[00:00.00]It's crazy, right?[00:00.68]Listen, listen, listen, I'm from New York City, right?[00:03.53]I'm from the five boroughs[00:04.67]It's the fact— Listen, when I was a little ***** growing up[00:07.59]When I met this *****, him and Guru, right? (Mhm)[00:09.79]It probably— What was that, '87, '88? ('88)[00:13.13]'88, I was 16, 17 years old[00:16.65]I was gettin' money in Baltimore, I'm from the Bronx (Okay)[00:19.64]So I respected *****s from outta town[00:22.79]Coming to another town tryin' to get money (Aight)[00:25.87]Feel me? So that's what clicked me with Gang Starr[00:28.99]I thought Guru, God bless him, was my little man[00:32.31]That ***** was ten years older than me[00:34.19]I'm from outside (Okay)[00:37.26]And I thought that, you know[00:39.11]I come from the era where rappers wasn't really[00:41.41]Uh, admired the way they are now[00:45.63]You feel me? (Right) Them *****s was entertainers to us (Mhm)[00:49.12]We was ****in' with *****s who threw stones at the penitentiary (Right)[00:52.05]Alright, so, when I got with Gang Starr, it was like[00:56.19]"Yo, I like these *****s, they from outta town,[00:57.82]They came here to get money[00:59.55]And they doing they thing, I **** with them"[01:01.45]Then when they blew, it was, "Ah, that's ****, they blew[01:05.01]These *****s is legends"