I feel lucky enough to have grown up in such an era of hip hop
it'll forever remain precious and never happen again right
I mean I was actually alive to be a part of the evolutions
of the Pacs the Biggies the Puns the L the Guru
I mean these cats all had their own styles ideas and concepts
and they just weren't comparable to anyone else at the time
and that's what it was about it was about being different being original
have something to say I mean
this was actual talent these were artists
and to me this will always be hip hop....

I remember back way back the first raps that I wrote
during class didn't pass I never took any notes
just a page full of cliff notes quotes full of punch lines
the rhymes that I wrote spoke the rhythms of my mind
and most times I just did it for fun
wanted to spit like Canibus and Pun rolled into one
and I prayed for the days just to battle someone
I was a slave to the praise gave to whomever won
and in a way it's a phase where my journey begun
and my styles finally changed look at what it's become
reflect life experience and therapeutically use it
concepts and story line based themed in my music
the challenges you faced mistakes and confusion
instead you planned ahead which lead to better solutions
a real artist growth shows a meaning behind
when every line they design captures moments in time

(Kaspa & Hi-Kid)

and I remember parents saying it isn't the same
what happened to the music damn man it's totally changed
I used to wonder how they could even complain
and now I'm that old head talking the good ol' days
do you remember parents saying it isn't the same
what happened to the music damn man it's totally changed
I used to wonder how they could even complain
and now I'm that old head talking the good ol' days


11:59 waited in lines just for that new release
read the cd sleeves for features and who produced the beats
an experience you bumped it all the way home
like are you hearing this delirious from song after song
I'd swing through Newbury Comics just in search of new artists
at $10.88 a cd see this used to be modest
then came the birth of Napster and I was amazed
I paid no concern that this would be the turn of an age
and invoke such a change in how our music was bought
now digital downloads show how the people support
it seems like everyone's a critic they're just different fans
and the internet is flooded with musicians and bands
am I alone is it me or is it tougher to deal wit
it's shamefully hard to sit and watch as it falls
I'm just glad I was a part to see the start of it all

(Kaspa & Hi-Kid)

and I remember parents saying it isn't the same
what happened to the music damn man it's totally changed
I used to wonder how they could even complain
and now I'm that old head talking the good ol' days
do you remember parents saying it isn't the same
what happened to the music damn man it's totally changed
I used to wonder how they could even complain
and now I'm that old head talking the good ol' days

(Apathy verse)

I feel like I could move the planet with my verses
like a preacher move the churches
something people wanna purchase when they deep beneath the surface
I was raised by the masters praised by the masses
known for turnin rappers into burnin piles of ashes
observe my style is savage I studied the gods
I spent about 2000 hours over analyzing Nas
like these album were my classes and ya'll aint pass this
when I release these last hypnotical gases
so you can get the gasface fuck all that new buzz
I sweated KMD before you knew who Doom was
when I was rockin' Peach Fuzz and Pete was The Creator
ain't no era greater Ap witnessed the alpha and omega
when it came to all this rap shit before all this plastic
when people didn't simply throw around that word classic
it's something that was earned and the cds were burned
you had to live it now these kids searchin on Google to learn
and I remember parents saying....

(Kaspa & Hi-Kid)

and I remember parents saying it isn't the same
what happened to the music damn man it's totally changed
I used to wonder how they could even complain
and now I'm that old head talking the good ol' days
do you remember parents saying it isn't the same
what happened to the music damn man it's totally changed
I used to wonder how they could even complain
and now I'm that old head talking the good ol' days

(Hi-Kid)

talkin bout the good ol' days... the good ol' days... the good ol' days...
I'm talkin bout the good ol' days... the good ol' days... the good ol' days...
I'm talkin bout the good ol' days... the good ol' days... the good ol' days...
I'm talkin bout the good ol' days... the good ol' days... the good ol' days... heyay