[00:06.951]One two
[00:08.804]It's Masta Ace, Cunninlynguists
[00:14.044]We about to get into the seasons
[00:16.827]The seasons of hip hop
[00:19.712]How we gonna start it?
[00:21.109]As we spring back to the past, it was all happening fast
[00:23.656]We glorified coke and smoking crack in a glass
[00:26.057]When b-boys danced to the latest jam
[00:28.755]You could say this man was the greatest fan
[00:31.962]When shoelaces were fat, and all the rapper's faces were black
[00:34.758]And light-brown, a box with the right sound was all you needed
[00:37.813]When it blast, they must move
[00:39.561]You just proved you're hard like L in Krush Groove
[00:42.585]And songs started to drop, Ain't nobody start at the top
[00:45.128]Before Preme learned the art of the chop
[00:47.666]This is way before SP's and MPC's
[00:50.143]And long before CD's and MP3's
[00:52.943]The game started to bloom and blossom
[00:54.969]And masters ready for the cermony, like a groom in costume
[00:58.448]Growth from the rain of the previous years
[01:00.860]I took notes from what I heard through these devious ears
[01:03.352]Yeah
[01:03.961]As Summer's heatwaves ascended in it's splendid manner
[01:05.974]Green was flooding our scene, although the skin was tanner
[01:08.897]"**** The Police!!" jumpin over radio scanners
[01:11.615]It was hot in the shade, wet paint all over the canvas
[01:14.625]**** Vanilla Ice cones, we had T, Cube's Amerikka's Most
[01:18.263]And wanted that Chronic on the Left-Coast
[01:20.235]Talent pools were full and fresh for swimming
[01:22.344]Backstrokin' through Dark Sides and Illmatic beginnings
[01:24.910]Them lemonade stands would make you street platinum
[01:27.470]It was 2 Live, Florida crews caught heat for rappin'
[01:30.204]But free speech pollination kept bees colonizing in hives
[01:33.194]And stung Delores Tucker right in her pride
[01:35.805]The Tribes ocean splash was rising the tide
[01:38.157]Strictly 4 My ****** that were ready to die in the ride
[01:41.007]I wish the summer's vibe could've lasted forever
[01:43.418]Too bad we had to have a change in that weather, that **** was beautiful
[01:46.798]Seasons Change, mad things rearrange
[01:52.227]Play me in the winter
[01:52.987]Play me in the summer
[01:54.298]Play in the autumn
[01:55.983]Any order
[01:57.309]Seasons Change, mad things rearrange
[02:03.244]Trees bright and green turn yellow brown, autumn caught em
[02:05.557]See all them leaves must fall down
[02:07.783]As the East vs. West winds blew, causing two
[02:10.074]Legends to Fall like maple leaves from escalated beef
[02:13.049]Assumed that the worst was over
[02:14.564]Til these cats started wearing shiny costumes like the 31st of October
[02:18.437]The weather's colder, but the word jacket/jack it
[02:20.821]Is what they did to people's styles
[02:22.514]Not what they covered they backs with
[02:24.187]Tactics of the skill impaired
[02:26.258]No Limit to what they'll do when the green is scarce
[02:28.749]Some be Thanksgiving for who they know
[02:31.359]While others get jerked for loot
[02:32.566]Cause getting signed ain't a turkey shoot
[02:34.788]No respect for the pilgrims who paved the way so you could rock that
[02:37.954]Just pop crap and Plymouth Rock-Rap
[02:40.148]Beyond gimmicks and fake plastic tits
[02:42.349]Outkast and Raekwon dropped fall classic discs
[02:45.021]Born to Roll, so I'm taking you back to school days of autumn
[02:48.397]Before the bottom dropped out in 2K
[02:50.516]By the dawn of the new millennium we saw bright chains
[02:53.100]Winter brought along platinum causing the ice age
[02:56.125]No more Gold, no more YO! MTV RAPS
[02:58.448]Now we got R&B cats stealing classic rap tracks
[03:01.059]In winter it's snowed in like the temperature's below ten
[03:03.774]Citizens open up shows for more snowmen
[03:06.550]Scrawny boys rock bubblegooses to pose like grown men
[03:09.082]And you can catch freezer burn from women when they show skin
[03:11.800]Jolly, fat, white men get paid when rap hits the shelves
[03:15.127]And artists themselves get treated like Elves
[03:17.173]Matter of fact, Santa's gotten so greedy when a rapper sells
[03:19.622]You even need clearance to sample Jingle Bells
[03:22.301]What the hell! You need cells and 2 ways for chicks to bone ya?
[03:25.094]And so much ice on ya body that you can get pneumonia
[03:27.726]Even at the beaches of Daytona it's gotten colder
[03:30.282]But it's about time for the cycle to start over (echo)
[03:35.160]How we gon' start it?