I'm Ol' School, Baby.........

I'm Ol' School, baby~ Like CORTEZ NIKES
Street FIGHTS on the lateNIGHT~ The Hills & The HEIGHTS
Door KNOCKS & highTOP classic ReaBOKS~ Phuck ROCKS...
Nugget RING, Gucci LINK, & a SWATCH......
Better yet, a stopWATCH, rope chain, & some POT~

I'm Ol' School like REEFER~ & DIAdora SNEAKERS
Can't forget Saab TROOPS n MCM valor SUITS~
Drinking all types of BREWS...Red Bull, Coquee NINE,..
Guiness mixed with Ole E and 4o's of Balentine!

I'm ol' school, COUZIN!~..like, "Yo, you be BUGGIN'".." YO!, That's fresh", "I'm Fly", "SIKE", & "Stop CRUMBIN'".
SEE ME back in the day on a SPREE~ my mans sisters moped. Remember the ELITE 150's?..
The baby NINJAs......the old R & B SINGERS~ like Johnny Gill & Stacey Lattisaw...
Alarm RINGERS like Sugar Minott & Coco T, NINJAMAN, BARRINGTON, Shelly Thunder, & Lady GEE!
Nuff Respect!.... from back in da DAY, that's where I'm FROM~
Around the WAY Coolie Boy, thanks to my MUM.~
She use to drive the green Nova back when I was in LudLUM- elemenTARY.....around '84/ '83
when I had the afro, nameplate belt buckle held up my Lee JEANS...or was it WRANGLERS?.....
or some shit from JC Penny's ? Oh, I can't REMEMBER.....it was probably ALEXANDERS.

AnyWAY, that's how we use to STAY. Waking up @ 6am to go to school everyDAY....
The Great Space Coaster~ Gary Ganoo while I WAIT for MomDUKES to finish dressin', "Hurry up, mah
we runnin' LATE!"~
In school, unfold the note that says, " I like YOU. Do you like me TOO? Check yes or check no.....
Which one will you CHOOSE?~
Michael Jackson, New Edition STICKERS all over Trapper KEEPERS~
Brand NEW, BLUE on white, Shell top/TOE Adidas!

Gold name PLATES decoRATES the NECKS of that girl with her name in Greek letters spelled across her CHEST.~
Mushroom bobs n fingerwaves for all dem GIRLS that use to say,
"I had "good" hair then my moms cut it & gave me the CURL."
Summer time-Baby powder all on their chest like they just got ROCKED with a powder SOCK on Halloween standing out on the BLOCK.

I'm Ol' School like Jamaicans bustin' SHOTS in the AIR~
b/c the DJ threw on the HOTTest jam of the YEAR.
I'm Ol' School like when Crack 1st hit the STREETS....Gah Damn,
WTF is happenin' to my PEEPS?~
She use to "be" a DYME PIECE
Now you "want" a DIME PIECE?~
I've seen 'em switch from prom QUEENS to crack FIENDS in a matter of WEEKS!
Ol' School like young NIGGAZ gettin' RICH off that SHIT~
Good kids.. turned KILLAZ.. catchin' BIDS off that SHIT.

I'm Ol' School like LITTLE League when we were SWINGING those BATS....
Little did we know we'd soon be in a BIGGER League,... SLINGING them GATS.
Ol' School like, " I don't give a FUCK!.. WHAT?! Nigga, bring it ON!"
Age 16, bustin slugs at dem niggaz thinkin' they STRONG~
Age 16, going O.T telling my MOMS, " I'll be home Thursday..Baby, I'm GONE!"

Ol' School like 1991..before dudes was like, "One SON"....
...It was more like, "Peace, GEE"..in your Lacoque SPORTIEF.
Ol' School like the girl YOU KNEW that had her baby FIRST~
You know, the one you never saw back in school....after the baby's BIRTH.

Ol' School Nucca!!...like before I had DREADS...
High-top fade with my name cut in my HEAD.
I'm Ol' School like house parties, '88/'89.......ahh phuck dat,
I'm Ol' School, Good TIMES, '78/'79~
Watching my sister wearing Clogs & hip hugger, bell bottom jeans stuck to her THIGHS~
Her hair in a wild afro when it was blow-DRIED.

Long Beach, Long Island...where BATS would come out at NIGHT~
1980, moved to Hempstead....where CATS would come out & FIGHT!

I'm Ol' School like TSS, Power TEST, & Jack in the BOX~
..like Choco Bliss, Mellow Yellow, Fun Dip, & Knee high SOCKS.


Yep kids, that's where we come from....& I hope to live LONG...
So the things we do & say today,
Will one day be in an Ol' School POEM~

......I AM OL' SCHOOL, BABY!