This is what we started Never be, never be us They can't hold us down They'll never be, never be us Remember when we were young Breakin' every rule they made I'll never change what we've done It made us who we are today I'm takin' every chance I get

Baby, I think I love you today I think I love Every single little crack on your face Even our most casual embrace You don't have to try 'Cause I've made up my mind Remember that time You threw a can of beer at me like a stone You drunk too much wine

What more could I say, I wouldn't be here today If the old school didn't pave the way I remember Mr. Magic, Flash, Grandmaster Caz LL raising hell but, that didn't last Eric B. & Rakim was, the shit to me I flip to see a Doug E. Fresh show, with Ricky D

I just don't understand The ways of the world today Sometimes I feel Like there's nothing to live for So I'm longing for the days of yesterday Won't somebody tell me Remember back in the time When the only sign we had was pickets But now in '94, it be

The skies are burning with thunder The seas are ablaze with flame Set the course for Cartagena The sands of time will remember our names History is written today Sailing the raging seas To distant lands unknown Porto Bello fell in a day Now Britannia

Slave driver, your table has turned Catch a fire, your gonna get burned Catch a fire, your gonna get burned I remember on di slave ship how dey brutalise your very soul, Today dey say that we are free Only to be jailed in poverty, Good god I think it?s a

Don't feel sorry 'Bout the way it's gone Don't you worry 'Bout what you've done Remember, remember today Remember when you were young How the hero was never hung Always got away Remember, how the man

Don't come for me today I'm feeling good But no baby, no baby, not today I'mma savor it I remember when You came to take me away So close I was to heaven's gates

Remember cuddles in the kitchen Yeah, to get things off the ground And it was up, up and away That on a day like today when you're all argumentative And you've got the face on Oh, but it's right hard to remember Now then Mardy Bum I see your frown And

This is what we started Never be, never be us They can't hold us down They'll never be, never be us Remember when we were young Breakin' every rule they made I'll never change what we've done It made us who we are today I takin' every chance I get To