[Intro: Steve Stoute + Mariah Carey] That summer... the summer '88 is the best... But that's your nostalgia though "Just for the nostalgia" you gotta say That's my most nostalgic moment of hip hop music ever Right [Verse 1: Mariah Carey] I'll just sit right here and sing that good old school sh** to you I won't fool you, I won't make you be my own Oh baby you know All that loving-making we did Boy, it was so real, I wanna feel that again Long lost friend from way back when Eric B was president Tell me where the melody went And if you still care, say ''yeah, yeah, yeah'' Sing it like I used to do This one is for me and you, oh [Chorus: Mariah Carey] La-di-da-di-da-di-da That's how you do it That's how to make it okay And oh baby, you know Make love That's how you do it Just like you did it back then This is dedicated to you [Verse 2: Mariah Carey] I'll just sit right here and sing that good old school sh** to you I won't fool you, I won't make you be my own Oh baby you know, that love making we did Boy, It was so real, I wanna feel that again Loyal friends from way back then Tell me can you vision us 36 Chambers high Feels like we're there, yeah yeah yeah Remix of a fantasy, I hear ‘em singing back to me like... [Chorus: Mariah Carey] La-di-da-di-da-di-da That's how you do it That's how to make it okay And oh baby you know. make love That's how you do it Just like you did it back then This is dedicated to you [Verse 3: Nas] Nah, we don't wish today's game was old again We just wish it wasn't full of Draconian, Babylonian, phony men FOH my summation fascinates, we have debates Who's the greatest living or pa**ed away I ask MC, see what she has to say Eric B or Master P, some see it differently ‘87 meant to me? I try to describe it, you try to relive it I try to revive it hoping that you get it, yeah Something about La Di Da Di got inside our bodies Something about My Adidas coming out the speakers Used to do the Wop or the Pee-Wee Herman Rest in peace Heavy D, Moneyearnin' Mount Vernon Let's go [Chorus: Mariah Carey] La-di-da-di-da-di-da That's how you do it That's how to make it okay And oh baby you know Make love That's how you do it Just like you did it back then This is dedicated to you [Outro: Mariah Carey] Oh baby you know This is dedicated to you This is dedicated to you This is dedicated to you