Just Like That

[Intro]

You know, you don't see with your eyes

You see with your brain

And the more words your brain has

The more things you can see

[Verse 1]

Yes yes y'all, it don't stop, it can't stop, it won't stop

We used to be there rapping on the block

It was like hip-hop would never stop

But then we all got older, and a little bit bolder

The streets of New York got a little bit colder

I'm a young dude, I gotta learn and get over

1980, Brooklyn is crazy in the dark

But there I am in Wingate Park

Jamming to the DJs creating this art

I'm on E, but I'm free and I wanna be part

So I gotta be smart and then it just sparked

I'mma start with my heart, achieving the mark

Of being the number one MC on the chart

So on your mark get ready go

I Rock Steadied the show with DJ Scott La Rock, you already know

Yo, these were the days when bands were elected

Based on the jams they selected so check it

This man got respected

When fans detected that the South Bronx

Was the new answer record

[Hook]

And just like that, just like that, just like that

I speak into the air and

Just like that, just like that, just like that

My dreams they did appear so

Just like that, just like that, just like that

You speak into the air and

Just like that, just like that, just like that

Your dreams they will appear so

[Verse 2]

Just like that I was right on top

Me and Scott La Rock but then Scott La Rock got shot

I can hear him echoing: "hip-hop don't stop"

But we was getting robbed like a bank with no lock

By a record company that was taking a lot

People blaming us and shaming us, but then it all stopped

When By All Means Necessary dropped

It was like the whole damn hip-hop culture stopped

But that's when the vultures dropped, from the culture shock

Because we was showing people how they supposed to rock

With their hands in the air and they mouth on scream

But in '81 this was just a dream

But we kept dreaming, kept decreeing, kept seeing

Kept being hip-hop, breaking, MCing

Graffiti writing, DJing on the weekend

It's the proper use of your mind I'm teaching

[Hook]

And just like that, just like that, just like that

I speak into the air and

Just like that, just like that, just like that

My dreams they did appear so

Just like that, just like that, just like that

You speak into the air and

Just like that, just like that, just like that

Your dreams they will appear so

[Verse 3]

Just like that, I began to see

The true force and the power of M-I-N-D

Now I am free and yes I can be

The amazing MC I saw in 81

Back then I was the crazy one

Even the lazy one, the not sure, the maybe one

Now today I'm the sure one, the on tour one

The raw one, the one you want more from

But it was all a dream

Now this brother's on the cover of Word Up magazine

Hanging fliers on my wall

Boogie Down Productions vs MC Shan and Marley Marl

You know my tape rocks, I don't say pop

If I couldn't find OE, then I got the Private Stock

Way back where them Dapper Dan jackets at

With the hat to match, all that

[Hook]

And just like that, just like that, just like that

I speak into the air and

Just like that, just like that, just like that

My dreams they did appear so

Just like that, just like that, just like that

You speak into the air and

Just like that, just like that, just like that

Your dreams they will appear so

[Verse 4]

Just like that, now it's '91

And the West Coast Era now has just begun

And you can't run, crack cocaine affects everyone

Now we know the military, they brought in several tons

Forget them old guns they brought in better ones

The name of this new game is stack your set of ones

For me I remember 1981

When I first wanted to rap it was mainly fun

But hip-hop was made to run

So them dudes that think it's all about money their day will come

And it comes for many, and it's scary

To learn your whole career was really temporary

But on the contrary we can look at the past

And see the major recording artists that didn't last

But here comes the blast, in order to last

Be the real you, man, take off the mask

[Hook]

And just like that, just like that, just like that

I speak into the air and

Just like that, just like that, just like that

My dreams they did appear so

Just like that, just like that, just like that

You speak into the air and

Just like that, just like that, just like that

Your dreams they will appear so