[Intro: Inspectah Deck & Ed Koch]
I'm a '88er, fly aviator
I been seen the future, way back then on beta
Winning is always better than losing
And winning big is better still
'88er
[Verse 1: R.A. The Rugged Man]
Rape scandal, Tawana Brawley, New York City
Before Giuliani turned Times Square to Walt Disney
Low-cost anesthetic epidemic, seedy, what?
Wall graffitied up, cook coke, Scotty, beam me up
Murder rate stats are staggerin', lives unravelin'
Central Intelligence Agency is drug traffickin'
Cops with bad tempers, politicians pushin' their agendas
In thе streets, it's murderers and rapists and sex offеnders
With a growin' neurosis, bloodsuckin' bats, vultures are ferocious
Roller coasters of rats and rodents and roaches
Homeless vet with skin rashes from tuberculosis
Narcosis, pimps and hookers, and heroin overdoses
Every snitchin' bird chirps, that's how the world works
These hookers lookin' for who to burn first, porn theaters and perverts
On your PRO-Keds, there's bloody red spots and a dead cop
Got his head shot on the fed watch, call Mayor Ed Koch, c'mon
[Verse 2: Inspectah Deck]
I'm a '88er, straight from the days of the pissy elevator
Teeny boppers, graffiti rockers, cops, and jealous haters
Dangerous back blocks, crack rocks, and mad cops who clap shots
Aimin' to kill and steal a stash box
From psycho niggas fightin' with whites and Hasidics
Remember Willie Turks, Yusef Hawkins, and Michael Griffith
N.Y., prolific, kicked it with the lowlifes and Deceps
Who squeeze TECs, G-checkin niggas for weak checks
Sinister dark minds, victims of hard times
Pan Am Flight 103, Central Park Five
Thank Reagan for makin' dealers kingpins, who would think then?
We seein' Ms, all the shipments that slipped in
'88er, architect, camouflage vet
My burner on the train, next to Bernhard Goetz
From the time the space shuttle and Chernobyl exploded
I voted for Dinkins knowin' he would never control it, word
I'm a '88er, fly aviator
I been seen the future, way back then on beta
Winning is always better than losing
And winning big is better still
'88er
[Verse 1: R.A. The Rugged Man]
Rape scandal, Tawana Brawley, New York City
Before Giuliani turned Times Square to Walt Disney
Low-cost anesthetic epidemic, seedy, what?
Wall graffitied up, cook coke, Scotty, beam me up
Murder rate stats are staggerin', lives unravelin'
Central Intelligence Agency is drug traffickin'
Cops with bad tempers, politicians pushin' their agendas
In thе streets, it's murderers and rapists and sex offеnders
With a growin' neurosis, bloodsuckin' bats, vultures are ferocious
Roller coasters of rats and rodents and roaches
Homeless vet with skin rashes from tuberculosis
Narcosis, pimps and hookers, and heroin overdoses
Every snitchin' bird chirps, that's how the world works
These hookers lookin' for who to burn first, porn theaters and perverts
On your PRO-Keds, there's bloody red spots and a dead cop
Got his head shot on the fed watch, call Mayor Ed Koch, c'mon
[Verse 2: Inspectah Deck]
I'm a '88er, straight from the days of the pissy elevator
Teeny boppers, graffiti rockers, cops, and jealous haters
Dangerous back blocks, crack rocks, and mad cops who clap shots
Aimin' to kill and steal a stash box
From psycho niggas fightin' with whites and Hasidics
Remember Willie Turks, Yusef Hawkins, and Michael Griffith
N.Y., prolific, kicked it with the lowlifes and Deceps
Who squeeze TECs, G-checkin niggas for weak checks
Sinister dark minds, victims of hard times
Pan Am Flight 103, Central Park Five
Thank Reagan for makin' dealers kingpins, who would think then?
We seein' Ms, all the shipments that slipped in
'88er, architect, camouflage vet
My burner on the train, next to Bernhard Goetz
From the time the space shuttle and Chernobyl exploded
I voted for Dinkins knowin' he would never control it, word
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