
…and 808's
Four track machine with the high speed cassette tape
Now keep in mind, I was a fan
But as MC's we all are
And very few…
…was one of my favs
Never discriminated whether New York or L.A. (word)
And around the mid nineties
I became fascinated with the Lord Finesse style…
…deal fell through
But Atlantic picked Ap up
We expanded the Godz in L.A. with more rappers
Then Cage got smacked up
I remember…
By Drapht (2013)
On album 1990's (2013)

…[Refrain: Drapht]
They want me to take it back
To the nineteen-nineties
Back to the grunge and the grimy
Where shiny gold chains…
…were inviting
And jean size fit both sides of the siamese
Twins in we're back in the nineties
Back to a time that's divided…
…split back when I was a kid
sh*t, we all need kinship
To be the king it's a heavy heavy crown to lose, plus
In the nineties I came up in…

…time on the grind in the cold for ya
Do or die ‘til I lie in a hole for ya
We stay sealed like…
…rock and roll in ya
Sixties…threw the soul in ya
Nineteen seventies, Black Power, Huey B, JB and…ahh…
They put the…
…‘fro on ya
Eighties, well, that really took a toll on ya
The nineties, well, that's when we lost control of ya
In the era where the money started…

…[Verse 1]
We came out of the nineties nicely
With our eyes on the prize, it was pipe dreams
But surprise, surprise, there were…
…it to George and Bush was given victory
And in an instant, Clinton's stint
Of stability - well it was history
We met the neighbours, they made us get acquainted
With the…
…that was war number one
And it's all going on still but there's more to come
After the Taliban in Afghanistan
We attacked Saddam in…

…wife, a famous writer
In the nineteen-twenties
When you're young you find inspiration
In anyone who's ever gone
And opened up…
…: "If you're not careful
You'll have nothing left and nothing to care for
In the nineteen-seventies"
But I sat back and looking forward
My shoes…
…always rely on a friend
Now I sit with different faces
In rented rooms and foreign places
All the people I was kissing
Some are here and some are missing
In the nineteen…

…wife, a famous writer
In the nineteen-twenties
When you're young you find inspiration
In anyone who's ever gone
And opened up…
…: "If you're not careful
You'll have nothing left and nothing to care for
In the nineteen-seventies"
But I sat back and looking forward
My shoes…
…always rely on a friend
Now I sit with different faces
In rented rooms and foreign places
All the people I was kissing
Some are here and some are missing
In the nineteen…

…someone's wife, a famous writer
In the nineteen-twenties
[Pre-Chorus]
When you're young you find inspiration
In anyone who's ever…
…station
With a haversack and some trepidation
Someone said, "If you're not careful
You'll have nothing left and nothing to care for
In the nineteen-seventies…
…rented rooms and foreign places
All the people I was kissing
Some are here and some are missing
In the nineteen-nineties
[Pre…

…someone's wife, a famous writer
In the nineteen-twenties
[Pre-Chorus 1]
When you're young you find inspiration
In anyone who's…
…station
With a haversack and some trepidation
Someone said, "If you're not careful
You'll have nothing left and nothing to care for
In the nineteen-seventies…
…with different faces
In rented rooms and foreign places
All the people I was kissing
Some are here and some are missing
In the nineteen-nineties…

…wife, a famous writer
In the nineteen-twenties
When you're young you find inspiration
In anyone who's ever gone
And opened up…
…"If you're not careful
You'll have nothing left and nothing to care for"
In the nineteen-seventies
But I sat back and looking forward
My shoes…
…rely on a friend
Now I sit with different faces
In rented rooms and foreign places
All the people I was kissing
Some are here and some are missing
In the nineteen…

…someone's wife, a famous writer
In the nineteen-twenties
[Pre-Chorus]
When you're young you find inspiration
In anyone who's ever…
…and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
And we were never holding back or worried that
Time would come to an end"
[Verse 2]
When I went I left from the…
…station
With a haversack and some trepidation
Someone said, "If you're not careful
You'll have nothing left and nothing to care for
In the nineteen…

They juke, hit banks and rank high in the pen
Rest in peace to every one that's not here
Richey Rich got cracked early nineties…
…rappers crooks
Rappers locked down for years got they fame took
We made game made niggaz put the world in fear
You better know…
…out in Sac, Brother Lynch, and C-Bo
Totally Insane, Shawn from Palo Alto
Murder capitol nineteen ninety two
You niggaz perpetrate the…

Bite my rhymes and I won't let you live
So to be safe on the microphone homes
Recite your own poems or get your dome flown
Or put in…
…*ck with me
That's why you're hidin' in protective custody
L's not the one and I keep MCs runnin'
I hurt 'em like bunions, make…
…it out, I'm a get paid for the nineteen nineties
I don't care who likes me or who stands behind me
The man to peep, far from weak…

Bite my rhymes and I won't let you live
So to be safe on the microphone homes
Recite your own poems or get your dome flown
Or put in…
…fuck with me
That's why you're hidin' in protective custody
L's not the one and I keep MCs runnin'
I hurt 'em like bunions, make 'em…
…it out, I'm a get paid for the nineteen nineties
I don't care who likes me or who stands behind me
The man to peep, far from weak so…

…rings around the system,
In my early post-school life,
Treading the waters of authority,
Firmly balancing the knife,
Running rings…
…rings around "a"s,
We'll draw CND signs,
And fool ourselves we've won when we're old.
In the twilight of the nineties we can…
…wonder,
Why we ever made such a fuss,
We can sit back with smiles and watch our leaders,
Running rings around us.

…one to blame
I couldn't blame you if you were not in the rap game
Got enough room to light a brother can't…
…system
Runnin' from the enemy that's tryin' to get with him
Stayin' off the drugs that was meant to bring us down
And runnin' from a native in…
…but escape is impossible
Brothers in the nineties always doubting each other
You say you don't know no better, you gotta go…