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Nostalgia (prod by EARdrum)

from Yugen by PROlific

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lyrics

(Intro by Carl Sagan)

- Hook -
Know this, we are the young and the focused
Livin fast cause' we don’t know what slow is
Lookin at us like something’s wrong
But our only problem was being influenced by the dopest

My generation is the Cowabunga Coalition
Jordan was number 1 and number 2 was Scottie Pippen
Moonwalkin and Ztarter jackets was how we was livin
Nintendo Sega and Playstation was the new addiction
Not to mention the internet and the cell phone
Metallica, Adam Sandler and Jay-Z yo
As if my era needed any vindication
We emancipated and this is the proclamation
"Great Scott!," I wanna be sedated
Take me back to da days when Steve Urkel was really famous
Life was in living color with cartoons Saturday and
All it took to be “Like Mike” was a bottle of Gatorade
It's funny how time flies but lookin back now I realize
Everything that was awesome was kept alive on the inside
Like Bill Nye and Hangin with Mr. Cooper,
Skip sippin on some sizzurp man gimme an ecto-cooler
When I work I’m an Animaniac on the clock
Cause' when I Yakk-O, my style is Wakk-O and timing's on the Dot
So when they try to keep us down we stay ascending
Cause we the future homie now smokey go ahead and get em

- Hook -

What’s up Doc, I’m bout to go G.I. Joe
I'm mighty morphin on em callin it my Megazord flow
I guess that you could say I’m in my optimus prime
Cause' by design, my rhymes be Transformin the mind
And I never play I be steady pushin rewind
To show you “What I Got” cause' my music is so “Sublime”
Now this is a story all about how Pharcyde,
Roots crew, Nas and ha Dogg Pound
Along with Beastie Boys, Biggie, Pac, Tribe Called Quest
Became threads in the tapestry called hip hop's best
Yes, I might bias but nobody can deny us
Growin up with MC Lyte, TLC, Blackstreet and Mariah,
Eminem almost retired while Yeezy was speakin "thru the wire"
Witnesses from Bad Boy to the Def Jam empire
"On and on it seems to go, it's like we don't know what we got til it's gone"
This ain't no tangent I'm payin homage to Common
Pharoae Monch, KRS-1, Canibus, Crucial Conflict
Busta Bust, Talib Kweli, Outkast and miss Lauryn ...Hill...thank ya'll for givin us somethin we could feel

- Hook -

I wrote this rhyme to remind us all
That Nostalgia is evidence of how we've all evolved
Recall the fact we learned to walk before we could crawl
We kids of yesterday are shapin up the world of tomorrow
They say we lost, but watch how we find shit wit google maps
"Haven't heard the latest?" well ok miss watch me google-that
With zulu tactics duelin dudes for practice
Pepe Lepew couldn't swoon tunes from my magna doodle antics
Like magnets, drawn to the force of what I'm writin
Dictatin the pace at psycho crushin speeds like M. Bison
Invading the place then graphing outer space, Tycho Brahe
Woah Kimo Sabe School House Rockin is my hobby
In the spotlight, witness The Shining like "Here's Johnny!"
Come and step into a world of mine...or was it Bobby's?
Probably, this joint got you catchin a "Jones" like "Casey"
I'm takin us back to the future So "hasta la vista, baby"
Ok B, "Don't Stop til You Get Enough," see "They Don't Really Care About Us," but "The Way You Make Me Feel," makes me "Remember the Time" is "Dangerous"
It's clear as mud, "Black or White" and generations later
People gon talk about us, cuz after all...it's "Human Nature."

- Hook -

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from Yugen, released June 16, 2012

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