[00:04.480]Back
[00:06.210]Back on the block
[00:09.030]Back
[00:10.790]Back on the block
[00:13.570]Back on the block so we can rock
[00:15.630]With the soul rhythm blues be bop and hip hop
[00:18.150]Back on the block
[00:19.930]Back on the block
[00:22.480]Ice-T let me kick my credentials
[00:25.180]A young player bred in South Central
[00:27.380]L A home of the body bag
[00:29.780]You wanna die wear the wrong color rag
[00:32.040]I used to walk in stores and yell "Lay down"
[00:34.350]You flinch an inch AK spray down
[00:36.480]But I was lucky 'cause I never caught the hard time
[00:38.900]I was blessed with the skill to bust a dope rhym
[00:41.450]All my homies died or caught the penzo
[00:43.430]Lost their diamonds cops towed their Benzos
[00:45.530]Livin' that life that we thought was it
[00:47.440]
[00:48.080]Fast lanin' but the car flipped
[00:50.210]I'm not gonna lie to ya 'cause I don't lie
[00:52.410]I just kick thick game some people say why
[00:54.900]'Cause I'm back on the block I got my life back
[00:57.340]So I school the fools about the fast track
[00:59.500]I get static from the style of my technique
[01:01.800]Profanity the blatant way in which I speak
[01:04.090]But the Dude knows the streets ain't no kiddie game
[01:06.310]You don't know the Dude Quincy's his first name
[01:08.500]He told me Ice keep doin' what you're doin' man
[01:10.750]Don't give a damn if the squares don't understand
[01:13.080]You let 'em tell you what to say and what to write
[01:15.330]Your whole career'll be over by tomorrow night
[01:17.600]Rap from your heart and your heart's with the street
[01:19.900]Rap on my record man Kimiko send Ice the beat
[01:22.300]The Dude is def no doubt what can I say
[01:24.550]The man can roll with Ice-T or Michael J
[01:26.810]Back
[01:28.510]Back on the block
[01:31.380]Back
[01:33.060]Back on the block
[01:35.820]Back on the block so we can rock
[01:37.970]With the soul rhythm blues be bop and hip hop
[01:40.480]Back on the block
[01:42.260]Back on the block
[01:44.810]I'm back on the block on the screen
[01:47.100]I'm on the wax I'm on the stage I'm on the scene
[01:49.560]I'm on the case just like an attorney
[01:51.810]The Dude took me on a magic journey
[01:53.960]To dance in France alone in Rome
[01:55.960]On the farmlands of Nebraska the cold of Alaska
[01:58.530]The heat of the motherland to be with my brother man
[02:00.800]On top of a snowcapped mountain I'm scoutin'
[02:03.000]What another man saw in a race of people
[02:05.400]To see him give his life for the price of equal
[02:07.640]The highest wisdoms the richest kingdoms
[02:09.950]The song of songs we heard David sing them
[02:12.340]He showed me me when I was young and hung out
[02:14.620]He showed me makin' love even showed me strung out
[02:16.740]He showed me poppin' nines standin' on a rock
[02:18.970]But tears came to my eyes when he showed me my block
[02:21.870]
[02:22.570]Ba-ba-back on the
[02:24.370]Ba-back on
[02:25.450]Ba-ba-back on the block
[02:27.160]
[02:27.740]Ba-ba-back on
[02:28.980]Ba-ba-back on the block
[02:30.900]Stokie's just Stokie mama
[02:32.730]
[02:33.890]Stokie's Stokie
[02:34.800]
[02:35.320]And one by one each woman he kiss
[02:38.090]He kiss her and she gon' fall in love
[02:40.160]Stokie's just Stokie you know
[02:42.020]
[02:42.820]Stokie's Stokie
[02:43.890]
[02:44.440]Till someone shows that they care enough
[02:46.720]
[02:47.270]Ain't nothin' gonna bother Stokie much
[02:49.210]Some say they can't take it no more
[02:51.740]Comin' here comin' here startin' stuff
[02:53.820]But Dude is back on duty fo' sho'
[02:55.780]
[02:56.290]Back on the block to stay
[02:58.280]They say he ain't gonna be with it
[03:00.910]Comin' back comin' back to the street
[03:02.990]But Dude he know you'll never forget it
[03:05.200]Back on the block to stay
[03:07.000]
[03:12.090]Back up and give the brother room
[03:13.390]To let poetry bloom to whom it may concern or consume
