2Pac — Old School

[Intro: 2Pac] Here we go; we gon' send this one out to the old school All these motherfuckers in the Bronx, and Brooklyn, and Staten Island Queens, and all the motherfuckers that laid it down, the foundation Ya know what I'm sayin'? Nothin' but love for the old school That's who we're gonna do this one for, ya feel me? [Chorus: Grand Puba] "What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today If the old school didn't pave the way" "What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today If the old school didn't pave the way" "What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today If the old school didn't pave the way" "What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today If the old school didn't pave the way" "What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today If the old school didn't pave the way" [Verse 1: 2Pac] I remember Mr. Magic, Flash, Grandmaster Caz LL, Raising Hell, but, that didn't last Eric B. & Rakim was, the shit to me I flip to see a Doug E. Fresh show, with Ricky D And Red Alert was puttin' in work, with Chuck Chill Had my homies on the hill gettin' ill, when shit was real Went out to steal Remember Raw, with Daddy Kane? When De La Soul was puttin' Potholes in the game I can't explain how it was, Whodini Had me puffin on that buddha gettin' buzzed, 'cause there I was Them block parties in the projects and on my block You diggy don't stop sippin' on that Private Stock Through my speaker Queen Latifah, and MC Lyte Listen to Treach, KRS to get me through the night With T La Rock and Mantronix, to Stetsasonic Remember "Push It" was the bomb shit, nuttin' like the old school [Chorus: Grand Puba] "What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today If the old school didn't pave the way" "What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today If the old school didn't pave the way" "What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today If the old school didn't pave the way" "What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today If the old school didn't pave the way" "What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today If the old school didn't pave the way" [Verse 2: 2Pac] I had, Shell Toes, and BVD's A killer crease inside my Lee's when I hit the streets I'm playin' skelly, Ringolevio, or catch a kiss Before the homies in my hood learned to smack a bitch I remember way back, the weak weed they had Too many seeds in the trey bag I'm on the train headin' uptown, freestyling With some wild kids from Bucktown, profilin' 'Cause the hoochies was starin', thinkin' "what them niggas wearin'?" I'm wonderin' if that's her hair, I remember Stickball, humpin' hoochies on the wall Or takin' leaks on the steps, stinkin' up the hall Through my childhood, wild as a juvenile A young nigga tryna stay away from Rikers Isle Me and my homies breakin' nights, tryna keep it true Out on the roof sippin' 90 proof, ain't nuttin' like the old school [Chorus: Grand Puba] "What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today If the old school didn't pave the way" "What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today If the old school didn't pave the way" "What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today If the old school didn't pave the way" "What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today If the old school didn't pave the way" "What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today If the old school didn't pave the way" [Verse 3: 2Pac] Remember poppin' and lockin' to Kurtis Blow, the name belts And Scott LaRock the Super Ho back in Latin Quarter When Slick Rick was spittin' La Di Da Di Gamin' the hoochies at the neighborhood block parties I remember, breakdancin' to Melle Mel Jekyll and Hyde, LL when he Rocks the Bells Forget the TV, I'd rather hit the streets and do graffiti Be careful don't let the transit cops see me It ain't nuttin' like the old school! [Chorus: Grand Puba] "What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today If the old school didn't pave the way" "What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today If the old school didn't pave the way" "What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today If the old school didn't pave the way" "What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today If the old school didn't pave the way" "What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today If the old school didn't pave the way" [Outro: 2Pac] Haha, on the real though Remember seein' Brooklyn go crazy up in the motherfuckin' party? Remember motherfuckers used to go, "Is Brooklyn in the house?" And motherfuckers would lose they God Damn Mind! That's the old school to me; that's what I'm sayin' (Super, Sperm) I remember goin' places that motherfuckers was scared to say They was from anywhere but Brooklyn; that shit was the bomb Back in the motherfuckin' old school nigga Remember skelly, nigga? Knockin' niggas out the box, poppin' boxes?(My Adidas) Remember stickball? Member niggas to run that shit like that? Remember the block-- 'Member screamin' up at your moms from the window? (LL Cool J is hard as Hell...) The ice cream truck, remember all the mother-- 'Member the Italian Ices, yo? Yo, remember the Italian Ices?! The Spanish Niggas comin' down with the coconut ices and shit? I came through the door, said it before That was the shit!