[Verse 1: Kanye West]

Can't buy this, super fly in this

Like shininess, you're highness

It's performin', look how long the line is

It's what happens when you make [bad word] that's timeless

It's what happens, each rapper's the pioneers

What would it take to be a legend like Nas is?

That's so novice, I'm so polished

I got a right to be a 'lil snobbish

I did a 'lil bit of College

Semesters it took two like Rob Base

To let me figure out this was in my place

The beat's slow, 'til you listen to my pace

'Cause I be killin' [bad word]  but that's evident

And y'all feelin' it, but I expected

If it's classic - it's gon' last forever than

I'm everywhere you never been, and better than I ever been

[Hook: Samples]

[Nas:]

"Classic"

[Kool Rap:]

"Nike's straight classic"

[Nas:]

"I'm better than I've ever been"

[Kanye West:]

"Timeless.."

[Kanye West:]

"I'm everywhere you never been, and better than I ever been"

[Nas:]

"Classic"

[Kool Rap:]

"Nike's straight..straight classic.."

[Nas:]

"I'm better than I've ever been"

[Kanye West:]

"Timeless.."

[Nas Samples: One Love & It Ain't Hard To Tell]

"Hold the fort down, represent to the fullest"

"Nas'll rock well"

[Verse 2: Nas]

Perseverance..

See the fake hustler rapper

To them, it hurts to hear this

Oh you went platinum? Yeah, that's nice

Now let me see you do the same thing twice

Three times, four times, then a couple of mo' times

Please, you're Amateur Night, it's Showtime

It's one life to live, so live it the best you can

The world could use one less man

Not enough air, not enough car factories

To manufacture new vehicles, sedans and vans

When they do make the whip you like

Your chips ain't right

By the time you could afford it

The car ain't imported

In the streets I'm in, it's just iron

Cops keep firin', in my environment

Leavin' you slumped, then they drive home

Far from the hood, brothers they eager to jump on

I like to be the wall that they toast up on

I like to see them fall, guilty for doin' wrong

I'm classic like the Air One's, the hustler shoe

That's what I'm accustomed to.. yea

[Hook: Samples]

[KRS-One Sample:]

"Of course - we have Blastmaster KRS-One"

[Verse 3: KRS-One]

How many of y'all got - 'Criminal Minded'?

You, you, you, y'all don't be blinded

Me - I got no jewels on my neck

Why? - I don't need 'em, I got your respect

KRS-One, 20 years I rock

I do it for JMJ and Scott La Rock

This hip-hop and we is a nation

Don't you wanna hear more KRS-One on your radio station?

Instead of broadcasting how we smoke them trees

On the radio we need to hear more local emcees

Where you at?, c'mon where you at?

This is the difference between emceein' and rap

Rappers spit rhymes that're mostly illegal

Emcees spit rhymes to uplift their people

Peace, Love, Unity, havin' fun

These are the lyrics of KRS-One..

[Hook: Samples]

[Rakim Sample:]

"I'm Rakim, the fiend of a microphone.."

[Verse Four: Rakim]

Uh, yea, is y'all ready for 20-07?

It's now another drought

Everybody's a killer, wow we buggin' out

Since '86 showin' the crowd what I'm about

And they still wanna know when the [bad word]