[Intro]
Yeah
Loptimist
Legendary KO
Second time around
You know, we've been in the game for a minute
And there's a lot of young cats out there
That just can't quite cut it
That just don't have what we used to have
It's like this yo
[Chorus]
Don't make em like they used to
They don't make them like they used to
You can't make em like they used to
Nah, they don't do it like we used to
Cause they don't make em like they used to
You can't make em like they used to
Don't make em like they used to
Yeah, like they used to
[Verse 1 : Damien Randle]
Say it again
They don't make em like they used to
Back in 92 when I was just another new dude
Wet behind the ears, just here to get my crew through
Sweat, blood, and tears, there's nothing we wouldn't do to
Make a mark, swim in the middle of shark week
On any given night spent hitting the concrete
Big up the name till the game was complete
A lot of big spenders in the end who talk cheap
But little fish in the pond got seasick
And ate the bigger fish, now it's no more secret
The world couldn't wait for the debut street hit
Didn't take the bait, had to self-release it
The dream wouldn't end, it would only increase then
Had a new cause we could find belief in
Nonstop, 20-hour days were frequent
With no time to sleep and gave up the weekend
Fast forward, three world tours and counting
We put it on the line trying to scale that mountain
It's not something that you really see any longer
Whatever didn't kill us only made us stronger
Why?
[Chorus 2]
Cause they don't make em like they used to
They can't make em like they used to
They don't do it like we used to
They can't make em like they used to
[Verse 2 : Damien Randle]
So let me be a little candid
Nowadays you're just getting handed a standard
Pre-approved and branded, watered down, diluted
Prototypical artist, charted out of a blueprint
It's like nothing's new under the sun
So when you get around to do it's done so maybe
You shouldn't settle in and do as you're told
I'm an original, they broke the mold when they made me
I'm not old or new school, I'm mid-school
None of these new dudes have seen what I've been through
Or been the places I've been to
Or seen the potential, they're missing on the vital essentials
Learn from the path I made
From the tracks I've laid
Footprints like ants on parade
Going through the motions, this ain't no charade
Ain't no charade, ain't no charade
[Chorus]
Cause why?
They don't do it like we used to
Nah, they don't make em like they used to
They can't get it like we used to
Cause they don't make em like they used to
They don't make em like they used to
Can't make em like they used to
They don't do it like we used to
Can't make em like they used to
[Scratch : DJ Switch]
Now our days hip hop is a lost cause fuck the rap
New school.. u fucked up
Shut the fuck up
U ain't ready yet
Back to the old school of rap
There's no other way
Old school
Out of sight out ofmind
We bring it back
Fuck the rap shit