[00:00:00] Back On The Block - Quincy Jones [00:00:05] Back [00:00:06] Back on the block [00:00:09] Back [00:00:11] Back on the block [00:00:14] Back on the block so we can rock [00:00:16] With the soul rhythm blues be bop and hip hop [00:00:18] Back on the block [00:00:20] Back on the block [00:00:23] Ice-T let me kick my credentials [00:00:25] A young player bred in South Central [00:00:27] L A home of the body bag [00:00:30] You wanna die wear the wrong color rag [00:00:32] I used to walk in stores and yell "Lay down" [00:00:34] You flinch an inch AK spray down [00:00:37] But I was lucky 'cause I never caught the hard time [00:00:39] I was blessed with the skill to bust a dope rhyme [00:00:42] All my homies died or caught the penzo [00:00:44] Lost their diamonds cops towed their Benzos [00:00:46] Livin' that life that we thought was it [00:00:48] Fast lanin' but the car flipped [00:00:50] I'm not gonna lie to ya 'cause I don't lie [00:00:53] I just kick thick game some people say why [00:00:55] 'Cause I'm back on the block I got my life back [00:00:57] So I school the fools about the fast track [00:01:00] I get static from the style of my technique [00:01:02] Profanity the blatant way in which I speak [00:01:04] But the Dude knows the streets ain't no kiddie game [00:01:06] You don't know the Dude Quincy's his first name [00:01:09] He told me Ice keep doin' what you're doin' man [00:01:11] Don't give a damn if the squares don't understand [00:01:13] You let 'em tell you what to say and what to write [00:01:15] Your whole career'll be over by tomorrow night [00:01:18] Rap from your heart and your heart's with the street [00:01:20] Rap on my record man Kimiko send Ice the beat [00:01:22] The Dude is def no doubt what can I say [00:01:25] The man can roll with Ice-T or Michael J [00:01:27] Back [00:01:29] Back on the block [00:01:31] Back [00:01:33] Back on the block [00:01:36] Back on the block so we can rock [00:01:38] With the soul rhythm blues be bop and hip hop [00:01:41] Back on the block [00:01:42] Back on the block [00:01:45] I'm back on the block on the screen [00:01:47] I'm on the wax I'm on the stage I'm on the scene [00:01:50] I'm on the case just like an attorney [00:01:52] The Dude took me on a magic journey [00:01:54] To dance in France alone in Rome [00:01:56] On the farmlands of Nebraska the cold of Alaska [00:01:59] The heat of the motherland to be with my brother man [00:02:01] On top of a snowcapped mountain I'm scoutin' [00:02:03] What another man saw in a race of people [00:02:06] To see him give his life for the price of equal [00:02:08] The highest wisdoms the richest kingdoms [00:02:10] The song of songs we heard David sing them [00:02:12] He showed me me when I was young and hung out [00:02:15] He showed me makin' love even showed me strung out [00:02:17] He showed me poppin' nines standin' on a rock [00:02:19] But tears came to my eyes when he showed me my block [00:02:23] Ba-ba-back on the [00:02:24] Ba-back on [00:02:26] Ba-ba-back on the block [00:02:28] Ba-ba-back on [00:02:29] Ba-ba-back on the block [00:02:31] Stokie's just Stokie mama [00:02:34] Stokie's Stokie [00:02:35] And one by one each woman he kiss [00:02:38] He kiss her and she gon' fall in love [00:02:40] Stokie's just Stokie you know [00:02:43] Stokie's Stokie [00:02:45] Till someone shows that they care enough [00:02:47] Ain't nothin' gonna bother Stokie much [00:02:49] Some say they can't take it no more [00:02:52] Comin' here comin' here startin' stuff [00:02:54] But Dude is back on duty fo' sho' [00:02:56] Back on the block to stay [00:02:58] They say he ain't gonna be with it [00:03:01] Comin' back comin' back to the street [00:03:03] But Dude he know you'll never forget it [00:03:05] Back on the block to stay [00:03:12] Back up and give the brother room