[Sample]: "I stopped goin' to the places, we used to go When they play our favorite song, I turn off the radio" [Verse One] [Mic Legacy]: This is my ode to this thing we call "hip hop" It's 'bout time somebody set it right like it was a wrist watch If you was hot then everybody knew your jam B.D.P., Public Enemy, yeah, MC Shan Fans were really fans Albums were really albums Damn I miss the Golden Era, shows that were shows Big Daddy Kane and Rakim rockin' chunky ropes Droppin' funky quotes was the way to be dope Not the crack version But word and the ill delivery Would have you rockin' shows from Jersey to Italy Bambaataa made a lot of Zulus Do you, remember five n***as With Attitudes? LL Cool Rockin' Bells before he turned smooth You better move Nobody Beats The Biz Cop k**er, Ice-T, MC Lyte and Rob Base If you don't remember them get up out my face [Hook]: "I stopped goin' to the places, we used to go" Lookin' for hip hop "When they play our favorite song, I turn off the radio" Cause that ain't hip hop "I stopped goin' to the places, we used to go" Lookin' for hip hop "When they play our favorite song, I turn off the radio" Cause that ain't hip hop [Verse Two] [Skyzoo]: Born in the 80's Kicks and snares raised me None of this new sh** will ever phase me The 90's was my soundtrack So everything that I was ever built on Or was built from is surrounding that I came up on The Box where it was two dollars a pop Then you waited by the screen for it to drop You know it well My tape collection defines tape collectin' And if I Ebay it, it's a big collection From '90 to '99 rewind was the birth of me I gave my Chi-Ali tape open heart surgery My first L was blown to the first L Lifestyles Ov The Poor And Dangerous, it worked well And I'm still on the purple tape Still in a purple case Still duckin' from Shark Biters like how the purple say And if you're still on your TDK's Never put me in your box if your sh** eats tapes [Hook]: "I stopped goin' to the places, we used to go" Lookin' for hip hop "When they play our favorite song, I turn off the radio" Cause that ain't hip hop "I stopped goin' to the places, we used to go" Lookin' for hip hop "When they play our favorite song, I turn off the radio" Cause that ain't hip hop [Verse Three] [Mic Legacy]: From the 80's to the 90's now we in 2000's I don't know y'all, it got me really doubtin' That hip hop would last, it seems like a fad It's less for the love and more for the cash Little Brother from the Slum Village be a Black Star There's more to the game than being a trap star Record labels ain't the same, record deals ain't the same You might get a lil' change and a lil' fame We only 8 years in it seems like six feet in A grave that we dug our self, we don't love our self We barely eat because we dub our stuff Master P changed the game with his distribution Dilla and Kanye with the ill loopin' N.E.R.D., D.M.P., Clipse and Nottz Raw Spiced up the game like pepper or hot sauce Off is what my radio on because it's all borin' [Hook]: "I stopped goin' to the places, we used to go" Lookin' for hip hop "When they play our favorite song, I turn off the radio" Cause that ain't hip hop "I stopped goin' to the places, we used to go" Lookin' for hip hop "When they play our favorite song, I turn off the radio" Cause that ain't hip hop