Classic (Better Than I've Ever Been) (DJ Premier RMX) - Kanye West/KRS-One.mp3

[00:02.10]
[00:02.58]Sample:
[00:03.07]"And now for my next number.."
[00:03.68]"I'd like to return to the.."
[00:04.44]Nas:
[00:05.01]"Classic"
[00:05.67]Kanye West:
[00:06.24]"uh, uh, - timeless.."
[00:13.89]Kool G Rap:
[00:14.37]"Nike's straight classic"
[00:15.02]Nas:
[00:15.49]"Classic"
[00:16.13]Kool G Rap:
[00:16.66]"Nike's..Nike's..Nike's.. straight classic"
[00:19.61]Kanye West:
[00:20.18]"Timeless.."
[00:20.92]Sample:
[00:21.46]"I'd like to return to the classic"
[00:22.10]Rakim:
[00:22.74]"Kanye West"
[00:23.44]
[00:23.96]Verse 1: Kanye West
[00:24.50]Can't buy this, super fly in this
[00:26.55]Like shininess, you're highness
[00:28.77]It's performin', look how long the line is
[00:31.06]It's what happens when you make shit that's timeless
[00:33.46]It's what happens, each rapper's the pioneers
[00:35.79]What would it take to be a legend like Nas is?
[00:38.21]That's so novice, I'm so polished
[00:40.88]I got a right to be a 'lil snobbish
[00:43.03]I did a 'lil bit of College
[00:45.42]Semesters it took two like Rob Base
[00:47.77]To let me figure out this was in my place
[00:50.13]The beat's slow, 'til you listen to my pace
[00:52.61]'Cause I be killin' shit, but that's evident
[00:55.26]And y'all feelin' it, but I expected
[00:57.39]If it's classic - it's gon' last forever than
[00:59.76]I'm everywhere you never been, and better than I ever been
[01:01.88]
[01:02.46]Nas:
[01:03.02]"Classic"
[01:03.60]Kool G Rap:
[01:04.17]"Nike's straight classic"
[01:04.88]Nas:
[01:05.56]"I'm better than I've ever been"
[01:07.12]Kanye West:
[01:07.67]"Timeless.."
[01:08.59]Kanye West:
[01:09.23]"I'm everywhere you never been, and better than I ever been"
[01:11.77]Nas:
[01:12.27]"Classic"
[01:12.99]Kool G Rap:
[01:13.51]"Nike's straight..straight classic.."
[01:15.00]Nas:
[01:15.58]"I'm better than I've ever been"
[01:16.62]Kanye West:
[01:17.10]"Timeless.."
[01:17.80]
[01:18.34]Nas Samples: One Love & It Ain't Hard To Tell
[01:19.05]"Hold the fort down, represent to the fullest"
[01:19.90]"Nas'll rock well"
[01:20.90]
[01:21.45]Verse 2: Nas
[01:21.96]Perseverance..
[01:22.67]See the fake hustler rapper
[01:24.68]To them, it hurts to hear this
[01:26.15]Oh you went platinum? Yeah, that's nice
[01:28.42]Now let me see you do the same thing twice
[01:30.84]Three times, four times, then a couple of mo' times
[01:33.24]Please, you're Amateur Night, it's Showtime
[01:35.65]It's one life to live, so live it the best you can
[01:37.99]The world could use one less man
[01:40.60]Not enough air, not enough car factories
[01:42.82]To manufacture new vehicles, sedans and vans
[01:45.35]When they do make the whip you like
[01:47.35]Your chips ain't right
[01:48.93]By the time you could afford it
[01:50.61]The car ain't imported
[01:52.07]In the streets I'm in, it's just iron
[01:53.14]Cops keep firin', in my environment
[01:55.03]Leavin' you slumped, then they drive home
[01:57.19]Far from the hood, brothers they eager to jump on
[01:59.39]I like to be the wall that they toast up on
[02:01.95]I like to see them fall, guilty for doin' wrong
[02:04.54]I'm classic like the Air One's, the hustler shoe
[02:07.60]That's what I'm accustomed to.. yea
[02:09.15]
[02:09.69]Nas:
[02:10.27]"Classic"
[02:11.05]Kool G Rap:
[02:11.65]"Nike's straight classic"
[02:12.27]Nas:
[02:12.94]"I'm better than I've ever been"
[02:14.13]Kanye West:
[02:14.73]"Timeless.."
[02:15.57]Kanye West:
[02:16.17]"I'm everywhere you never been, and better than I ever been"
[02:18.94]Nas:
[02:19.42]"Classic"
[02:20.19]Kool G Rap:
[02:20.77]"Nike's straight..straight classic.."
