a href=" br br The Nonce br Mix Tapes br br br Where is that shit? br [tapes rattle] br I know it's on one of these tapes br br [Verse One: Nouka] br br On the bus, rollin to the crib br I would get dibs on the seat with my man OJ br and rock beats from LaMerte, Park to 81st br When I, got home, this was first br I plugged the headphones in, then catch the break br Fourteen with the system, I was like great br on the, turntables, I turned labels br Back and forth then pushed stop on the tape br Then down the street, to 81st, place the kid br with the fat face with the fat case for sale br Ten dollars, if you was known br I put the turntable down for the microphone br br [Chorus: x2] br br I used to sell, mix tapes, but now I'm an MC br I got the rhymes and beats, I used to rock them tapes br br [Verse Two: Nouka] br br Back up at World O' Wheels with the rap contest br I used to try and get mine cuz I thought I was fresh br I liked LL and Shan with my Roxanne rhyme br It might sound wack but it was dope at the time br Then it progressed with styles of the I-Fresh br MC's like Ganjah K and the rest br Post Meter, with the pause mix cut br Rockin Southwest College tearin it up br Money, really wasn't part of the rap br Paid, was havin people start to clap br Gettin ready for the break, your heart starts to race br You was hyped, cuz I could see it on your face br Yes yes, the beat is like fresh br Plus we had the moves, that make the party move br And those were the dues, without makin papes br Damn I should go back, to sellin mix tapes br br [Chorus] br br [Verse Three: Yusef Afloat] br br One to the two, four and eight br Hit the rewind and move and turn the black plate br Get you a tape, watch the crew wreck and br spin the vinyl til it melt and get a phat new casette br across the West y'all br Spin around with the sound and get choice br while the clear voice rock from the ground br Stereo, it's all in the jam br Plus tricks that fixes styles through mixes br If you're soft, beginning to end, you can't win br Let the DJ freak pause then run it again br While you're listening to the hit, it's nice can't you tell br That the two are steady bringin till we swell br br [Chorus] br br "Pull the new school tape from out my rag" br "Man I, man I, quit sellin (tapes) br br Yo what's up? I just wanted to give a shout out br to all of those who was down back there when I started br Back in eighty-four and eighty-five br Yo I wanna give a shout out to my man Yusef Afloat br To my man Ganjah K, Aceyalone, J-Sumbi, we out