Missy Elliott Follow

"brothers and sisters!
Brothers and sisters, I dont 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, uhh
One for the butters, I came from the gutter
No I came from my mother but yall know what I mean
Hov is here to stay like permanent crease in your jeans
Me and missy be the new +tag team+
"whoomp! there it is"
We like, rae & ghost, a.g. and showbiz
We "public enemy #1," our "uzi weighs a ton"
This is our house, run! [laughing]

[missy]
What hap
pened to those good old days? {ha?
When hip-hop, was so much fun
Ohh, house parties in the summer yall (cmon)
And no one, came through with a gun
It was all about the music yall
It helped.. to relieve some stress {ha?
Ohh, we was under one groove yall (yall)
So much love {ha? between north and west

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Go back in the day
British knights and gold chains
Do the prep and cabbage patch
And wear your laces all fat
Back in the dayyyyyyyy, hey hey
Hip-hop has chaaaanged

[missy]
Remember when we used to battle? (uh-huh)
On the block {ha? before the lights came on
Ohh! mama said we would be straight a kids (cmon)
If we did our homework, like we knew those songs
Salt-n-pepa, rakim, and p.e. {ha?
D.m.c, and heavy d
Yes! daddy kane, slick rick too (oh-ooh!)
Mc lyte ("paper thin") opened, doors for you and me, cmon

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[jay-z]
Young! j. bizzy, lets do it again nigga
Grew up the way it oughta be
From 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 kn
ight
So fuck chuck phillips and bill oreilly
If they try to stop hip-hop, we all gon rally nigga
Post biggie and pac I gotta hold down the city
Make a nigga wanna holla like missy, but fuck it
Just let a nigga mc
The best rapper alive, unquestionably
If you rip on your +ep+ you gonna need an +md+
So "you gots to chill" cause I "kill at will"
Like solid water dude; yall niggaz dont get it
"kill at will," solid water? ice cube
Ha ha, thats how hip-hop has evolved
Jay-zs for president, Im namin ra as the national god

[missy]
Me and jigga, jigga j-j-jay-hova
I rocks the mic right whether Im pissy drunk or sober
Misdemeanor fo-finger ringer Im stupid fresh
Ive been hot since ll rocked the kangol hat
Yes yes, the yes yes, the yes yalln
Cmon... aw yea, aw yea
Okay, me, that nigga jigga, fresh dressed in the mornin
Cmon... aw yea, aw yea

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[ad libs and whistling]

[missy]
I wanna, go back in, time (lets go)
Feels like i, I wanna, go back in, time
Feels like I (yall remember "self destruction"? )
I wanna, go back in, time
(where all the rap arti
sts got on a record together? )
Feels like i, I wanna, go back in, time
(I used to love them days, no tension, lets go!!)

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