[02:22.49]Nas:
[02:23.13]"I'm better than I've ever been"
[02:23.90]Kanye West:
[02:24.44]"Timeless.."
[02:25.12]
[02:25.63]KRS-One Sample:
[02:26.30]"Of course - we have Blastmaster KRS-One"
[02:28.28]
[02:28.86]Verse 3: KRS-One
[02:29.47]How many of y'all got - 'Criminal Minded'?
[02:30.99]You, you, you, y'all don't be blinded
[02:33.29]Me - I got no jewels on my neck
[02:35.69]Why? - I don't need 'em, I got your respect
[02:37.91]KRS-One, 20 years I rock
[02:40.38]I do it for JMJ and Scott La Rock
[02:42.78]This hip-hop and we is a nation
[02:45.03]Don't you wanna hear more KRS-One on your radio station?
[02:48.07]Instead of broadcasting how we smoke them trees
[02:50.09]On the radio we need to hear more local emcees
[02:52.49]Where you at?, c'mon where you at?
[02:54.85]This is the difference between emceein' and rap
[02:57.32]Rappers spit rhymes that're mostly illegal
[02:59.65]Emcees spit rhymes to uplift their people
[03:02.21]Peace, Love, Unity, havin' fun
[03:04.37]These are the lyrics of KRS-One..
[03:06.53]
[03:07.08]Nas:
[03:07.69]"Classic"
[03:08.31]Kool G Rap:
[03:08.87]"Nike's straight classic"
[03:09.65]Nas:
[03:10.26]"I'm better than I've ever been"
[03:11.78]Kanye West:
[03:12.35]"Timeless.."
[03:13.12]Kanye West:
[03:13.76]"I'm everywhere you never been, and better than I ever been"
[03:16.47]Nas:
[03:16.91]"Classic"
[03:17.71]Kool G Rap:
[03:18.29]"Nike's straight..straight classic.."
[03:20.51]Nas:
[03:21.09]"I'm better than I've ever been"
[03:21.67]Kanye West:
[03:22.24]"Timeless.."
[03:22.82]
[03:23.42]Rakim Sample:
[03:24.00]"I'm Rakim, the fiend of a microphone.."
[03:24.67]
[03:25.23]Verse 4: Rakim
[03:25.78]Uh, yea, is y'all ready for 20-07?
[03:27.33]It's now another drought
[03:28.55]Everybody's a killer, wow we buggin' out
[03:30.98]Since '86 showin' the crowd what I'm about
[03:33.29]And they still wanna know when the album comin' out
[03:35.61]Askin' teenagers, OG's and nasty kids
[03:37.95]What their definition of Classic is?
[03:39.71]Timeless, so age don't count in the booth
[03:43.04]When your flow stay submerge in the fountain of youth
[03:45.10]Ain't no doubtin' the truth, I'm off the meters
[03:47.53]Everybody cosignin', even the non-believers
[03:50.30]Since I came in the door, and became one of y'all leaders
[03:52.46]In a fresh pair Air Force sneakers
[03:54.68]Uptowns, we call 'em uppies, when they're on divas
[03:57.21]Probably worn when KRS-One raw teachings
[03:59.69]Nas - Made You Look, before the heaters
[04:02.04]I bet Kan' had 'em on when he walked with Jesus
[04:04.14]
[04:04.75]All:
[04:05.35]"These are classics"
[04:06.06]Kool G Rap:
[04:06.63]"Nikes straight classic, classic.."
[04:07.78]Nas:
[04:08.52]"I'm better than I've ever been"
[04:09.43]Kanye West:
[04:09.91]"Timeless.."
[04:11.08]Kanye West:
[04:11.74]"I'm everywhere you never been, and better than I ever been"
[04:14.02]Nas:
[04:14.47]"Classic"
[04:15.40]Kool G Rap:
[04:15.98]"Nike's straight..straight classic.."
[04:16.89]Nas:
[04:17.56]"I'm better than I've ever been"
[04:19.08]Kanye West:
[04:19.57]"Timeless.."
[04:20.55]Kanye West:
[04:21.19]"I'm everywhere you never been, and better than I ever been"
[04:23.77]Nas:
[04:24.34]"Classic"
[04:25.24]Kool G Rap:
[04:25.81]"Lives straight..straight classic.."
[04:26.79]Rakim:
[04:27.40]"Air Force One's, keep it poppin', classic.."
[04:30.00]