[FenaxiZ - Intro]
Yeah, yeah
I been on this planet like, what, 20-odd years and change
Been through lots, but still got far to go
Made mistakes along the way
No regrets, no apologies
This is me

[FenaxiZ - Verse One]
Sitting in the wind, just watching kids play since way
Back in the sixth grade, a flip made mixtapes
Like Mastermind, Pharcyde's "Passing Me By"
Redlife when RapCity was after five
Asking "Why?" at what I wondered at, mornings was Thundercats
Run to class, scuff my pants on the wet summer grass
No worry, Mel was so purdy, Ol' Dirty
Big Smalls, and Onyx, trading cards and comics
Got taxed by the Parkway, Street Fighter II
Wizard's Arcade, valentines were heart-shaped
Red Rover, Red Rover, angel on my left shoulder
I gots to make mines soon as I get older
Like them bigger boys, yo, they'd all ride crazy whips
Mama cried when my baby sis died in '86
But that moment paved a path to my golden age
Skinned-knees and growing pains, y'all, those were the days

[DJ Incise - Chorus]
*Scratching*
"Take a trip to train yards and think back" - El Da Sensai
"My mic check is life or death, breathing a sniper's breath" - Nas
"Break it down with the vintage, the innovative" - Mos Def
"I got soul" - Rakim
"Rapper's are in danger" - O.C
"Take a trip" - El Da Sensai
"I originate" - Greg Nice
"Well, I said come on, y'all" - Common
"Break it down with the vintage, the innovative, classical b-boy image" - Mos Def

[FenaxiZ - Verse Two]
Was a time Johnny's opened seven days a week
When my lips never tasted weed and STC
Was the place to be, way before the blunt smoke
When sun-soaked girls hop-scotched and jumped rope
Ya dunno, we'd catch flicks after class
Eat Apple Jacks around when the Jays won back-to-backs
I used to drop a purple ticket for the bus ride
Before B.E.T, before MuchVibe
Parties was live, speakers blasting out boom-bap
But soon that changed when the new rap came
My boy G packed a pack of sharpies
Bonez'd push a ride to Sharkies without car keys
We'd spark trees and let time fly, memories fade in
But this the end of the line like Kennedy Station
And those moments paved the path to my golden age
Skinned-knees and growing pains, y'all, those were the days

[DJ Incise - Chorus]
*Scratching*
"Take a trip to train yards and think back" - El Da Sensai
"My mic check is life or death, breathing a sniper's breath" - Nas
"Break it down with the vintage, the innovative" - Mos Def
"I got soul" - Rakim
"Rapper's are in danger" - O.C
"Take a trip" - El Da Sensai
"I originate" - Greg Nice
"Well, I said come on, y'all" - Common
"Break it down with the vintage, the innovative, classical b-boy image" - Mos Def

[FenaxiZ - Verse Three]
It's the end of this genesis as I reminisce
On tall cans of Guinesses, rope chains, four elements
Ever since Betamax tapes, Nintendo cartridges
I'd make poems that break bones, tear cartilage
My mind travels to rhyme battles, I'd come alone
To watch today's vets take next at the Comfort Zone
Before it shut down, I caught the train uptown
Then transferred on the 54 bus bound East
To ride home, when Roger's Centre was called the SkyDome
Before they replaced brick cellies with the iPhone
And more things change, more they stay the same
Pops now grey in the hair, but girls still playing games
I'm past the past, striving for a better future
Still the skinny flip who used to chill up at Shooters
Where moments paved the path to my golden age
Skinned-knees and growing pains... y'all know the rest

[DJ Incise - Chorus]
*Scratching*
"Take a trip to train yards and think back" - El Da Sensai
"My mic check is life or death, breathing a sniper's breath" - Nas
"Break it down with the vintage, the innovative" - Mos Def
"I got soul" - Rakim
"Rapper's are in danger" - O.C
"Take a trip" - El Da Sensai
"I originate" - Greg Nice
"Well, I said come on, y'all" - Common
"Break it down with the vintage, the innovative, classical b-boy image" - Mos Def

[FenaxiZ - Outro]
DJ Incise, break it down, yo

[DJ Incise - Outro]
*Scratching*
"Break it down with the vintage, the innovative, classical b-boy image" - Mos Def