Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Way Back, artist - Tanya Stephens. Album song Gangsta Blues, in the genre РеггиDate of issue: 31.07.2006
Record label: VP
Song language: English
Way Back |
| I wanna take you way back to when a girl on a mike’s worth |
| Wasn’t determined by the length of her skirt |
| I mean way back to creativity, before MTV before BET |
| I mean way back before recycling shit, when the props that you got was for your |
| writing and shit |
| Let’s rewind before the hype when you used to be low key |
| To be a singer you had to actually know key |
| I mean way back to before people made a job of seeing who’s best at |
| impersonating Bob |
| I mean way back to when you sweat blood on every line |
| To get one good song didn’t cost sixteen ninety nine |
| To be considered deep you had to actually say stuff |
| And if it wasn’t good disc jockeys didn’t play stuff |
| I mean way way, Marvin Gaye way back, and I pray that you will |
| Come with me, let us journey past this melody |
| Give us room to exercise our minds |
| Take you to another place another time, better hooks better rhymes |
| Stronger lyrics every line, you could even press rewind |
| Come with me, let us journey past this fallacy |
| Give us room to exercise our minds |
| Take you to another place another time, better hooks better rhymes |
| Stronger lyrics every line, you could even press rewind |
| Well it’s ironic that the chronic that I smoke got me singing shit that’s |
| bionic every note |
| That it’s affecting my judgement is what some people would hope |
| But I’m not tripping, I’m on a journey, come along now let’s float |
| I used to be excited going to the record store, but these days I stay pacing |
| the floor |
| Somebody please take me back to when the artistes were poor |
| Cause when they made less they gave us so much more |
| Let’s take it back to a ballroom, cloudy microphone… Smokey Robinson, |
| Nina Simone |
| James Brown was still occupying the throne when the songs weren’t sold off |
| videos alone |
| Way back to when a star attitude wasn’t defined by somebody being rude |
| To when it was a pleasure definitely not a task |
| To greet a fan with a smile and sign a damn autograph |
| I mean way back to before you used to drive the Maybach |
| You dreamt about a mil but never made that |
| When you made some shit that we could play back |
| I mean way back to a whole ‘nother time, further back than your grandad’s |
| hairline |
| I mean way back, wont you say that you will |