Old School - CunninLynguists

Before R. Kelly had his teens

Wu-Tang had their C.R.E.A.M.

Slick Rick had his rings

Crack rock had its fiends

Martin Luther had his dreams, Stevie Wonder could sing

Or Elvis was king—hip-hop was on the scene

Nah meeeeen

Go back like Hitchcocks' hairline

Taught Fred Estaire how to pop lock in my spare time

I caught a ride on Noah’s ark, cus I had a pair of Puma’s

And two chickens on my arm

That’s true… and when I came through

Noticed Noah was first to «check 1, check 2»

Guess who rescued Repunzel

Climbing up her gold weave, then made her braid her hair like Alicia Keys

Before EPMD met golddiggers fuckin for VISAs

I was the first to pimp Jezebel and Mona Lisa

And made em famous way before Eminem could flow

Even ran trizz with JFK on Marilyn Monroe… Oh

«Blow the spot with some old school shit» — Rah Digga on Talib Kweli’s «Down For The Count»

«I'm so old school" — Jay-Z off of «Jigga That Nigga»

«I'm old school like my dad is" — J-Ro on De La Soul’s «My Writes»

«True, that’s old school" — Yasiin Bey off of «Very Well»

«I'll bust that old school boom bap all over this map" — Declaime on Lootpacks’s

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«From the old school I consider loyally true» — Big Punisher off of «You Came Up»

I’m so old school I was at the first supper serving soulfood

And Arroz con Pollo', but I bet you had no clue

That pilgrims were the first to name women after produce

And that was the first Road Rules without toll booths

Even when Adam and Eve sat by the weed tree

I told Eve, «Please don’t tell him touch my weed leaves.»

But after I showed him Cypress Hill, he loved fire

Then Eve left and became the first lady of Ruff Riders

Had a horse carriage, sitting on dubs, coasting

Smacked the thoroughbred in the ass and hit the 3-wheel motion

Since a Frank and Jesse James shoot-out in the streets

Had a scoundrel c-walkin', shootin' bullets at his feet

I had Michalangelo put down the horsehair brushes

Started doing end to end burners on buses

Trust this, put King Midas' touch to use

He grabbed my bead necklace now I’m rockin truck jewels

When lightin' struck Ben Frank’s kite and sent currents through

He was the first to electric boogaloo

The wop, robot and helicopter on the pavement

And in amazement, he was even Harlem-Shakin'

«Blow the spot with some old school shit» — Rah Digga on Talib Kweli’s «Down For The Count»

«I'm so old school" — Jay-Z off of «Jigga That Nigga»

«I'm old school like my dad is" — J-Ro on De La Soul’s «My Writes»

«True, that’s old school" — Mos Def on BlackStarr’s «Very Well»

«I'll bust that old school boom bap all over this map" — Declaime on Lootpacks’s

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«From the old school I consider loyally true" — Big Pun off of «You Came Up»

Transylvania was flossed out… but the facts have changed

Like, me selling Dracula some platinum caps for his fangs

Throwing daisy dukes upon that Mary Magdeline dame

And she ran game, tricked me up out my platinum chain

I had American Indians sending smoke signals with hydro

Giving villages contact matching blunts with Tonto

Spellin S.O.S.

with my eyes closed

Even battled Henry the Eighth with my rhyme flow

And made his wives my hoes

I told Jesus that GZA said sandles were feminine

So he copped some shelltoes and suede Timberlands

Remember when KRS ripped Shan?

Do ya homework

That was Amadeus playing the Bridge Is Over

Moses parted two tables with a mixer and played great

With his DJ crates.

Before him, we played tapes

I sipped fine wine with Einstein back in the days

M. C. Square was his stage name and he rocked gray braids

That was before we could sit and play, Kid N Play

Or Nefertiti rocked the first flat-top fade

But anyway… flip through ya history books

You’ll see about a million pictures of these infamous crooks

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