[Intro: JAY-Z & Missy Elliott]
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Brothers and sisters!
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Brothers and sisters, I dont know what this world is coming to!
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Whats up, Missy? Timbo!
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This is another Missy Elliott (Hip-Hop, yes!) exclusive (Yes, uh)
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[Verse 1: Jay-Z & Missy Elliott]
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One for the butters, I came from the gutter (No)
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No, I came from my mother, but you know what I mean
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Hov is here to stay like permanent crease in your jeans
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Me and Missy be the new Tag Team
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Whoomp, there it is
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We like Rae and Ghost, A.G. and Showbiz
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We public enemy number one, our Uzi weighs a ton
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This is our house, run, hahaha
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[Verse 2: Missy Elliott]
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What happened to those good old days? (Huh?)
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When hip-hop was so much fun (So much fun)
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Oh, house parties in the summer, yall (Cmon)
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And no one (Come on), came through with a gun (A gun)
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It was all about good music, yall (Music)
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It helped, mm, to relieve some stress (Uh-huh)
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Oh, we was under one groove, yall (Yall)
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So much love between north and west (Woo, cmon)
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[Chorus: Missy Elliott]
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Go back in the day (Come on)
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British Knights and gold chains (Come on)
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Do the prep and cabbage patch (Come on)
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And wear your laces all fat
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Back in the day (Day), hey, hey, hey
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Hip-hop has changed (Yes, it did)
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[Verse 2: Missy Elliott]
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Remember when we used to battle? (Uh-huh)
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On the block before the lights came on (Yeah)
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Oh, mama said we would be straight-A kids (Come on)
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If we did our homework like we knew those songs (Knew those songs)
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Salt-N-Pepa, Rakim, and P.E. (Uh-huh)
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DMC and Heavy D (Huh, huh, huh)
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Yes, Daddy Kane, Slick Rick, too (Ooh-ooh)
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MC Lyte opened doors for you and me, cmon
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[Chorus: Missy Elliott & JAY-Z]
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Go back in the day (Come on)
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British Knights and gold chains (Come on)
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Do the prep and cabbage patch (Come on)
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And wear your laces all fat
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Back in the day (Day), hey, hey, hey (Young!)
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Hip-hop has changed (J. Breezy, lets do it again, nigga)
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[Verse 3: JAY-Z]
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Rough, the way it oughta be
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From day KRS-One all the way up to 19 Naughty III
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To M.O.P., we cold as ice
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Nigga, we rock it from the “Dre Day” to the Suge Knight
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So fuck Chuck Phillips and Bill OReilly
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If they try to stop hip-hop, we all gon rally, nigga
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Post Biggie and Pac I gotta hold down the city
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Make a nigga wanna holla like Missy, but fuck it
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Just let a nigga MC
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The best rapper alive, unquestionably
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If you riff on your EP, you gonna need an MD
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So you gots to chill, cause I kill at will
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Like solid water dude, yall niggas dont get it
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Kill at Will, solid water? Ice Cube
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Haha, thats how hip-hop has evolved
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JAY-Zs for President, Im namin Ra as the National God
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[Verse 4: Missy Elliott]
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Me and Jigga, Jigga J-J-Jay-Hova
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I rocks the mic right whether Im pissy drunk or sober
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Misdemeanor four-finger-ringer, Im stupid fresh
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Ive been hot since LL rocked the Kangol hat
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Yes-yes, the yes-yes, the yes-yall and (Cmon)
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Aw, yeah, aw, yeah
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Okay, me, that nigga Jigga, fresh dressed in the mornin (Cmon)
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Aw, yeah, aw, yeah
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[Chorus: Missy Elliott]
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Go back in the day (Come on)
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British Knights and gold chains (Come on)
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Do the prep and cabbage patch (Come on)
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And wear your laces all fat
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Back in the day (Day), hey, hey, hey
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Hip-hop has changed
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[Bridge: Missy Elliott]
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I wanna go back in
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Time (Lets go), feels like I
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I wanna go back in
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Time, feels like I (Yall remember “Self Destruction”?)
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I wanna go back in (Where all the rap artists got on a record together?)
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Time, feels like I
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I wanna (I used to love them days) go back in (No tension)
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Time (Lets go), feels like I—
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[Chorus: Missy Elliott]
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Go back in the day (Come on)
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British Knights and gold chains (Come on)
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Do the prep and cabbage patch (Come on)
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And wear your laces all fat
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Back in the day (In the day), hey, hey, hey
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Hip-hop has changed (Yes, it did)