[Kool Keith]

Kool Keith..

Way before down South (way before down South)

Hip-Hop in Chicago (hip-hop, in Chicago)

Rap on the West coast (rap on the West, rap on the West)



[Buckshot: "Come follow me"]



[Kool Keith]

PS 53 classmate with Kenny Pound

The Cold Crush Brother, watching Cassanova Lover

The master flower, Keith Thornton, there's no other

My class over at three with Bronx MC's

The super imposer, cruisin on the major deacon

Quarts and blunts, sippin Olde E on the weekend

My girl Fatima, half black and Puerto Rican

I'm movin fast rate, Webster down to Bathgate

A lot of guys was good, but many came half weight

The comp got bad, the city came half rate

Think to the critics, I left them all in debate...



[Chorus]

PS 53, [Buckshot: "I'm takin it back"]

Junior high school, [Buckshot: "I'm takin it back"]

147, [Buckshot: "I'm takin it back"]

I went to Clinton, ["I'm takin it back, come follow me"]



[Kool Keith]

12 o'clock lunchtime, bangin on the school table

I was able more fatal to spin around like tornado

Catchin Batman & Robin, Green Hornet and Kato

The main attraction was Grandmaster Flash action

I tell brothers Mean Gene was with the L Brothers

Cordio Vex with Phase 2 drawin flyers

The crowd is fat, the people jumpin over wires

The 5 train runnin, the crew comin down from Dyer

Footline express, the last car but we don't fire

Schlitz malt liq', the P.A.L. gettin higher

With Union Ave up there, we used to watch stick-up kids

Go and laugh up there



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[Kool Keith]

Cazal's in the place, girls peep my {?} feel

Fur on the collar, the German Shepherd feel real

Breakout and Baron, in the club, on the wheels of steel

Kool Herc in Cedar Park, echoes down the hill

Echo chamber, yes yes y'all

When B-1's was out, with the orange lights, where was y'all?

The Saigons, the Nomads, the Black Spades

Alexander's and Juman's was the real spot

Pro-Keds and Converse stayed real hot

Turtlenecks and shirts, AJ's and overlap

Stetson hats, bustin over mean raps



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