[00:00:11] here we go we gonna send this one out to the old school [00:00:13] all these motherf**kers in the bronx and brooklyn and staten island [00:00:16] queens and all the motherf**kers that laid it down the foundation [00:00:19] knowhati'msayin nuttin but love for the old school [00:00:24] that's who we gonna do this one for ya feel me [00:00:26] what more could i say i wouldn't be here today [00:00:29] if the old school didn't pave the way [00:00:31] what more could i say i wouldn't be here today [00:00:34] if the old school didn't pave the way [00:00:37] what more could i say i wouldn't be here today [00:00:40] if the old school didn't pave the way [00:00:41] i remember mr. magic flash grandmaster caz [00:00:44] ll raisin hell but that didn't last [00:00:47] eric b rakim was the shit to me [00:00:49] i flip to see a doug e fresh show with ricky d [00:00:52] and red alert was puttin in work with chuck chill [00:00:55] had my homies on the hill gettin ill when shit was real [00:00:58] went out to steal remember raw with daddy kane [00:01:01] when de la soul was puttin potholes in the game [00:01:03] i can't explain how it was whodini [00:01:06] had me puffin on that buddha gettin buzzed cause there i was [00:01:09] them block parties in the projects and on my block [00:01:11] you diggi don't stop sippin on that private stock [00:01:14] through my speaker queen latifah and mc lyte [00:01:17] listen to treach krs to get me through the night [00:01:19] with t la rock and mantronix to stetsasonic [00:01:22] remember push it was the bomb shit nuttin like the old school [00:01:25] what more could i say i wouldn't be here today [00:01:27] if the old school didn't pave the way [00:01:30] heheheh it ain't nuttin like the old school [00:01:31] what more could i say i wouldn't be here today [00:01:32] if the old school didn't pave the way [00:01:34] ain't nuttin like the old school [00:01:35] what more could i say i wouldn't be here today [00:01:38] if the old school didn't pave the way [00:01:40] yeaheheh it ain't nuttin like the old school [00:01:41] what more could i say i wouldn't be here today [00:01:43] if the old school didn't pave the way (nuttin like the old school) [00:01:46] what more could i say i wouldn't be here today [00:01:48] if the old school didn't pave the way [00:01:50] ain't nuttin like the old school [00:01:51] what more could i say i wouldn't be here today [00:01:54] if the old school didn't pave the way [00:01:56] heheh i had shell toes and bvd's [00:01:58] a killer crease inside my lee's when i hit the streets [00:02:01] i'm playin skelly ring to leavey or catch a kiss [00:02:03] before the homies in my hood learned to smack a bitch i remember [00:02:07] way back the weak weed they had [00:02:09] too many seeds in the trey bag [00:02:11] i'm on the train headin uptown freestylin [00:02:14] with some wild kids from bucktown profilin [00:02:17] cause the hoochies was starin thinkin why them niggaz swearin [00:02:20] i'm wonderin if that's her hair i remember [00:02:23] stickball pump the hoochies on the wall [00:02:25] or takin leaks on the steps stinkin up the hall [00:02:28] through my childhood wild as a juvenile [00:02:30] a young nigga tryin to stay away from riker's isle [00:02:33] me and my homies breakin nights tryin to keep it true [00:02:36] out on the roof sippin 90 proof ain't nuttin like the old school [00:02:39] what more could i say i wouldn't be here today [00:02:41] if the old school didn't pave the wa [00:02:43] heheheyah that's right it ain't nuttin like the old school [00:02:44] what more could i say i wouldn't be here today [00:02:45] if the old school didn't pave the way [00:02:46] if the old school didn't pave the way(ain't nuttin like the old school) [00:02:49] what more could i say i wouldn't be here today [00:02:52] if the old school didn't pave the waynuttin like the old school [00:02:55] what more could i say i wouldn't be here today [00:02:57] if the old school didn't pave the way(nuttin like the old school) [00:03:00] what more could i say i wouldn't be here today [00:03:02] if the old school didn't pave the way(ain't nuttin like the old school)