In the beginning, in the beginning
In the beginning, in the beginning
I'd like to dedicate this one to the Brooklyn Posse
My brother Dynasty, Reby, MC Boo, Larry La Rock, or, Murder!
Committing murder on the scene
Rock jocking the spot
Doing the sweet chief big rock in the house
On down ladies and gentlemen
It's the one and only
But you can call me Ecstasy
We've come a long way, baby
We've struggled through thick and thin
And if I had to do it over again
It would be with you, my friend
'Cause one thing when I look back
A little further down the line
All we're gonna be able to say is that it wasn't always that way
In the beginning, against all odds
We didn't rob but still we went to school
And we always kept a job
And one thing it taught me, I'd like to mention
Is that a good education did for me
What Lipton did for tea
Now, I'm not bragging, that's not my style
Because with me it's always service with a smile
And baby doll, from that point on I knew
Rap would be my tool
So I kept on working at it
Trying to improve, you see
When I was just a little boy
My daddy sat me on his knee
And he told me about the fact of life
While whispering to me
He said "Son, if at first you don't succeed
A little bit of practice is all you need
Because after you start, you cannot quit
You've got to commit yourself to it"
Because I wanted to be point guard, first string
On my high school basketball team
I didn't really want to go to school
Just play basketball, that's all
I couldn't go to prom with my phys-ed teacher
So I tried to get close to a fly cheerleader
But that didn't help my marks at all
Because in every subject I took a fall
So I tried to get back up on my feet
I even stopped hanging out in the street
I worked 'til seven, by ten o'clock
And every morning I was ready to rock
I'd eat two bowls of Frosted Flakes
And then I had to break out, so I wouldn't be late
'Cause the earlier bird always catch the worm
And I figure it's just about my turn
In the beginning, in the beginning
In the beginning, in the beginning
In the beginning, in the beginning
In the beginning, in the beginning
In the beginning, in the beginning
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