"New School / Old School" lyrics

"New School / Old School"
(feat. Kayo)

[Sample:]
I just came to get down, down

[Classified (Kayo):]
Hey Kayo remember the first time we met?
(Yeah I remember that, man)
Yeah, man, we were in the club and I don't think you were old enough to get in yet
(What are you talking 'bout?)
Oh yeah show me ID really quick
(You got two kids what were you even doing in the club?)

(See I'm from the new school)
Me I'm from the old-school
Started on a 4-track
(Started with Pro Tools)
Born in the 70s raised in the 80s
(Pull your pants up, Class)
Nah I like 'em baggy, your jeans are too tight, son
(Yeah okay dad, whatever)
(You say what you want but my style's much better)
(Snapbacks and fitteds)
Scratch that I did it
You act like it's vintage, but I actually lived it
(I was raised in the 90s born in '88)
(My intro to rap was a Slim Shady tape)
Are you kidding me?
(Nah, man, it made my battles)
Me, I'm from the days of Juice and Supernaturals
What you know about that?
(Not a damn thing)
(And I never needed to)
That's a grown-man thing
(You living in the past)
Kayo!
(Class!)
Phil!
(Luke!)
Don't be blind to the fact
Stop trying to sing every hook on every track
(What? You want me to go and get a DJ to scratch?)

[Classified & Kayo:]
We come from different places on the map
And somehow we make it work just like that

[Sample:]
I just came to get down, down

[Classified (Kayo):]
Remember the first time we were in the studio and we tried to sample that Beatnuts record?
(I knew who the Beatnuts were! Enough of that "back in my day" talk. You sound like a senile old man)
Yo when I was listening to Snoop Dogg's Doggy Style you were still watching Sesame Street
(Whatever, man)

We used to put our songs on wax and blast 'em for a year
Now they on a blog for a day and disappear
(Yeah, but back then a record label did it all for you)
(Pro would've picked your clothes at the mall for you)
(Nowadays we just gotta work more)
(Open our own doors, and booking our own tours)
And how you think you learned that, huh?
(What you're tryna say?)
That your generation benefited from our mistakes
We had to go through the trial and errors
And build a culture for the world to hear ya
You tryna talk, but you can compare us
(We just gotta accept we from different eras)
(We care less, careless kids who just get it)
(No more dreams we just live)
Who's fucking with Gretzky, Jordan, or Hulk Hogan?
(Crosby, Lebron, or the Rock, old man)
Swag, swag, what would you do without the Internet though?
(Try and understand even for a little bit grow)

[Classified & Kayo:]
We come from different places on the map
But somehow we make it work just like that

[Sample:]
I just came to get down, down

[Classified (Kayo):]
(Man, I don't even know why you argue. You came up on dudes like MC Hammer)
What are you talking about? You Flo Rida right now
(You from Enfield. What could you possibly know about hip-hop?)
Enfield. Man, you're talking about Enfield and you're from St. Lucia?

[Sample:]
I just came to get down, down


Thanks to Julianne for correcting these lyrics.
Writer(s): Luke Boyd, Brian Arthur Pelrine, David Christensen, Filbert Gabriel Salton
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