[Verse 1: Suffa] C'mon, before the Green Machine try to spy with a man Before the, legal teams tried to arm on a stair Before the, CIA taught Osama to dance [?] Before the, healthcare brands used to palm on weekends Before the, sun was harmless apart from the tan Before the, Bon and Clyde kids were asking for grams Before, Mr Ronnie Beats became a target and ran Hand on my heart (aye) heart in my hand We've been here forever [Verse 2: Pressure] I married my art before the Cathede writers painted trams of the art, [?] Before, cool curt threw a jam in the park, back in the start Rapping like when Michael Jackson was dark Before the, late Hendricks was the man on guitar Before the, prohibition, I got banned from the bar f** it, before Noah made plans for the Ark Heart in my hand, hand on my heart We've been here (Before the-) forever [Verse 3: Briggs] -straight shift put the tan on their neck Before the, school nerds/nurse started aiming at heads Before the, plastic surgeon was faking them breasts Before the, L.A gangs started claiming their s** Before the, pusher-man was taking your friends Before, Bill Gates wasn't making a cent Before, Murdoch Fox had a stake in it yet See what i'm saying? i'll say it again, we've (Before the-) been here forever [Verse 4: Suffa] -New Yorker's sprayed their art from a can Before the, true authors gave you parts of the plan Before the, Son of Sam fed a shark from his hand [?] Before the, fox drank blood from the heart of the lamb Before the, U.S government sold arms to Iran Before the, land was scorched by mark of the man Before, timebomb caught in a heart from a fan Hand on my heart, heart in my hand, we've been here forever [Verse 5: Pressure] I was planning to start before the Politicians murdered, danced in the dark Before the, World Wars left a planet with scars Ma**es that marched when the Third Reich landed in France Before the, extremists on the evangelists path I swore the/before the, dream, wishes stopped and Africa starved Before the, epidemics, AIDS, cancer and SARS Heart in my hand, hand on my heart, we've been here forever [Verse 6: Briggs] -little rascals started making a mess Before they, k**ed animals and started taking their heads Before, Elvis and 2Pac faking their d**hs Before Diddy lost, Biggie started taking a breath 'fore Forman considered even facing the best Before John Dillinger was escaping the Fed's Before, having s** meant taking a test See what i'm saying? i'll say say it again, we've been here (Before the-) [Verse 7: Suffa] -nuclear bomb left a scar on Japan Before the, truths were dawned to napalm in [?] Before the, meth dealers saw the narks and they ran Before the, fresh dealers tore up parks with their jams Before the major labels rigged the charts with a scam Before the, suits and beefers got marketed and planned Before the children of Abraham carved a path in the sand Hand on my heart, heart in my hand We've been here (Before the-) forever [Verse 8: Briggs] -guest was making a threat Before the, Bali Nine strapped H to their legs Before, Jay Z's crawlspace was making a stench Before, Jefferey Dahmer had a taste for the flesh Before the Wu Tang clan was saving their necks Before, Lebron James ran, came of the bench Before, Micky, Belly, Bopper fell straight to their d**hs See what i'm saying? i'll say it again We've been her forever