I Was There Lyrics

Advisory - the following lyrics contain explicit language:
Do it Marley, ha, killin' 'em
You killin' 'em, where were you?
I wanna talk about these rap historians
Y'all better get it together, where were you?
I be readin' your books, where were you?
Y'all better get it together, word upWhen Hot 97 started I was there
When Rap City got started I was there
When KDAY got started I was there
When Jive Records got started I was thereWhen Yo MTV Raps started I was there
When The Source magazines started I was there

When Cedric and Seda started I was there
When Biggie was doin' his album I was thereWhen Tookie Williams was buried I was there
'73, Cedar Park I was there
One-twenty-three park I was there
You ain't tellin' me the history 'cause I was there, I was thereAnd where were you? Where were you?
And where were you? Where were you?
And where were you? Where were you?
Where were you?When Moe Dee challenged LL I was there
When that bus blew up in London I was there
When Death Row challenged Bad Boy at the Source Awards
In New York at the Garden, yup I was thereWhen Kwame Toure formerly known as Stokely Carmichael
Was passin' on I was there
When Nelson Mandela was freed from prison
And spoke out at Yankee Stadium in New York I was thereFor all the births of my children I was there
When the Rodney King uprisings happened I was there
These objective rap historians tryin' to document
Hip hop from outside forget it I was there, I was thereAnd where were you? Where were you?
And where were you? Where were you?
And where were you? Where were you?
Where were you?Look, The Jive Records label, I was there
The Columbia Records label, I was there
The Elektra Records label, I was there
The Warner Brothers Records label, I was thereThe Koch Records label, I was there
The Capitol Records label, I was there
I know about they contracts 'cause I was there
I wrote and rewrote most of 'em when I was thereI ain't readin' a book or recitin' a hook
I am hip hop itself 'cause yup I was there
Y'all need to get it together with hip hop's history
And get it right 'cause yup I was there, I was thereAnd where were you? Where were you?
And where were you? Where were you?
And where were you? Where were you?
Where were you?