Grip Grand - Flat Top Rules lyrics

Verse 1: Flat top rules, flat top '89 Man I used to have mine with the lines like Kane It was high school high and the girls was fly I was practicin' lines trying to rhyme like Kane With a rayon shirt, do the running man, yeah, y'all, work So c'mon, let's move it like Special Ed Tapes was the grittiest Grip Grand was born in the City, b**h That's the most true sh** I ever said Fat cap rules, '92, new school With the Air Max lime green trim new shoes Had a swap-meet t-shirt, Dickies, Ben Davis Wore a web belt, matched Starter hats, ten flavors Rocked satin-lined flannel tops King sh** like Camelot Cali G's, Sammy sold trees out a ammo box Back in the day I knew rap would never die out What the f** else you gonna listen to to ride out? Chorus Verse 2: '85 rules, '85, old school It was Slick Rick, Run DMC, and me With the track suit pants in a B-Boy stance Hip-hop steady blowin' up, TNT Had skips, not kicks, man I couldn't buy sh** Pay what? Payless, better yet pay nothin' So I didn't look fresh in my hand-me-down vest Or a fake Member's Only jacket straight frontin' '88 rules, junior high, high school Where were you? I was at the store buyin' PE Had the gray ca**ette, used to play that sh** ‘Til it broke and eventually I bought the CD Yeah, '91 rules, Native Tongues, so cool New York had the jazz, LA had the violence With a beanie pulled low, couldn't see a good show I was too young to go ‘cuz they might have a riot [Riot Bridge] Chorus Verse 3: Back pack rules, '93 rap rules Headphones so big bout ta' break my neck Trying to walk with a bop, troop up to the Hip Hop Shop Cop a Conart shirt from Hex Got a Tommy Hill top that Grand Puba rocked In a video before he dropped Reel to Reel, B? Or were you more on that cold Timberlands when it snows And a parka like Preem on the Arena LP? Yeah, Jumpman rules, '9-cipher, etc In the rhyme cipher, Grip flow with a sharp tongue Can't afford Jordans so I gotta save up Bought the silver and black with the glow-in-the-dark tongue Everyone wanna go back to the past But for me, I would still hop back to the future If, back in the day, you knew rap would never die? You were right, ‘cuz we still got rap in the future Chorus