Back In The Day Lyrics

"Brothers and sisters!Brothers and sisters, I don't know what this world is coming to!"[Jigga] Whassup Missy? Timbo![Missy] This is.. another.. Missy[Jigga] Hip-Hop! Yes![Missy] Elliott, exclusive[Jay-Z]Yes, uhhOne for the butters, I came from the gutterNo I came from my mother but y'all know what I meanHov' is here to stay like permanent crease in your jeansMe and Missy be the new +Tag Team+"Whoomp! There It Is"We like, Rae & Ghost, A.G. and ShowbizWe "Public Enemy #1," our "Uzi Weighs a Ton"This is our house, RUN! {*laughing*}[Missy]What happened to those good old days? {HA?}When hip-hop, was so much funOhh, house parties in the summer y'all (c'mon)And no one, came through with a gunIt was all about the music y'allIt helped.. to relieve some stress {HA?}Ohh, we was under one groove y'all (y'all)So much love {HA?} between North and West[Chorus: Missy Elliott]Go back in the dayBritish Knights and gold chainsDo the prep and cabbage patchAnd wear your laces all fatBack in the dayyyyyyyy, hey heyHip-Hop has chaaaanged[Missy]Remember when we used to battle? (uh-huh)On the block {HA?} before the lights came onOhh! Mama said we would be straight A kids (c'mon)If we did our homework, like we knew those songsSalt-N-Pepa, Rakim, and P.E. {HA?}D.M.C, and Heavy DYes! Daddy Kane, Slick Rick too (oh-OOH!)MC Lyte ("Paper Thin") opened, doors for you and me, c'mon[Chorus][Jay-Z]Young! J. Bizzy, let's do it again niggaGrew up the way it oughta beFrom day KRS-One all the way up to "Nineteen Naughty Three"To M.O.P., we "Cold as Ice"Nigga we rock it from the "Dre Day" to the Suge KnightSo fuck Chuck Phillips and Bill O'ReillyIf they try to stop hip-hop, we all gon' rally niggaPost Biggie and 'Pac I gotta hold down the cityMake a nigga wanna 'holla' like Missy, but fuck itJust let a nigga MCThe best rapper alive, unquestionablyIf you rip on your +EP+ you gonna need an +MD+So "You Gots to Chill" cause I "Kill at Will"like solid water dude; y'all niggaz don't get it"Kill at Will," solid water? Ice CubeHa ha, that's how hip-hop has evolvedJay-Z's for President, I'm namin Ra as the National God[Missy]Me and Jigga, Jigga J-J-Jay-HovaI rocks the mic right whether I'm pissy drunk or soberMisdemeanor fo'-finger ringer I'm stupid FRESHI've been hot since LL rocked the Kangol HATYes yes, the yes yes, the yes y'allnC'mon... AW YEA, AW YEAOkay, me, that nigga Jigga, fresh dressed in the morninC'mon... AW YEA, AW YEA[Chorus]{*ad libs and whistling*}[Missy]I wanna, go back in, time (let's go)Feels like I, I wanna, go back in, timeFeels like I (Y'all remember "Self Destruction"?)I wanna, go back in, time(Where all the rap artists got on a record together?)Feels like I, I wanna, go back in, time(I used to love them days, no tension, let's go!!)[Chorus]