Who I Am

I'mma take you back with a heavenly rhyme

To me in kindergarden back in '79

Back to the essence when hiphop was precious

First I heard rappers delight, then the message

When planet rock dropped I remember it was hectic

The double dutch bus dropped, I bought the record

Made my boys check it, the drum beat was deep

Then came the fat boys and run dmc

UTFO was rappin 'bout a girl

Then roxanne shanté shook up the world

Ladi dadi

Made me wanna party hardy

We knew every word and we ain't sorry-orry

No sir, the chauffeur, the greensocks

Songs about being late for work had me locked

Weedspots, sittin' by the radio rappin' along

I'd wake up out my sleep to record that song

I remember the tunes, I remember the food

I remember the clothes we were all into

All the little things that inspire a man

Made me who I am, check it out

Do the Pee-wee Herman, mostly thugs

Would dance everytime we heard (josky love?)

And latoya latoya bought this boy up

Along with goya and chips ahoy (uh)

5 cent candies, they called 'em jingles

Who didn't have the fewer for the flavor of some pringles?

1 cent big balls bag of cheese-doodles

Too many of 'em used to make me boo-boo

Swedish fish

Blow-pops

Chick-o-sticks

All before evil chicks and

Ego-trips

Illegal clips, rolling sacks and stolen gats

Holding packs, getting jacked then owing back

Getting clapped, being better off ownin' that

Being better off broke with your dome intact

Than somewhere rich with a hole, infact

Bullet lodged in right where your colon's at

I remember the tunes, I remember the food

I remember the clothes we were all into

All the little things that inspire a man

Made me who I am, check it out

(?) and la tigres, le coqs sportif had shell toe

Sneakers with velcro, kangaroos mark fives

Navy blue puma's I used to shop at (?) square

Heated juniors, clique is out frames

I remember the days with the big stopwatches like flavor flaves

Nike cortez, cotler jeans reebok's and guess, helped me rock the scene

It was: main source, epmd, big daddy kane, me

Skee

I'd turn the volume up and dance to it

Drinking pina colada's from sunnydale farms

I used to backspin and pop-lock my arms

Style and culture molded the man

Just like some pudding that you hold in your hand

[Hook: Pace Won] (2 times)

I remember the tunes, I remember the food

I remember the clothes we were all into

All the little things that inspire a man

Made me who I am, check it out