
The ice cream truck, member all the mother

(Yeah, it ain't nuttin like the old school)
If the old school didn't pave the way
What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today
What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today

Before the homies in my hood learned to smack a bitch
They was from anywhere but Brooklyn
If the old school didn't pave the way
If the old school didn't pave the way
Ya know what I'm sayin'? Nuttin' but love for the old school
Had my homies on the hill, gettin' ill, when shit was real

(Ain't nuttin' like the old school)
If the old school didn't pave the way
If the old school didn't pave the way
When De La Soul was puttin' Potholes in the game
Or takin' leaks on the steps, stinkin' up the hall
Out on the roof sippin' 90 proof, ain't nuttin' like the old school
If the old school didn't pave the way
Yo, remember the Italian icey's the Spanish niggaz comin' down
If the old school didn't pave the way
A killer crease inside my Lee's when I hit the streets
LL raisin', hell but, that didn't last
When Slick Rick was spittin' La-Di-Da-Di
Listen to Treach, KRS to get me through the night
If the old school didn't pave the way
I'm wonderin' if that's her hair, I remember
What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today
Member the block
Through my childhood, wild as a juvenile
(Ain't nuttin' like the old school)