[03:16.400]As I reminisce before this the bliss that exist
[03:19.100]But now we brought about a twist
[03:20.880]'Cause I remember of my people bleedin'
[03:23.190]Put through slavery and killed for bravery
[03:25.790]We shoulda got our freedom much sooner
[03:27.660]You never seen a Blackman on the honeymooners
[03:30.100]But now somehow we've learned to earn to grow to show
[03:32.740]The elevation of a people built is so
[03:34.810]Jesse Jackson Miss America a black one
[03:37.240]No more livin' for just a small fraction
[03:39.310]I was once told by the Dude that knowledge is a food
[03:42.090]To nourish so to conclude
[03:43.950]This from an Asiatic descendant Big Daddy is shocked
[03:46.900]Yo Q we back on the block
[03:48.620]Back
[03:48.870]
[03:50.290]Back on the block
[03:51.190]
[03:53.210]Back
[03:53.520]
[03:54.910]Back on the block
[03:55.760]
[03:57.590]Back on the block so we can rock
[03:59.600]With the soul rhythm blues be bop and hip hop
[04:02.210]Back on the block
[04:03.360]
[04:04.070]Back on the block
[04:04.950]
[04:06.590]An everlasting omnipresence is my present
[04:09.050]State of being seeing the unpleasant
[04:11.310]Sight of righteous souls live like peasants
[04:13.630]The mind stunts growth in adolescence
[04:16.000]My insight enables me to enlight
[04:18.090]The weakest of minds and I put 'em in flight
[04:20.350]As I transcend a-scend or de-scend
[04:22.780]Re-create re-incarnate and re-send
[04:25.100]The powerful spirits of our ancestors
[04:27.130]For those that don't know how God blessed us
[04:29.690]Because man messed up the media dressed up
[04:31.790]Lies perpetrated as truth and it left us
[04:34.090]Confused but I've seen it all before
[04:36.290]From Babylon to the Third World War
[04:38.650]I'm more than a man I'm more like an entity
[04:40.920]Back on the block and this time my identity is the Dude
[04:43.720]
[04:44.420]Ba-ba-back on the
[04:46.180]Ba-back on
[04:47.220]Ba-ba-back on the block
[04:48.870]
[04:49.530]Ba-ba-back on
[04:50.680]Ba-ba-back on the block
[04:52.580]Stoki ke Stoki mai-bo
[04:54.950]
[04:55.460]Stoki Stoki
[04:57.030]Wam babma wam bamb'u mandisa
[04:59.350]
[04:59.890]Wahm bamba wahm bamboo mandisa
[05:01.940]Stoki ke Stoki mai-bo
[05:04.470]Stoki Stoki
[05:05.660]
[05:06.180]Wam babma wam bamb'u mandisa
[05:09.030]Wahm bamba wahm bamboo mandisa
[05:11.120]M'yeke yeke yeke wena
[05:13.040]
[05:13.610]Kha'mye kha'myeke wena
[05:15.620]Yo khala khala khala u mama
[05:18.310]Yo khal'u mama khe
[05:20.090]M'yeke yeke yeke wena
[05:22.730]Kha'mye kha'myeke wena
[05:24.710]Yo khala kha 'yok 'shaya u baba
[05:27.480]Yok shaya u baba khe
[06:05.910]Back on the block
[06:07.340]Ba-ba-back on the
[06:08.510]Ba-ba-back on the block
[06:13.000]Ba-ba-back on
[06:16.510]Ba-ba-back on the block
[06:19.120]Ba-ba-back on the block
[06:21.130]Ba-ba-back on
[06:23.340]Now I would I would contend that ah
[06:27.920]The rappers rap is here to stay

Back
Back on the block
Back
Back on the block
Back on the block so we can rock
With the soul rhythm blues be bop and hip hop
Back on the block
Back on the block
Ice-T let me kick my credentials
A young player bred in South Central
L A home of the body bag
You wanna die wear the wrong color rag
I used to walk in stores and yell "Lay down"
You flinch an inch AK spray down
But I was lucky 'cause I never caught the hard time
I was blessed with the skill to bust a dope rhym
All my homies died or caught the penzo
Lost their diamonds cops towed their Benzos
Livin' that life that we thought was it
Fast lanin' but the car flipped
I'm not gonna lie to ya 'cause I don't lie
I just kick thick game some people say why
'Cause I'm back on the block I got my life back
So I school the fools about the fast track
I get static from the style of my technique
Profanity the blatant way in which I speak
But the Dude knows the streets ain't no kiddie game
You don't know the Dude Quincy's his first name
He told me Ice keep doin' what you're doin' man
