I Was There歌词

Do it Marley, ha, killin' 'em
You killin' 'em, where were you?
I wanna talk about these rap historians
Y'all better get it together, where were you?
I be readin' your books, where were you?
Y'all better get it together, word up
When Hot 97 started
I was there
When Rap City got started
I was there
When KDAY got started
I was there
When Jive
Records got started
I was there
When Yo MT
V Raps started
I was there
When The Source magazines started
I was there
When Cedric and
Seda started
I was there
When Biggie was doin' his album
I was there
When Tookie
Williams was buried
I was there'73,
Cedar Park
I was there
One-twenty-three park
I was there
You ain't tellin' me the history 'cause
I was there,
I was there
And where were you?
Where were you?
And where were you?
Where were you?
And where were you?
Where were you?
Where were you?
When Moe Dee challenged
LL I was there
When that bus blew up in
London I was there
When Death
Row challenged
Bad Boy at the
Source Awards
In New York at the
Garden, yup
I was there
When Kwame
Toure formerly known as
Stokely Carmichael
Was passin' on
I was there
When Nelson
Mandela was freed from prison
And spoke out at
Yankee Stadium in
New York I was there
For all the births of my children
I was there
When the Rodney
King uprisings happened
I was there
These objective rap historians tryin' to document
Hip hop from outside forget it
I was there,
I was there
And where were you?
Where were you?
And where were you?
Where were you?
And where were you?
Where were you?
Where were you?
Look, The
Jive Records label,
I was there
The Columbia
Records label,
I was there
The Elektra
Records label,
I was there
The Warner
Brothers Records label,
I was there
The Koch Records label,
I was there
The Capitol
Records label,
I was there
I know about they contracts 'cause
I was there
I wrote and rewrote most of 'em when
I was there
I ain't readin' a book or recitin' a hook
I am hip hop itself 'cause yup
I was there
Y'all need to get it together with hip hop's history
And get it right 'cause yup
I was there,
I was there
And where were you?
Where were you?
And where were you?
Where were you?
And where were you?
Where were you?
Where were you?