Tweet - Back in the Day lyrics

"Brothers and sisters! Brothers and sisters, I don't know what this world is coming to!" [Jigga] Wha**up, Missy? Timbo! [Missy] This is.. another.. Missy [Jigga] Hip-Hop! Yes! [Missy] Elliott, exclusive [Jay-Z] Yes, uhh One for the bu*ters, I came from the gutter No I came from my mother but y'all know what I mean Hov' is here to stay like permanent crease in your jeans Me and Missy be the new +Tag Team+ "Whoomp! There It Is" We like, Rae & Ghost, A.G. and Showbiz We "Public Enemy #1," our "Uzi Weighs a Ton" This is our house, Run! {*laughing*} [Missy] What happened to those good old days? {HA?} When hip-hop, was so much fun Ohh, house parties in the summer y'all (c'mon) And no one, came through with a gun It was all about the music y'all It helped to relieve some stress {HA?} Ohh, we was under one groove y'all (y'all) So much love {HA?} between North and West [Hook: Missy Elliott] 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 dayyyyyyyy, hey hey Hip-Hop has chaaaanged [Missy] Remember when we used to battle? On the block before the lights came on Ohh! 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 ("Paper Thin") opened, doors for you and me, c'mon [Hook] [Jay-Z] Young! J. Bizzy, let's do it again, n***a 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 n***a, we rock it from the "Dre Day" to the Suge Knight So f** Chuck Phillips and Bill O'Reilly If they try to stop hip-hop, we all gon' rally, n***a Post Biggie and 'Pac I gotta hold down the city Make a n***a wanna holla like Missy, but f** it Just let a n***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 k** at will Like solid water dude; y'all n***as don't get it "k** at Will," solid water? Ice Cube Ha ha, that's how hip-hop has evolved Jay-Z's for President, I'm namin Ra as the National God [Missy] Me and Jigga, Jigga J-J-Jay-Hova I rocks the mic right whether I'm pissy drunk or sober Misdemeanor fo'-finger ringer I'm stupid FRESH I've been hot since LL rocked the Kangol HAT Yes yes, the yes yes, the yes y'alln C'mon... AW YEA, AW YEA Okay, me, that n***a Jigga, fresh dressed in the mornin C'mon... AW YEA, AW YEA [Hook] {*ad libs and whistling*} [Missy] I wanna, go back in, time (let's go) Feels like I, I wanna, go back in, time Feels like I (Y'all remember "Self Destruction"?) I wanna, go back in, time (Where all the rap artists got on a record together?) Feels like I, I wanna, go back in, time (I used to love them days, no tension, let's go!!) [Hook]