Back in the Day - Missy Elliott, Jay-Z

«Brothers and sisters!

Brothers and sisters, I don’t know what this world is coming to!»

[JAY-Z,

Missy

Whassup, Missy?

Timbo!

This is.

another.

Missy Elliott

(Hip-Hop! Yes!)

Exclusive

(Yes, uh)

One for the butters, I came from the gutter

No I came from my mother but y’all know what I mean

Hov' is here to stay like permanent crease in your jeans

Me and Missy be the new Tag Team

«Whoomp!

There It Is»

We like, Rae & Ghost,

A.G. and Showbiz

We «Public Enemy #1,» our «Uzi Weighs a Ton»

This is our house, Run!

hahaha

What happened to those good old days?

(Huh?)

When hip-hop, was so much fun

Ohh, house parties in the summer y’all (C'mon)

And no one, came through with a gun (A guh-un)

It was all about good music y’all

It helped to relieve some stress (Huh?)

Ohh, we was under one groove y’all (Y'all)

So much love between North and West

Go back in the day

British Knights and gold chains

Do the prep and

cabbage patch

And wear your laces all fat

Back in the dayyyyyyyy, hey hey

Hip-Hop has chaaaanged

Remember when we used to battle?

(Uh huh)

On the block before the lights came on (Yeah)

Ohh!

Mama said we would be straight A kids (Come on)

If we did our homework, like we knew those songs

Salt-N-Pepa,

Rakim, and P. E

D.M.C, and

Heavy D

Yes!

Daddy Kane,

Slick Rick

, too (Oooh ooh!)

MC Lyte opened, doors for you and me, c’mon

Go back in the day

British Knights and gold chains

Do the prep and

cabbage patch

And wear your laces all fat

Back in the dayyyyyyyy, hey hey (Young!)

Hip-Hop has chaaaanged (J. Breezy, let’s do it again, nigga)

Rough, the way it oughta be

From day KRS-One all the way up to Nineteen Naughty Three

To M.O.P., we Cold as Ice

Nigga, we rock it from the «Dre Day» to the Suge Knight

So fuck Chuck Phillips and Bill O’Reilly

If they try to stop hip-hop, we all gon' rally, nigga

Post Biggie and 'Pac I gotta hold down the city

Make a nigga wanna holla like Missy,

but fuck it

Just let a nigga MC

The best rapper alive, unquestionably

If you riff on your EP, you gonna need an MD

So you gots to chill

cause I kill at will

Like solid water dude;

y’all niggas don’t get it

«Kill at Will,» solid water?

Ice Cube

Ha ha, that’s how hip-hop has evolved

Jay-Z's for President, I’m namin Ra as the National God

Me and Jigga, Jigga J-J-Jay-Hova

I rocks the mic right whether I’m pissin' drunk or sober

Misdemeanor fo'-finger ringer I’m stupid FRESH

I’ve been hot since

LL rocked the Kangol HAT

Yes yes, the yes yes, the yes y’alln

C’mon… AW YEA, AW YEA

Okay, me, that nigga Jigga, fresh dressed in the mornin'

C’mon… AW YEA, AW YEA

Go back in the day

British Knights and gold chains

Do the prep and

cabbage patch

And wear your laces all fat

Back in the dayyyyyyyy, hey hey

Hip-Hop has chaaaanged

I wanna, go back in, time (let's go)

Feels like I, I wanna, go back in, time

Feels like I

(Y'all remember «Self Destruction»?)

I wanna, go back in, time

(Where all the rap artists got on a record together?)

Feels like I, I wanna, go back in, time

(I used to love them days, no tension, let’s go!!)

Go back in the day

British Knights and gold chains

Do the prep and

cabbage patch

And wear your laces all fat

Back in the dayyyyyyyy, hey hey

Hip-Hop has chaaaanged