Now I'ma say this once again, open up your mindShot heard around the world came from our fresh rhymesThe contribution to showbiz mixed with entertainmentResurrected rhymes, not the same old sameNow if you like what we came with and you feel you can sang wit itPeep the verbal language and the way we arranged itNow entertainment to make the people applaudI'm not trying to say my style is better than yoursI'm from the graduating class of one nine eight eightL.A., Unified School, M A HA gang banger from the streets taught me how to breakIn South Central L.A., ay yo, can you relate?Ya, I'm Chali 2naThe one who puff the buddha, keep the Snapple in the coolerUsed to go to junior high with Son DoolaOld skoola, a permanent, element in ya tournamentTellin' it prevalent, never delicate when we burnin' itNow from L.A. to the U.K., we attempt to rock the partyThe rhyme and the music, you don't hear that no more hardlyI can say it's partly, all our faults smartyJ5'll bring you more than the shakin' of a bodyAy yo, a child is born but no state of mindBut when I first heard it, put words to rhymesI went from hyper cars to powder blue All-StarsTo hangin' on monkey bars, catchin' spiders in jelly jarsSo, let's take it back to the concrete streetsOriginal beats with real live MC'sPlayground tactics, no 'rabbit in a hat' tricksJust that classic, rappin' from JurassicLet's take it back to the concrete streetsOriginal beats with real live MC'sPlayground tactics, no 'rabbit in a hat' tricksJust that classic, rappin' from JurassicI bring the noise plus the funk, entertainin' like a dunkFrom a snotty nosed prima donna millionaire punkBut I heard a hunch that somebody might munch'Cause J5 go together just like parties and spiked punchYour crew's captain crunch and I'm the seven seasBombin' on MC's, crushin' crews with easeBrother please, you know my steez is 100 degreesWith no era, bring it live like the Trio of TerrorNo mascara, at last your brass surpass pleasureWe the last treasure set to entice the cash bearerMask wearers who bite my reflection like glass mirrorsBe trash pickers who need to consider the past clearerNow what you thought was old and out of dateWe brought it back alive and changed the shapeWe put it on wax for those who thinkThat the 5 we energize has been extinctSo, let's take it back to the concrete streetsOriginal beats with real live MC'sPlayground tactics, no 'rabbit in a hat' tricksJust that classic, rappin' from JurassicLet's take it back to the concrete streetsOriginal beats with real live MC'sPlayground tactics, no 'rabbit in a hat' tricksJust that classic, rappin' from JurassicWe takin' it back like battles in hallways and bathroomsAnd battles in the back of the classroomAnd in the bungalows game of death with flowsLunchtime rhymes you had to prove and showNever the school type, couldn't pronounce the words rightThe class jester, I was flunkin' every semesterThe summer hit, had it burnin' in '86Class cuttin' and runnin' wit all the neighborhood derelictsWithin the concrete jungle, we remain humbleAkil and Akir, bounce, flip and tumbleWe never fumble, break down or stumbleHot mumbo jumbo, just bring it when we rumbleWe push it like the Daytona, fresh rhymes we blaze on yaStrictly from California old skool public diplomaWe spittin' from every corner, we flippin' it when we wannaBeneath the concrete, be street word on yaSo, let's take it back to the concrete streetsOriginal beats with real live MC'sPlayground tactics, no 'rabbit in a hat' tricksJust that classic, rappin' from JurassicLet's take it back to the concrete streetsOriginal beats with real live MC'sPlayground tactics, no 'rabbit in a hat' tricksJust that classic, rappin' from JurassicHangin' around, hangin' aroundHangin' around, hangin' around
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