This Is Hip-Hop

[Hook: Scratches by DC] [Termanology] Yeah yo yo I was a young cat listening to Snoop and Dre Trying to memorize the words that they used to say It's like this and like that and like this and uh It's like that and like this and like that and uh That was back in 92, I was only 10, holding pens Back before rap was all about the bling I was a young prince kickin' my style Not knowing one day I'd be the king of my town Now, sittin' around just blazin' them pounds At the age of 15 Rap was only a dream Then a brother got a demo And some money to settle Now I'm 20 years young And the best where I'm from [Hook] [Termanology] Yo. I remember 88 with the backspin Back when it was more to hip-hop then rappin' Back when everybody spit it with a passion Time, time, time, time for some action Back when Iron Mike Tyson was the one to be Marley Marl and Pete Rock had hottest beats Queen Latifah had the video for human teeth Around the time that crack fucked up the community It was the golden age era for rap Nothing like now-a-days with all these terrible cats Listening to Kane and to Kool G, it's a wrap Everytime you bought an album you just knew it was fat Way back, before I had the Sony walkman with playback Before I had the A deck, Hydro and a hayracks Before the invention of DVD's And KRS put it down for the BDP [Hook] [Termanology] Back in the days when I was young I'm not a kid anymore But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again Eating Skittles and digging in the fridge again Back when the doc said that Term needed some Idelin On a mission and trying to get them dividends Back when I spit for anybody that was listenin' Remember pitchin' and a dollar for a nickle and In 95 Mobb Deep had The Infamous As a young kid, it was a bad influence I had the police trying to take my fingerprints Cash rules everything around me - CREAM get the money 4-5-6 give me that 20 That was the hot shit gettin' funds playin' dice Spending our studio time and adding ice So I can relate to The Roots man they said it right Hip-hop your the love of my life, like [Outro] "Gangstarr" [T]Is real hip-hop and uh "KRS-One" [T]That's real hip-hop and uh "Rakim" [T]Is real hip-hop and uh "Public Enemy" [T]That's real hip-hop and uh "Kool G Rap and Polo" [T]That's real hip-hop and uh "A Tribe Called Quest" [T]That's real hip-hop and uh "Big Daddy Kane" [T]That's real hip-hop and uh "Ed O.G." [T]That's real [T]Hip-hop - x8