#1

[Intro: Joe Budden]

Joey! Let's go!

[Verse 1: Joe Budden]

Back in the days before your present

Back when it was a little more pleasant

Before I knew this rap shit would ever lure me in

Let's go back like Mike Fox in the Delorean

Back in the day shit, back to the basics

When brass knuckles used to leave a nigga face ticked

Its back to the Diadoras and the Asics

It's back to the New Edition and The Take 6

[Hook]

"I'm number one—one—one—one"

Damn it feels good to see hip-hop say it's #1

[Verse 2]

Let's go!

Way back if you able to do the math, yeah

I'm talkin' bout the cool table in the cafe, yeah

When the strip was introduced to pedico

Commodore 64 and Coleco

Not back to Cali, back to the valley

Back to Dapper Dan y'all, back to Bally's

Back before Boomerang, Strange'

Before Zhané and go a little further back to Kwame

Damn, we came a long way

[Hook]

"I'm number one—one—one—one"

Damn it feels good to see hip-hop say it's #1

[Verse 3]

I remember break dancing cardboards and backflips

The royal blue and the orange Patricks

Wasn't like you homo suckas

I had the low top Converses, I could change my logo's color

I remember way back when every clan was stylin'

Flava Flav clocks and X-Clan medallions

In class see a girl you glance at her

Pass her a note, do you like me? Circle a answer

[Hook]

"I'm number one—one—one—one"

Damn it feels good to see hip-hop say it's #1

[Verse 4]

Winters not the best time warm it up Kane had came through

The eight ball jackets and Columbia Rain suits

We ain't pay minds to the length of our chains

Transformers was a dance Decepticons was a gang

Y'all I'm talkin bout sheep skins

Talkin' bout wearin' two pair of jeans when moms gave me a beatin'

After school three o'clock we was able to fight

Park dibs y'all two turn tables and mike like

[Hook]

"I'm number one—one—one—one"

Damn it feels good to see hip-hop say it's #1

[Verse 5]

What about when Public Enemy came out and they dropped a classic

Or the Pee-Wee Herman and the Roger Rabbit

And the nerds took our tests and they passed em for us

Back to the roof top back to latin quarters

The olds school's new school now it's the same ol'

It's back to Filas, gazelles and Kangols

It's back to 40 ounces back to OE

Not back to rope chains but back to gold teeth

I was the class clown just snapping at cats

Let's go back to the (?) with the matching hats

Remember the Real Roxanne, remember all the vets

Remember Kool Moe Dee remember Lord Finesse

I bumped Run-D.M.C. almost every weekend

The Bronx and Queensbridge just couldn't stop beefin'

Kept it on wax they ain't have to pack heat

Back to Ron G tapes, back to Black Sheep

[Hook]

"I'm number one—one—one—one"

Damn it feels good to see hip-hop say it's #1

[Verse 6]

Come on say it with me

I'm talking old Bobby Brown before he thugged Whitney

I used bring all my toys in the tub with me

A snotty-nosed kid eating boogers

It was Ultimate Warrior and Jimmy Fly Snuka, uh

Sometimes I read scriptures like Psalms maybe

And I didn't wanna go to church but my moms made me

TV made me laugh

I remember Knight Rider, Kit used to save his ass

Let's go back to spooning back to Black Moon and

Back to when wrestling had its own cartoon and

They used to sleep on us, now they demand us

Will Smith told parents they just ain't understand us

Back to playing the dozens

Back to humping our prettiest girl cousin

Psych! I'm buggin

N.W.A. was simply known

Let's get back on the block I'm talking Quincy Jones

I gotta Jones y'all

[Hook]

"I'm number one—one—one—one"

Damn it feels good to see hip-hop say it's #1

[Verse 7]

Let's go back before I burned the booth

When Tevin Campbell was ill before the whole world learned the truth

Hip hop had a message then, jewels was dropping

I never got what I wanted on back to school shopping

Think about it, used to be about shit

That was back when I still got Easter outfits

We all grew up all older folks

It's more than just the music, it's a culture, folks

[Hook]

"I'm number one—one—one—one"

Damn it feels good to see hip-hop say it's #1

[Outro]

Remember sugar water

What was the name of the fucking drink

That they said the fucking triple K

The Klu Klux Klan and shit had put some shit in and

The black niggas were gon' die - huh?

Whatever that was, you niggas knew about it