99

'90
 Nine, nine
 '99
 Let's rewind to '89
 Soul 2 Soul, back to life
 Find a seat and take a flight
 Janet K., late night up 2-7-9
 As we warp speed to '99
 As we warp speed to '99
 
 Year after premini
 Lewis beat Holyfield two times
 Mos Def left black on both sides
 Say my name, it's Genocide
 Say that again
 Destiny's Child, the writings on the wall
 Reg said it like the River Nile
 I lost Y2K had 'em runnin' wild
 LIke runnin' in '99
 I'm ahead of my time
 In '99
 That's right
 Yeah, yeah, yeah
 Yeah, yeah, yeah
 In '99
 In '99
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 Hypnotized by Whitney
 Scandalized by Billy C and Lewinsky
 Will Willie get impeached?
 Through the peephole if I, T, or C
 No Scrubs or pigeon feed
 Wu-Tagn's got TV
 Columbine's in a misery
 And The Matrix on the big screen
 I learned to fly
 Hittin' stages off jumbotron-style
 In '99
 In '99
 That's right
 Yeah, yeah, yeah
 Yeah, yeah, yeah
 In '99
 In '99
 That's right
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 Started it, I'm walking in to Cyprus on the street
 Sittin' on decks, grab the mic and go fly on the beat
 Never really started with a vision
 It was more just the sittin' that we did
 Started to grow in him
 Now it's part of who he is
 In '99
 Yeah
 In '99
 That's right
 Yeah, yeah, yeah
 Yeah, yeah, yeah
 In '99
 In '99
 That's right
 Yeah, yeah, yeah
 Yeah, yeah, yeah