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Old School Rules Lyrics by DANGERDOOM

The Mouse and The Mask (Metalface Edition)

2005

[Intro: Talib Kweli]
Lord, I can't take it no' mo'
One two three, in the place to be!
MF DOOM, Talib Kweli, ah here we go

[Verse 1: Talib Kweli]
On born days, I used to blow out the candles; and every Saturday
Watch cartoons 'til noon and then I'd switch to Ralph McDaniels
I was, makin up a miracle flow, over a cereal bowl
And a pause beat from my stereo
Rhymes stronger than Popeye with the spinach out
I'm gangster like the frog on Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse
Maybe I'm trippin and it's just a cartoon to you
But I got chills when I heard how DOOM flipped the Scooby Doo
And I might be buggin but it seem to me
That cartoons be realer than reality TV
They inspire my decision to be open and listen
But folks got it all twisted, like a yoga position
Like in order to spit it dope, you gotta have a criminal past
That's similar to the cast of Different Strokes
Me and my people break bread, sit and smoke
The conversation rich but that depend on what you consider broke
I draw on anything for inspiration
A fond memory, a piece of paper, walls in a train station

[Chorus: Talib Kweli]
It's just that I'm old school like that
Roll that rap over soul loops like that
It's just that I'm old school like that
Roll that rap over soul loops like that
(I'm old school y'all, keep it goin y'all) It's just that I'm old school like that
(I keep it goin y'all, here we go, we'll see) Roll that rap over soul loops like that
(I'm old school y'all, keep it goin y'all) It's just that I'm old school like that
(Keep it goin y'all, ah here we go, c'mon) Roll that rap over soul loops like that
Yeah!

[Verse 2: MF DOOM]
And we'll be right back after these messages
Fellas grab your nutsacks, chicks squeeze your breastesses
We ain't all that grown, it's still funny like
Goin to the store on your own with rainbow money
Since then had an insane flow sonny
Walkin to the corner rhymin in the rain, nose runny
Breakdancin maybe ten, bummy
Is when Subroc would run up handspring Arabian somee!
Ooh wee, like a Hong Kong Phooey kick
Or a weekend afternoon, karate movie flick
Slept good, no justice, no peace
Woody kept it hoody, never discussed it with police
Shot the fair one nobody ran to get the gat
Or felt they had to put it up in they raps to set it fat
And since when lyrical skills had to do with killin a cat?
What type of chitlins is that?
The Super Villain has the bad hydrotonic
Whoever willin to ride, provide raw chronic

[Chorus: Talib Kweli]
It's just that I'm old school like that
Roll that rap over soul loops like that
It's just that I'm old school like that
Roll that rap over soul loops like that
(I'm old school y'all, keep it goin y'all) It's just that I'm old school like that
(I keep it goin y'all, here we go, we'll see) Roll that rap over soul loops like that
(I'm old school y'all, keep it goin y'all) It's just that I'm old school like that
(Keep it goin y'all, ah here we go, c'mon) Roll that rap over soul loops like that
Yeah!
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DANGERDOOM

DANGERDOOM

About “Old School Rules” by DANGERDOOM

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"Old School Rules" appears on "The Mouse and The Mask (Metalface Edition)" in 2005.

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