long story short

eight fourteen 1983 nigga i'm there

but let me fast forward about 17 years

take you back to the basics

back to the basement

hi-hat

snare drum

baseline

base kicks

recording the karaoke

stereo to tape deck

having fun with it ain't worried bout gettin paid yet

couple years past now i wanna get paid

and stepped up as an emcee

stepped up to the mp

doing beat cd's gettin better bruh

listening to pete rock

preemo

dilla on the regular

i'm tellin ya

couldn't tell me nothing" 'til my ears determine