Don't give a damn if the squares don't understand
You let 'em tell you what to say and what to write
Your whole career'll be over by tomorrow night
Rap from your heart and your heart's with the street
Rap on my record man Kimiko send Ice the beat
The Dude is def no doubt what can I say
The man can roll with Ice-T or Michael J
Back
Back on the block
Back
Back on the block
Back on the block so we can rock
With the soul rhythm blues be bop and hip hop
Back on the block
Back on the block
I'm back on the block on the screen
I'm on the wax I'm on the stage I'm on the scene
I'm on the case just like an attorney
The Dude took me on a magic journey
To dance in France alone in Rome
On the farmlands of Nebraska the cold of Alaska
The heat of the motherland to be with my brother man
On top of a snowcapped mountain I'm scoutin'
What another man saw in a race of people
To see him give his life for the price of equal
The highest wisdoms the richest kingdoms
The song of songs we heard David sing them
He showed me me when I was young and hung out
He showed me makin' love even showed me strung out
He showed me poppin' nines standin' on a rock
But tears came to my eyes when he showed me my block
Ba-ba-back on the
Ba-back on
Ba-ba-back on the block
Ba-ba-back on
Ba-ba-back on the block
Stokie's just Stokie mama
Stokie's Stokie
And one by one each woman he kiss
He kiss her and she gon' fall in love
Stokie's just Stokie you know
Stokie's Stokie
Till someone shows that they care enough
Ain't nothin' gonna bother Stokie much
Some say they can't take it no more
Comin' here comin' here startin' stuff
But Dude is back on duty fo' sho'
Back on the block to stay
They say he ain't gonna be with it
Comin' back comin' back to the street
But Dude he know you'll never forget it
Back on the block to stay
Back up and give the brother room
To let poetry bloom to whom it may concern or consume
As I reminisce before this the bliss that exist
But now we brought about a twist
'Cause I remember of my people bleedin'
Put through slavery and killed for bravery
We shoulda got our freedom much sooner
You never seen a Blackman on the honeymooners
But now somehow we've learned to earn to grow to show
The elevation of a people built is so
Jesse Jackson Miss America a black one
No more livin' for just a small fraction
I was once told by the Dude that knowledge is a food
To nourish so to conclude
This from an Asiatic descendant Big Daddy is shocked
Yo Q we back on the block
Back
Back on the block
Back
Back on the block
Back on the block so we can rock
With the soul rhythm blues be bop and hip hop
Back on the block
Back on the block
An everlasting omnipresence is my present
State of being seeing the unpleasant
Sight of righteous souls live like peasants
The mind stunts growth in adolescence
My insight enables me to enlight
The weakest of minds and I put 'em in flight
As I transcend a-scend or de-scend
Re-create re-incarnate and re-send
The powerful spirits of our ancestors
For those that don't know how God blessed us
Because man messed up the media dressed up
Lies perpetrated as truth and it left us
Confused but I've seen it all before
From Babylon to the Third World War
I'm more than a man I'm more like an entity
Back on the block and this time my identity is the Dude
Ba-ba-back on the
Ba-back on
Ba-ba-back on the block
Ba-ba-back on
Ba-ba-back on the block
Stoki ke Stoki mai-bo
Stoki Stoki
Wam babma wam bamb'u mandisa
Wahm bamba wahm bamboo mandisa
Stoki ke Stoki mai-bo
Stoki Stoki
Wam babma wam bamb'u mandisa
Wahm bamba wahm bamboo mandisa
M'yeke yeke yeke wena
Kha'mye kha'myeke wena
Yo khala khala khala u mama
Yo khal'u mama khe
M'yeke yeke yeke wena
Kha'mye kha'myeke wena
Yo khala kha 'yok 'shaya u baba
Yok shaya u baba khe
Back on the block
Ba-ba-back on the
Ba-ba-back on the block
Ba-ba-back on
Ba-ba-back on the block
Ba-ba-back on the block
Ba-ba-back on
Now I would I would contend that ah
The rappers rap is here to stay