Think Back - 7L & Esoteric

When I was thirteen, yo, I used to get lost in Boston

Popping on the subway to Downtown Crossing

Sounds in the Walkman, banging '95

Point 3 is 3B

Influencing me to speak and rip pads up on the microphone

setting foot in my zone

I remember banging hype shit from Top Choice Clique

Yo, the single «Peace of Mind» had me pressing rewind

Tedious Mob

Yo, they’re partially responsible for making me the God

Awful, with the rap style that’s crazy hostile

I looked at like that shit was the Apollo

Nowadays, it’s on the same corner I stand

Where I used out my hand orange man

Straight ripping mics,

And catching different radio shows on different nights

Before kicking shit in Timbs

I was dipping in and thinking about ripping down rims

on the ghetto put the city on the map

And Boston went, it’s like that

Let’s take a sec to think back

My words flow for the, rap cats who rep locally

Let’s take a sec to think back

To a time when it was cool to call hip-hop rap

Let’s take a sec to think back

My words flow for the, rap cats who rep locally

Let’s take a sec to think back

To a ti-time when it was cool to call hip-hop rap

I was making rhymes, line after line, in 1989

Taking my time, New York state of the mind

And everyway, I calculated where it could be

I put 'em to my lyrics sheets, couldn’t never met defeat

On weekends I took it to the court and shook brothers

School days, I filled my notebooks and book covers

Points well spoken, leave the mics broken

Toying with words, the beat is boilin'

A year later, I made connects with Elliott Nash

Pressed a few tracks, we both felt it was fresh

For the 5-man crew, that plus my man Lou

Now fast forward to the year of 1992

I had a radio show, still no making dough

But then I met 7L, making beats on the low

Had the Complex with Karma straight blowing the spot

Peace to Mad Soul Kid, he really showed us a lot

Instrumental, roles played by

, then the vinyl weed was essential

7L & Eso steady ripping up the track

And Boston went, it’s like that

Let’s take a sec to think back

My words flow for the, rap cats who rep locally

Let’s take a sec to think back

To a time when it was cool to call hip-hop rap

Let’s take a sec to think back

My words flow for the, rap cats who rep locally

Let’s take a sec to think back

To a ti-time when it was cool to call hip-hop rap