Текст песни Whayback (Artifacts) с переводом

«A world premiere»

«A world premiere»

«A world premiere»

I calculate that eighty-five was the year

I first grabbed the pen, daydreamin' of the cheers

Ahead from rockin' shows, no Girbauds that sag

The windbreaker suits and backspins that was mad

I stress progress, roll joints at my rest

'Til the ill wee hours, and I knew it was the best

I hit mad spots, many crews got dropped

While I was gettin' props niggas was dealin' on the block

Stayin' in crib on the weekends

'Cause was Marley Marl was freakin

The cuts Mr. Magic was speakin'

That’s how I got my first taste, makin' tapes

'Til the rhyme skill was great and my style would escalate

Practice made my perfect tactics

Now my dap gets clap, 'cause I’m the rap snap fanatic

But now in nine-trey I got the T-Ray track

And my trunks, my roots are growin' styles from way back

«Going way back, way back, way back»

«Back in- Back in the days»

«Going way back, way back, way back»

«Back in- Back in the days»

I flash back to fat Kangol hats with plastic

Back when steppin' on kicks in eighty-six got your ass kicked

Bombers and sheepskins, were common when I first started rhymin'

Still I found time to go bombin'

Me and my pals rocked Cazals with no glass

Dark flavored Clarks, Lee Denims off the ass

Back when Mr. Magic had it goin' all the way on

The beef with BDP added flavor like a crayon

Indeed MCs would represent with the skills

But now in ninety-three a lot of them can get the dillz

It seems like a little somethin' missin' in the mix

But now I got a deal, so it’s up to me to fix

When niggas put me up on, with funky raps to cut on

Word is bond, if I hear another wack rap song

I might snap and it’s an actual fact

That I’mma kick it like that 'cause this is strictly 'bout the way back

«Going way back, way back, way back»

«Back in- Back in the days»

«Going way back, way back, way back»

«Back in- Back in the days»

«Going way back, way back, way back»

«Back in- Back in the days»

«Going way back, way back, way back»

«Back in- Back in the days»

«It's like that y’all, it’s like that y’all

It’s like that tha- tha-that, it’s like that y’all»

«It's like that y’all, it’s like that y’all

It’s like that tha- tha-that, it’s like that y’all»

Aww man, damn, way back things was kinda fat

Had the Godfather knot, a Starter hat, things are kinda wack now

Packed up, my cardboard and stepped away

I didn’t have a choice, the culture was slayed

Graffiti had died, and things were dissapearin'

The West coast was here and all these wack beats appearin'

DJs were breakin' down record store doors

To get the Biz Dance and the Chante Moore’s

Peace to Buck Four, Rocksteady on the floor

New York and Dynamic crews plus many more

Remember the time when you didn’t pack a nine

Niggas just came to hear some funky ass rhymes

But all of that’s over 'cause brothers wanna act up

No clubs to go to, they’ll just pack rap up

That’s how the media wants it to stop

So peep the first and last showing of Graffiti Rock

So check it, the brothers wanna wreck it

To get what’s expected, 'cause hip-hop should be respect

Gotta get it back to get it on track

Artifacts kickin' styles illy on the way back

Like back when my Timberlands were only size sixes

I used to take pictures shootin' spitballs at bitches

Cross New Jersey Transit just to see a rapper kick it

But now I ain’t with it 'cause niggas just ain’t worth the ticket

Shit man, I remember jams that were slammin'

Gettin' me and my man in was harder than backgammon

DJs would scratch back to back on boom baps

And rappers with real raps could drop shit real fat

But now kid, as I recollect, rappers out who caught wreck

Respected, just got stuck up in my tape deck

Real deal hip-hop, when Biz used to flip-flop

His fat ass, on stage’d do a dance in busted Reeboks

Niggas must’ve forgot when real rhymes was hot

'Cause now if you ain’t gold you ain’t got no props

But fuck that, I’m above that, I don’t play that

The Artifacts staff drops math about the way back

«Going way back, way back, way back»

«Back in- Back in the days»

«Going way back, way back, way back»

«Back in- Back in the days»

«Going way back, way back, way back»

«Back in- Back in the days»

«Going way back, way back, way back»

«Back in- Back in the days»

«It's a demo…»

«Back in- Back in the days»

«You gots to chill…»

«Back in- Back in the days»

«South Bronx»

«To the- to the Bridge»

'South Bronx"

«Back in- Back in the days»

«Jimbrowski… that’s what it is»

«Back in- Back in the days»

«It's like that y’all, it’s like that y’all

It’s like that tha- tha-that, it’s like that y’all»

«It's like that y’all, it’s like that y’all

It’s like that tha- tha-that, it’s like that y’all»

«It's like that y’all, it’s like that y’all

It’s like that tha- tha-that, it’s like that y’all»

«It's like that y’all, it’s like that y’all

It’s like that tha- tha-that, it’s like that y’all»