[00:23.01]*ooh* *ooh* *ahh* (yo)
[00:26.13]I used to listen to BIG,
[00:27.63]used to listen to Pac,
[00:29.01]everybody chose sides but I didn't get caught,
[00:31.50]there's no division in mind
[00:33.00]if I dig it I'm rockin it,
[00:34.35]used to lift it in pockets
[00:35.61]and music lift up my thoughts sky high,
[00:38.22]Mr. Popular-not,
[00:39.54]used to make friends with ****ers if they sister was hot,
[00:42.24]used to piss in a pot,
[00:43.56]flush the water and watch the shit coming out of pikes
[00:46.32]just a couple of blocks across streets where we used to fly,
[00:50.19]now a new generation play the man into plot,
[00:52.92]used to talk using numbers on a pager(s) for letters
[00:55.56]I guess that you could say that we the ones invented text messaging
[00:58.50]heads, less-desperate threads, less expensive,
[01:01.11]and they try to turn your dollar into 15 cents again,
[01:04.26]used to compesate, try to make sense of it,
[01:06.63]now we tough-talk head straight behind the internet
[01:09.51]used to fight bare-knuckled after school,
[01:11.79]now everybody actin cool, actin a fool,
[01:14.19]we used to care, now we just carry what we're used to,
[01:17.19]it's rare trying to find that voice that'll move you,
[01:19.95]ask me again and I'll tell you the truth,
[01:22.32]dude it's cool (it's cool), but it's not what I'm used to
[01:25.14]it's cool (it's cool), but it's not what I'm used to,
[01:28.35]I remember when that shit was new.
[01:30.15]used to see leaders go against the stat quo,
[01:33.12]they took care of that with the COINTELPRO,
[01:35.22][?] was dismissed jay used to sell blow,
[01:38.52]and [?] played a role in the return of the snow
[01:40.95]used to know all the lyrics of the radio tunes,
[01:43.62]**** rap-attack back when I listened to KUBE,
[01:46.32]I was late hearing Common but I listened to Q,
[01:48.96]and I can't front it, he killed em on a ****** in View,
[01:51.63]when you make it, don't forget it's what they used to,
[01:54.51]save it and think shit, whatever come true though
[01:57.15]its new though, we outnumbered by the [?],
[02:00.03]old soul, new clothes, never had a ****ing phone,
[02:02.55]still don't, everybody gettin ****ed;
[02:05.04]red white and blue dildo, we spent it you still broke,
[02:07.92]I'm chill though, I just wanna make music,
[02:10.50]and bring back the feelin that you felt
[02:12.30]when you felt someone else stay true to themself
[02:15.06]I miss that too, past and present through this hat too,
[02:18.30]now everybody run around like "thats cool" and, "thats cool" and,
[02:22.83]I'm like "oooh, its cooo"
[02:24.96]but it's not what I'm used to
[02:26.55]it's cool (it's cool), but it's not what I'm used to
[02:29.22]it's cool (it's cool), but it's not what I'm used to
[02:32.31]I remember when that shit was new.
[02:34.62](bring it back, sayin
[02:35.97]bring it back, sayin
[02:37.32]bring it back, that ol' bullshit back)