[Verse 2: Nas]
Can't forget✦ about✦ the old school, Bam, Caz, Melle Mel, Flash
Rock Steady✦ spinnin' on they back
Can't forget✦ when the first rap Grammy✦ went to Jazzy,✦ Fresh Prince
Fat Boys broke up, rap hasn't been the same since
So irregular, how it messed✦ you up
When Mr. T became✦ a wrestler
Can't forget✦ about✦ Jordan's retirement
The shot Robert Horry✦ hit to win the game in the Finals, kid
Some things are forever, some things are not
It's the things we remember that gave the world shock
They stay in a place in your mind, so snug
Like who the person✦ was with whom you first made love
[Pre-Chorus: Nas]
When was the last time you heard a real anthem?✦
Nas, the millionaire,✦ the mansion✦
When was the last time you heard your boy Nas rhyme?
Never✦ on schedule,✦ but always✦ on time
[Chorus: Chrisette Michele]
These streets hold my deepest✦ days
This hood taught me golden✦ ways
Made me (Truly,✦ this is what made me)
Break me (Not a thing's gonna✦ break me)
These streets hold my deepest✦ days
This hood taught me golden✦ ways
Made me (Truly,✦ this is what made me)
Break me (Not a thing's gonna✦ break me)
Oh, I'm that history, I'm that block
I'm that lifestyle, I'm that spot
I'm that kid by the number✦ spot
That's my past that made me hot
Here's✦ my lifelong anthem✦
Can't forget✦ about✦ you (Forget✦ about✦ you, forget✦ about✦ you)
[Verse 3: Nas & Chrisette Michele]
Unforgettable,✦ unsubmittable✦
I go by N now, just one syllable,✦
It's the end 'cause the game's✦ tired✦
It's the same vibe Good Times✦ had right after✦ James✦ died
That's why the gangsta rhymers ain't inspired
Heinous crimes✦ help record sales✦ more than creative✦ lines✦ (Creative✦ lines)✦
And I don't wanna✦ keep bringing up the greater times✦
But I'm a dreamer, nostalgic with the state of mind
"The past, the past, enough of it," aight, then
But nothing gives✦ me chills like Douglas and Tyson✦
Or Mike, when his talk was live
Or when he first did the Moon Walk on Motown 25 (25)
[Pre-Chorus: Nas]
When was the last time you heard a real anthem?✦
Nas, the millionaire,✦ the mansion✦
When was the last time you heard your boy Nas rhyme?
Never✦ on schedule,✦ but always✦ on time
[Chorus: Chrisette Michele]
These streets hold my deepest✦ days
This hood taught me golden✦ ways
Made me (Truly,✦ this is what made me)
Break me (Not a thing's gonna✦ break me)
These streets hold my deepest✦ days
This hood taught me golden✦ ways
Made me (Truly,✦ this is what made me)
Break me (Not a thing's gonna✦ break me)
[Outro: Nat King Cole]
That's why, darling, it's incredible
That someone, so unforgettable✦
Thinks that I am unforgettable✦ too