I Was There

[KRS-One] Do it Marley, ha! Killin 'em, you killin 'em! (Where were you?) I wanna talk about these rap historians Y'all better get it together (Where were you?) I be readin' your books (Where were you?) Y'all better get it together, word up When Hot 97 started, I was there When Rap City got started, I was there When KDAY got started, I was there When Jive Records got started, I was there When Yo! MTV Raps started, I was there When The Source magazines started, I was there When Cedric and Seda started, I was there When Biggie was doin' his album, I was there When Tookie Williams was buried, I was there '73, Cedar Park, I was there One-twenty-three park, I was there You ain't tellin' me the history 'cause I was there [Hook] I WAS THERE! (And where were you?) (Where were you?) (And where were you?) (Where were you?) (And where were you?) (Where were you?) (Where were you?) [KRS-One] When Moe Dee challenged LL, I was there When that bus blew up in London, I was there When Death Row challenged Bad Boy at the Source Awards In New York at the Garden, yup, I was there When Kwame Ture, formerly known as Stokely Carmichael Was passin' on, I was there When Nelson Mandela was freed from prison And spoke out at Yankee Stadium in New York, I was there For all the births of my children, I was there When the Rodney King uprisings happened I was there These objective rap historians tryin' to document Hip-Hop from outside, forget it, I was there [Hook] [KRS-One] LOOK! The Jive Records label, I was there The Columbia Records label, I was there The Elektra Records label, I was there The Warner Brothers Records label, I was there The Koch Records label, I was there The Capitol Records label, I was there I know about they contracts 'cause I was there I wrote and rewrote most of 'em when I was there I ain't readin' a book or recitin' a hook I am Hip-Hop itself 'cause, yup, I was there Y'all need to get it together with Hip-Hop's history And get it right, 'cause, yup, I was there [Hook]