[Intro: Nola Darling]
I be catching flashbacks to time before we spoke in hashtags
Sons and daughters of midnight marauders, sha-clack-clack
Even back before we spoke like griots here
Now everybody say, "I remember way back when"
[Bridge: Sa-Ra & Nola Darling]
Soupa Deville '78
Sun up in the sky when the clouds was grey
There we exchanged those ropes for chains
Some things will never be the same
[Verse 1: Blu]
Ayo, look up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane
Y'all niggas know the name, and ain't a damn thing changed
But I'm saying, the game needs to get a make-o'
Everything they play is just that same ol', same ol'
Smoking on that Jane, yo, riding in that Range, yo
These niggas still doing songs 'bout slanging cane bro?
That shit is way old, still getting paid though
Fuck you think we came for? To be on The Today Show?
Y'all need to slide a few more O's up on that payroll
Matter-fact, bring the money bags off a crane, yo
Tiger Style, like I bring that Wu-Tang flow
Used to bust to bust, now they do it for the fame, yo
I heard that Jay still getting '88 dough, I'm sayin'
[Hook: Sa-Ra]
Some things will never be the same
As they came
Peopled change
And everybody knows
Some things will never be the same
As they came
It's a shame
[Verse 2: Blu]
Ayo, the radio, the TV, yo, and even the press
It was the reason for the stress that they pile on your chest
But I said, "Fuck that!" Make sure the system in my truck stacked
I'm sick of cruising 'round the town off this bus pass
I used to bust back when y'all was watching Rugrats
Five-ten pimp, growing out that little mustache
Watching sluts pass, wishing I could touch that
Pose on the scope on that all-black Chuck hat
They brought the Chucks back, but who the G's above that?
Had them all-whites like, "I dare somebody scuff that"
They know the drama, but it ain't no need to tuck that
Feel bad 'cause I never brought my papa's gun back
Run niggas when I never used to run track
Shit, I used to get some young snatch off of one rap
I was a Slick Rick since I was a young cat, yup!
When I got that BDP poster, I hung that up!
Can't believe my teacher put me in a dunce hat once (Say what?)
[Hook: Sa-Ra]
Some things will never be the same
As they came
People change
And everybody knows
Some things will never be the same
As they came
It's a shame
[Verse 3: Blu]
Ayo, the Kangols, the jumpsuits, the fat gold chains
The three stripes, the Cortez, stacking old tapes
The boombox, the flat-top, the lines, and the fade
The beepers, the speakers, the four-finger rings
Rakims, G-Raps, the Big Daddy Kanes
The Biz, the Real Roxanne, Dana Dane
LL, The Fat Boys, Ice Cube, and Dre
Ice T, Just-Ice, D Nice, and Flav
The Beastie Boys, yup, and even 3rd Bass
[Hook: Sa-Ra]
Some things will never be the same
As they came
Peopled change
And everybody knows
Some things will never be the same
As they came
It's a shame
[Outro: Blu]
Ugh (Never) yes, yes
And through the eyes of the wise, we will never see demise
Hip-hop is an art we will never compromise
We will never (Never, never, never)
Never (Never, never, never)
Never (Never, never, never)
Never (Never, never, never)
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