Back, Back, Forward Illy

[Intro]
Yeah, you what they say
Everything's gotta start somewhere, right
Well that's what this shit's about
In order to get to wherever we're going
We gotta go back, way back, like
Back in time

[Chorus]
We going back, back, forward
Always looking past where I brought it
The choice is yours, you can let it pass
Or take part, regardless, this is where it starts
We going back, back, forward (We're going back to get forward)
Always looking past where I brought it
This choice is yours, you can let it pass
(Always remembering and always being ahead)
Or take part, regardless, this is where it starts
(So shut up and listen, yeah)

[Verse 1]
Before it’s performed, and before it’s released
Before it’s recorded, before it’s written, before I scored the beat
Before the emails back and forth, hassling Trigga
For whatever heat, The Quickening ain’t need
Before sold out tours, where the runs on the board
Got it looking like I never been bowled out before
And sure, it’s before daughters and sisters and Mrs nationwide
Caught a glimpse and turned vicious, uh
Before listeners dissed 'cause the kids had a run
That’d leave Usain Bolt in the dust
Going three years young, what I’ve done with The Chase
The whole country embraced, they still rapping to their mates
So that love turned hate, when this unknown punk
Turned famed and it happened at an unheard rate
But before they lay blame, put ‘em up on this
Before they gave a fuck what I did, I been doing it