Nostalgia Lyrics - Port Authority - Marco Polo

Yo, what's up Marco? 

What's up Brooklyn? 

Filthy rich 

People in the audience, Masta Ace the name 

I write rhymes and insert them inside your vein 

They run through your bloodstream, get inside your brain 

'Cause I first put my name up inside the train 

My mic control has been unprecedented 

And you wrong if you thought you was the best that did it 

See I just started messing with it, I been married to the game since '88 

You just committed 

The entire fate of the whole Empire States 

Into hands of a man that's here to inspire hate 

Hate for the state of the music 

And all these other cats looking for another way to abuse it 

I wake you up like a gun in the face 

I'm just here to let you know who's like running the place 

And everywhere that I perform and do a show 

As long as you know 

"This is for those that don't know the half" 

"Backtrack turn back the page" 

"Let me show y'all new rappers" 

"That's how the game go" 

"This is for those that don't know the half" 

"Backtrack turn back the page" 

"Don't be missing any word I say" 

You love to hear the story, again and again 

How it all got started from beginning to end 

When cats used to run in a pack and slaughter 

The rooftop, Union Square and the latin quarter 

And if you came alone then your chain was gone 

Unless you was from the hood and your name was known (Yup) 

And even then you was taking a risk 

They would rush you for your chain while you was taking a piss 

Hip hop used to be so thick in the air 

When it was there you ain't even need a kick and a snare 

It could have been finger snaps and hand claps 

But nowadays it feels a little different when a man raps 

The track commence and these cats are french 

The media lacking sense, what I rap's intense and 

I be the best in these rap events 

And how I got this far? 

It's called experience, come on 

"This is for those that don't know the half" 

"Backtrack turn back the page" 

"Let me show y'all new rappers" 

"That's how the game go" 

"This is for those that don't know the half" 

"Backtrack turn back the page" 

"Don't be missing any word I say" 

Yo it's the Ace in the flesh, of course I'm fresh 

Oh you thought that I was rotten? 

Huh, you must have gotten a bad sack of weed cause I track your speed 

I run up, fondle your wife and smack your seed 

I've been a star since Pat Benatar 

And I still want the house, the boat, the truck and the car 

The limousine with the big screen and the bar 

I'm trying to eat, watch it pour on like vine-gar 

'Cause I'm old and grey, control the day 

I'm kinda like the light cause I show the way 

I'm the one to collect the funds and hold the pay 

The kind that fold away than I stroll the way 

Shit, I can't name all the hits we charted 

That crazy ass Crooklyn ass shit, we got it 

We came here tonight to get started 

To cold act ill and get retarded 

"This is for those that don't know the half" 

"Backtrack turn back the page" 

"Let me show y'all new rappers" 

"That's how the game go" 

"This is for those that don't know the half" 

"Backtrack turn back the page" 

"Don't be missing any word I say" 

"This is for those that don't know the half" 

"Backtrack turn back the page" 

"This is for those who don't know the half" 

"In this rap game" 

"This might be my last"