[(Aretha Franklin) KRS-One]
(I remember) Big Daddy Kane
(You've forgotten) Salt-N-Pepa
(To remember) Outrageous clothes
(I wonder why) Uhh, oh
(I remember) Heavy D
(You've forgotten) Kool Moe Dee
(To remember) Dope videos
(I wonder why)

[KRS-One]
Remember the day, remember the play, remember the way we used to say...
"Dee-dee-dee-da-di-dee-dee-dee-dee-da-di-dayyyyy"
Remember the jams, remember the plans, remember the plans you made with your man
Maybe you can or maybe you can not
Remember the architects of Hip-hop
It's really hard to forget about Tupac
Respect is what the Crash Crew got
Better we ask you not to recite the history of Hip-Hop on the block
You could forget about Grandmaster Flash and get dropped
You know not, The Teacha returns, have you forgotten?
I speak not to idle concerns, I keep it rockin'
But you have forgotten I'm the holder of a boulder
Money-folder
We will be here forever, I TOLD YA!
To remind ya
Just when them chrome rims blind ya
That them rims come from the expression of what's inside ya
My lyrics guide ya and they fly too
Why don't you try to find who you rhyme through?
I think it's time to retire you
[(Aretha Franklin) KRS-One]
(I remember) MC Lyte
(You've forgotten) Stetsasonic
(To remember) Fancy bars
(I wonder why) Oh, oh
(I remember) Brand Nubian
(You've forgotten) Nice & Smooth
(To remember) Those candy cars
(I wonder why)

[KRS-One]
Some like it slow, some like it off beat
Some like Smooth Jazz I like it all street
We come in all shades, like coke we always
Thinking of more ways to leave them all dazed, all hazed
All crazed and all amazed
My last name should have been Letterman like Dave
But I wasn't his slave
I'm referring to the way that my lyrics behave
When I rock raves
Let off shockwaves baby, it's crazy, not too much can stop me
I walk right in, these other cats be knock-kneed
Terrified, they still actin' all cocky
When the storm hits they be screamin' "MAMI! PAPI!"
"AUNTIE! SOMEBODY!"
I'm from the orthodoxy
It takes more to rock me
Like in 'Attack of the Clonesc
These rappers be carbon copies
And they hardly got the flow
Rhyme style sloppy and old
What's up with 'The Show'?
[(Aretha Franklin) KRS-One]
(I remember) Public Enemy
(You've forgotten) Dana Dane
(To remember) Outrageous clothes
(I wonder why) Yo, oh, oh
(I remember) Doug E. Fresh
(You've forgotten) Das EFX
(To remember) Videos
(I wonder why)

(I remember) W-H-B-I
(You've forgotten) K-Day!
(To remember) Outrageous clothes
(I wonder why) Oh, oh
(I remember) Red Alert
(You've forgotten) Fab 5 Freddy
(To remember) Videos
(I wonder why)

[KRS-One]
Yo, oh, ah, yes, do it
Do it, ah
Mad Lion on the hookup
J Rock on the hookup
Oh, we do it just like that
Just like that