I Was There Lyrics - Singles - Krs-one & Marley Marl

Do it Marley, ha, killin' 'em 

You killin' 'em, where were you? 

I wanna talk about these rap historians 

Y'all better get it together, where were you? 

I be readin' your books, where were you? 

Y'all better get it together, word up 

When Hot 97 started I was there 

When Rap City got started I was there 

When KDAY got started I was there 

When Jive Records got started I was there 

When Yo MTV Raps started I was there 

When The Source magazines started I was there 

When Cedric and Seda started I was there 

When Biggie was doin' his album I was there 

When Tookie Williams was buried I was there 

'73, Cedar Park I was there 

One-twenty-three park I was there 

You ain't tellin' me the history 'cause I was there, I was there 

And where were you? Where were you? 

And where were you? Where were you? 

And where were you? Where were you? 

Where were you? 

When Moe Dee challenged LL I was there 

When that bus blew up in London I was there 

When Death Row challenged Bad Boy at the Source Awards 

In New York at the Garden, yup I was there 

When Kwame Toure formerly known as Stokely Carmichael 

Was passin' on I was there 

When Nelson Mandela was freed from prison 

And spoke out at Yankee Stadium in New York I was there 

For all the births of my children I was there 

When the Rodney King uprisings happened I was there 

These objective rap historians tryin' to document 

Hip hop from outside forget it I was there, I was there 

And where were you? Where were you? 

And where were you? Where were you? 

And where were you? Where were you? 

Where were you? 

Look, The Jive Records label, I was there 

The Columbia Records label, I was there 

The Elektra Records label, I was there 

The Warner Brothers Records label, I was there 

The Koch Records label, I was there 

The Capitol Records label, I was there 

I know about they contracts 'cause I was there 

I wrote and rewrote most of 'em when I was there 

I ain't readin' a book or recitin' a hook 

I am hip hop itself 'cause yup I was there 

Y'all need to get it together with hip hop's history 

And get it right 'cause yup I was there, I was there 

And where were you? Where were you? 

And where were you? Where were you? 

And where were you? Where were you? 

Where were you?