[Gladys Knight] *Hey you know everybody's talkin' about the good old days Everybody... the good old days The good old days Well, let's talk about the good old days* *Can it be that it was all so simple then* [Raekwon the Chef] KnowhatI'msayin, take you on this lyrical high real quick Nineteen ninety three exoticness KnowhatI'msayin, let's get technical Where's your bone at, get up on that shit aight Yo!! [Verse One: Raekwon] Started off on the island, AK Shaolin Niggaz whylin, gun shots thrown the phone dialin Back in the days of eight now, makin a tape now Rae gotta get a plate now Ignorant and mad young, wanted to be the one Till I got (BAM! BAM!) thrown one Yeah, my pops was a fiend since sixteen Shootin' that (that's that shit! ) in his blood stream That's the life of a crimey, real live crimey If niggas know the half is behind me Day one, yo, growin all up in the ghetto Now I'm a weed fiend, jettin the Palmetto In Medina, yo no doubt the God got crazy clout Pushin the big joint from down South So if you're filthy stacked up Betta watch ya back and duck Cause these fiends they got it cracked up Now my man from up north, now he got the law It's solid as a rock and crazy salt No jokes, I'm not playin, get his folks Desert Eagle his dick and put 'em in a yolk (AAH!) And to know for sure, I got reck and rip shop I pointed a gat at his mother's knot (Yo, Rae, don't do that shit, man! Don't do that shit! ) (Word up! Fuck that!) (*Can it be that it was all so simple then*) Dedicated to the winners and the losers Dedicated to all jeeps and land cruisers (*Can it be that it was all so simple then*) Dedicated to the Y's, 850-I's Dedicated to niggas who do drive-bys (*Can it be that it was all so simple then*) Dedicated to the Lexus and the Ax Dedicated to MPV's phat! (*Can it be that it was all so simple then*) Nigga, yeah, yeah! [Verse Two: Ghostface Killah] Yo! Kickin the fly cliches Doin duets with Rae and A, happens to make my day Though I'm tired of bustin off shots havin to rock knots Runnin up in spots and makin shit hot I'd rather flip shows instead of those Hangin on my living room wall my first joint, and it went gold I want to lamp, I want to be in the shade plus the spot light Gettin my dick rubbed all night I wanna have me a phat yacht And enough land to go and plant my own sess crops But for now, it just a big dream Cause I find myself in the place where I'm last seen My thoughts must be relaxed be able to maintain Cause times is changed and life is strange The glorious days is gone and everybody's doin' bad Yo, mad lives is up for grabs Brothers, passin away, I gotta make wakes Receivin all types of calls from upstate Yo, I can't cope with the pressure, settlin for lesser The god left lessons on my dresser So I can bloom and blossom, find a new way Continue to make more hits with Rae and A Sunshine plays a major part in the daytime (Peace to mankind Ghostface carry a black nine, nigga Word up It's on like that) *Can it be that it was all so simple then* *Can it be that it was all so simple then* *Can it be that it was all so simple then* *Can it be that it was all so simple then* *Can it be that...* *Can it* *...all so simple then* *Can it be that it was all s...* *...simple then* *Can it be ...* *Can it be that it was all so simple then* *Can it be that it was all so simple then* *Can it be that it was all so simple then*