Artist: 9th Wonder f/ Enigma (Actual Proof), Tanya Morgan Album: The Wonder Years Song: Streets of Music Typed by: kirenamloh@msn.com I said it's a wonderful year... I said it's a wonderful year... Here we go, uh... [Von Pea] Young enough for iPods, old enough for Walkmans Too young for park jams, by the time I came They sealed street lamps, no more of that vibe but everywhere I went there was still rap, I grew up in Bed Stuy, real life Mookie Listening to "Buggin' out" walkin past Pookie’s I guess it helps build character Older gods listenin to Kane talking Africa +Smooth Operator+, Cee on the fader Cee lead to Big and you know what came later You wanna talk music in the streets? Imagine "Hypnotize" blastin as his body was carried through Bed Stuy Diddy had Ma$e/mace and the cops did too Pepper-sprayed during our brother's parade We just wanted to send him off properly and thank him Music our outer sanctum, it's a wonderful year ("Between the streets of music! ..ic!") I said it's a wonderful year... (music! ..ic!") I said it's a won-.. [Donwill] Fell in love face first, when I heard Kane's verse Maybe it was Todd Shaw "Life is Too $hort" Sounds like it cause it made life matter man The music in them streets, made a LOTTA moments magic Like the first song you played when you got them Ls' I was prol'ly bumpin Ant Banks or Quik myself In my mom's whip frontin, tryna get us some girls House speakers in the hatchback, the shit sounded terrible! I'm from Ohio, so when Bone Thugs dropped Slid that in the deck right next to Pac Then I moved to Carolina when that OutKast dropped The blue big weed, bumpin C-N-N and Nas But, now I'm in the style where they set up shop Pulled the sound system out and yellow taped the block They could hate it online, but if the streets say go All for kill would spins, you'd be ghetto gold YO! I said it's a wonderful year... I said it's a wonderful year... [Enigma] Yo, yo, check.. Music in the park, that pure art that year marks the real.. for real Pac and Big in that stereo shit Poppin willies of the sound to the Illadelph, Halflife Roots to the past, they feel the past get mad hyped Hit at Nas, then they act like Boom baps rap like comin from the back of the Ac' Them Wu tracks had us breakin our necks, kept them haters in check Kept them tapes in the deck, man we played 'em to death Had MAD flavor, before swag you heard the urge to stack paper Major game players, the fame made 'em some main stayers, then we zone out Old heads told us to turn it down Had a couple of lame neighbors sayin we run it loud Shut it down, never that, still bumpin hella tracks with +Flava for ya Ears+ to get that feeling back Let's GO~! [Repeat 'til fade] ("Between the streets of music! ..ic!") I said it's a wonderful year...