Back in the Day (feat. Jay-Z)

What's up, Missy? Timbo

(This is another Missy Elliot exclusive)

One for the butters, I came from the gutter

No, I came from my mother but ya know what I mean

Hova's here to stay like permanent crease in your jeans

Me and Missy be the new tag team

Whoop, there it is

We like Rae and Ghost, A.G. and Showbiz

We public enemy number one, our Uzi Weighs a Ton

This is our house, run

What happened to those good old days?

When hip-hop was so much fun

Oh, house parties in the summer, y'all

And no one came through with a gun

It was all about good music, y'all

It helped to relieve some stress

Oh, we was under one groove, y'all

So much love between North and West

Go back in the day

British Knights and gold chains

Do the prep and cabbage patch

And wear your laces all fat

Back in the day, hey, hey, hey

Hip-hop has changed

Yes it is

Remember when we used to battle

On the block before the lights came on

Oh, mama said we would be straight-A kids

If we did our homework like we knew those songs

Salt-N-Pepa, Rakim and P.E.

D.M.C. and Heavy D

Yes, Daddy Kane, Slick Rick too

MC Lyte opened doors for you and me, come on

Go back in the day

British Knights and gold chains

Do the prep and cabbage patch

And wear your laces all fat

Back in the day, hey, hey, hey

Hip-hop has changed (Young)

Yes it is

(J. Breezy, let's do it again, ****)

Rough, the way it oughta be

From day KRS-One all the way up to Nineteen-Naughty-Three

To M.O.P., we "Cold As Ice"

****, we rock it from the Dre day to the Suge Knight

So fuck Chuck Phillips and Bill O'Reilly

If they try to stop hip-hop, we all gon' rally, ****

Post Biggie and 'Pac, I gotta hold down the city

Make a **** wanna holler like Missy, but fuck it

Just let a **** MC

The best rapper alive, unquestionably

If you riff on your EP, you gonna need an MD

So you gots to chill 'cause I kill at will

Like solid water dude, y'all **** don't get it

"Kill at Will", solid water, Ice Cube

That's how hip-hop has evolved

Jay-Z's for president, I'm namin' Ra as the national God

Me and Jigga, Jigga J-J-J-J Hova

I rocks the mic right whether I'm pissin' drunk or sober

Misdemeanor for finger ringer, I'm stupid fresh

I been hot since LL rocked the Kangol Hat

Yes, yes, the yes-yes, the yes y'all'n

(Aw yeah, aw yeah)

Okay, me, that **** Jigga, fresh dressed in the morning

(Aw yeah, aw yeah)

Go back in the day

British Knights and gold chains

Do the prep and cabbage patch

And wear your laces all fat

Back in the day, hey, hey, hey

Hip-hop has changed

Come on

I wanna go back in time (Let's go)

Feels like I, I wanna go back in time

Feels like I, I wanna go back in time

Feels like I, I wanna go back in time

Feels like I

Go back in the day

British Knights and gold chains

Do the prep and cabbage patch

And wear your laces all fat

Back in the day, hey, hey, hey

Hip-hop has changed