Nu' Ol' Skool

I ain't underground and I aint main stream I'm in da ground see? somewhere in between things I admit, I walk the streets wit a backpack But the streets are concrete, so I'm rarely abstract I am rude though but I ain't a ice griller Not a tough guy but I know some guys that might kill ya Since I'm peaceful, we'll leave the subject Like some cops do when I smoke weed in public They be like, "leave him, f*ck it Move off this corner and keep your shit covered" I'm a writer that needs to get published For both the recognition and fees I get from it Also for the shows that I need to rip, punish Destroy and annihilate til you see that Swift's rugged and He's a sick puppy, on beats it gets ugly Love when party people get to the feet and get jumpin for What I call the Nu Ol Skool When I spit that shit they like you so cool Yeah, I know that Let's go, retro, throw back, oh snap Fresh, for '09 you suckas Whether in red dunks or some sky blue chuckers A lot'll change around here if I do numbers Poor people on the rise, true brothers And sisters, hustlers, ministers, let's just Get it together and run this forever I need my kingship better than Chris Webber Luckily, my flow's colder than crisp weather Oh but it gets better Nah it doesn't, f*ck it, I was frontin Recognize I'm comin wit new styles, oooh child Step your rhymes up somethin or move out, blaow Born in the vill that's brown Heart of the city, ain't nothin more real than that town And the Lower East Side is where I'm buildin' at now Baruch Houses all day, is you feelin that sound? yeah I'm feelin that It's the new old school When I drop them gems they like, you's no fool Yeah I know this Get this vintage old shit, oh dip I make jams like Teddy Steady ready for a battle and I am quite deadly But my fallen foes can rise from their graves If they tighten their flows and act wise for their age Otherwise yo, them guys are just played I'm more precise on the page than designs in a fade And if I freestyle then them lines just amaze Everybody including me, why, cuz they great fam That's the category, ill spit mandatory Powers try to hold me down, but it ain't no handles on me Tell lessons like allegories, fables Verses, chapters, word craftin master actually able To make a difference, I'm on my grind in every waking instance Movin with a mind like mine, it takes persistence K the Swift is payin homage to pioneers Keepin the culture breathin is the reason I am here Reppin the Nu Ol Skool Reppin the Nu Ol Skool Uh huh, it's the Nu Ol Skool It's the N.R.O. and we the Nu Ol Skool