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Do it Marley, ha, killin' 'em |
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You killin' 'em, where were you? |
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I wanna talk about these rap historians |
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Y'all better get it together, where were you? |
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I be readin' your books, where were you? |
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Y'all better get it together, word up |
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When Hot 97 started |
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I was there |
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When Rap City got started |
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I was there |
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When KDAY got started |
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I was there |
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When Jive |
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Records got started |
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I was there |
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When Yo MT |
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V Raps started |
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I was there |
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When The Source magazines started |
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I was there |
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When Cedric and |
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Seda started |
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I was there |
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When Biggie was doin' his album |
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I was there |
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When Tookie |
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Williams was buried |
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I was there'73, |
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Cedar Park |
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I was there |
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One-twenty-three park |
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I was there |
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You ain't tellin' me the history 'cause |
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I was there, |
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I was there |
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And where were you? |
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Where were you? |
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And where were you? |
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Where were you? |
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And where were you? |
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Where were you? |
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Where were you? |
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When Moe Dee challenged |
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LL I was there |
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When that bus blew up in |
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London I was there |
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When Death |
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Row challenged |
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Bad Boy at the |
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Source Awards |
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In New York at the |
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Garden, yup |
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I was there |
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When Kwame |
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Toure formerly known as |
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Stokely Carmichael |
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Was passin' on |
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I was there |
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When Nelson |
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Mandela was freed from prison |
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And spoke out at |
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Yankee Stadium in |
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New York I was there |
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For all the births of my children |
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I was there |
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When the Rodney |
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King uprisings happened |
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I was there |
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These objective rap historians tryin' to document |
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Hip hop from outside forget it |
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I was there, |
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I was there |
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And where were you? |
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Where were you? |
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And where were you? |
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Where were you? |
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And where were you? |
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Where were you? |
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Where were you? |
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Look, The |
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Jive Records label, |
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I was there |
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The Columbia |
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Records label, |
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I was there |
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The Elektra |
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Records label, |
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I was there |
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The Warner |
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Brothers Records label, |
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I was there |
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The Koch Records label, |
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I was there |
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The Capitol |
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Records label, |
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I was there |
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I know about they contracts 'cause |
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I was there |
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I wrote and rewrote most of 'em when |
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I was there |
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I ain't readin' a book or recitin' a hook |
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I am hip hop itself 'cause yup |
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I was there |
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Y'all need to get it together with hip hop's history |
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And get it right 'cause yup |
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I was there, |
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I was there |
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And where were you? |
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Where were you? |
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And where were you? |
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Where were you? |
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And where were you? |
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Where were you? |
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Where were you? |
