Lupe Fiasco - Old School lyrics
[Verse 1] This is well proven fact man Laser beams on top of mats and Faded jeans and El Rukn hats man Gangsta scene failed moving pack yeah But you can tell that I failed shootin' that man You see I excelled moving that kinda Hard to explain where you and L-U at man Smooth criminals, cats pushing ki's, gangsta leans Flipping quarters, drive through giving orders But ya'll don't understand me it's like Bravo Pagering, breakin' balls, puttin' Blows in the faces of the fiends I was peepin' through the cracks, yeah n***as tryna stab 'em in they back, runnin' Game on the dames, they stay strapped make you Part of the war, this is... [Verse 2] You see, Little Rascal but I was Otay Any could relate to any, even though she ain't Have a family, life had a few hard knocks but I Turned out okay, tryin' to write this in my own Mind, yeah, but I'm no Jay, now, It Was Written Couldn't justify why no Timberlake, I, mind your Own business don't deliberate mine, went from Refrigerate to incinerate fly of the inner state If you wanna go berserk, put you/picture on a T-Shirt Will commemorate dye/die, if thee wanna test we like Yes and Parri(???), see, sigh, been that way since I was waist high, product of television, Nintendo And the inner city/Windy City(???) lookin' out my Project window, symphony/simply(???) I... [Verse 3] Now let me pick up where I left off, I slicker Than KY, then I started I grow, got hip, started To know, same time learned gang signs, made rhymes Started to flow, facial hair started to grow Started a fro, but I couldn't take home in it so I parted it low, I started talkin' to hoes, wanted To dress fresh so I gotta walk for the dough But the road that I took for dimes was full of bumps Like books for the blinds, full of chumps, full of crooks Full of crime, the remained full of sharks Full of good for the gram(???), and that there right to it A heart full of grime(???), whole episode left me Marked into mine, I had to make a change like March Of The Dimes, stop, change channels like channel locks(???) Wa**...