Krs-one - #1 lyrics

[Verse 1] Let's go back in the days before your present Back when it was a little more pleasant Before I knew this rap sh** would ever lure me in Let's go back like Mike Fox in the Delorean Back in the day sh**, back to the basics When bra** knuckles used to leave a n***a face ticked Its back to the Diadoras and the Asics It's back to the New Edition and The Take 6 [Hook] I'm #1-1-1-1 Damn it feels good to see hip-hop saying somethin' [Verse 2] Let's go way back if you able to do the math yeah I'm talkin' bout the cool table in the cafe yeah When the strip was introduced to pedico Commodore 64 and Coleco Not back to Cali back to the valley Back to Dapper Dan y'all back to Bally's Back before Boomerang, Strange' Before Zhané and go a little further back to Kwame Damn we came a long way [Hook] [Verse 3] I remember break dancing cardboards and backflips The royal blue and the orange Patricks Wasn't like you h*mo s**as I had the low top Converses, I could change my logo's color I remember way back when every clan was stylin' Flava Flav clocks and X-Clan medallions In cla** see a girl you glance at her Pa** her a note, do you like me? Circle a answer [Hook] [Verse 4] Winters not the best time warm it up Kane had came through The eight ball jackets and Columbia Rain suits We ain't pay minds to the length of our chains Transformers was a dance Decepticons was a gang Y'all I'm talkin bout sheep skins Talkin' bout wearin' two pair of jeans when moms gave me a beatin' After school three o'clock we was able to fight Park dibs y'all two turn tables and mike like [Hook] [Verse 5] What about when Public Enemy came out and they dropped a cla**ic Or the Pee-Wee Herman and the Roger Rabbit And the nerds took our tests and they pa**ed em for us Back to the roof top back to latin quarters The olds school's new school now it's the same ol' It's back to Filas, gazelles and Kangols It's back to 40 ounces back to OE Not back to rope chains but back to gold teeth I was the cla** clown just snapping at cats Let's go back to the (?) with the matching hats Remember the Real Roxanne, remember all the vets Remember Kool Moe Dee remember Lord Finesse I bumped Run-D.M.C. almost every weekend The Bronx and Queensbridge just couldn't stop beefin' Kept it on wax they ain't have to pack heat Back to Ron G tapes, back to Black Sheep [Hook] [Verse 6] Come on say it with me I'm talking old Bobby Brown before he thugged Whitney I used bring all my toys in the tub with me A snotty-nosed kid eating boogers It was Ultimate Warrior and Jimmy Fly Snuka, uh Sometimes I read scriptures like Psalms maybe And I didn't wanna go to church but my moms made me TV made me laugh I remember Knight Rider, Kit used to save his a** Let's go back to spooning back to Black Moon and Back to when wrestling had its own cartoon and They used to sleep on us, now they demand us Will Smith told parents they just ain't understand us Back to playing the dozens Back to humping our prettiest girl cousin Psych! I'm buggin NWA was simply known Let's get back on the block I'm talking Quincy Jones I gotta Jones y'all [Hook] [Verse 7] Let's go back before I burned the booth When Tevin Campbell was ill before the whole world learned the truth Hip hop had a message then, j**els was dropping I never got what I wanted on back to school shopping Think about it, used to be about sh** That was back when I still got Easter outfits We all grew up all older folks It's more than just the music, it's a culture, folks [Hook] [Outro] Remember sugar water What was the name of the f**ing drink That they said the f**ing triple K The Klu Klux Klan and sh** had put some sh** in and The black n***as were gon' die - huh? Whatever that was, you n***as knew about it