Dedicated

[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 shit to ya I won't fool ya, I won't make you be my own Oh baby you know, all that lovemaking we did, boy It was so real I wanna feel that again [Pre-Chorus 1: Mariah Carey] 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 to 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 Oh baby you know Make love, that’s how you do it Just like you did it back then Well, this is dedicated to you [Verse 2: Mariah Carey] I'll just sit right here and sing that good old school shit to ya I won't fool ya, I won't make you be my own Oh baby you know, all that love making we did Boy it was so real I wanna feel that again [Pre-Chorus 2: Mariah Carey] And all your friends from way back then Tell me can you visualize 36 Chambers high It 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 Oh baby you know Make love, that’s how you do it Just like you did it back then Well, 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 passed 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 Oh baby you know This is dedicated to you This is dedicated to you Oh baby you know [Hook: Mariah Carey] This is dedicated to you This is dedicated to you This is dedicated to you Oh baby you know [Hook: Mariah Carey] This is dedicated to you This is dedicated to you This is dedicated to you Oh baby you know [Hook: Mariah Carey] This is dedicated to you This is dedicated to you This is dedicated to you Oh baby you know