*tapes rattle*
 I know it's on one of these tapes

 Verse One: Nouka

 On the bus, rollin to the crib
 I would get dibs on the seat with my man OJ
 and rock beats from LaMerte, Park to 81st
 When I, got home, this was first
 I plugged the headphones in, then catch the break
 Fourteen with the system, I was like great
 on the, turntables, I turned labels
 Back and forth then pushed stop on the tape
 Then down the street, to 81st, place the kid
 with the fat face with the fat case for sale
 Ten dollars, if you was known
 I put the turntable down for the microphone

 Chorus: repeat 2X

 I used to sell, mix tapes, but now I'm an MC
 I got the rhymes and beats, I used to rock them tapes

 Verse Two: Nouka

 Back up at World O' Wheels with the rap contest
 I used to try and get mine cuz I thought I was fresh
 I liked LL and Shan with my Roxanne rhyme
 It might sound wack but it was dope at the time
 Then it progressed with styles of the I-Fresh
 MC's like Ganjah K and the rest
 Post Meter, with the pause mix cut
 Rockin Southwest College tearin it up
 Money, really wasn't part of the rap
 Paid, was havin people start to clap
 Gettin ready for the break, your heart starts to race
 You was hyped, cuz I could see it on your face
 Yes yes, the beat is like fresh
 Plus we had the moves, that make the party move
 And those were the dues, without makin papes
 Damn I should go back, to sellin mix tapes

 Chorus

 Verse Three: Yusef Afloat

 One to the two, four and eight
 Hit the rewind and move and turn the black plate
 Get you a tape, watch the crew wreck and
 spin the vinyl til it melt and get a phat new casette
 across the West y'all
 Spin around with the sound and get choice
 while the clear voice rock from the ground
 Stereo, it's all in the jam
 Plus tricks that fixes styles through mixes
 If you're soft, beginning to end, you can't win
 Let the DJ freak pause then run it again
 While you're listening to the hit, it's nice can't you tell
 That the two are steady bringin till we swell

 Chorus

 "Pull the new school tape from out my rag"
 "Man I, man I, quit sellin (tapes)

 Yo what's up? I just wanted to give a shout out
 to all of those who was down back there when I started
 Back in eighty-four and eighty-five
 Yo I wanna give a shout out to my man Yusef Afloat
 To my man Ganjah K, Aceyalone, J-Sumbi, we out