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[Announcer] Many, many moons ago Jurassic 5 Began their quest To put real hip hop on the radio [Akil] Now here's a little story that must be heard About the brother with the word sounds so superb It started way back with these emcees Now here's a little something on the history [Zaakir] I'm a H-I-P H-O-P H-E-A-D, been since one-nine-eight-three Are to the A-P-P-I-N Eighty-four was the year I picked up the pen At the same time breaking tryin' to come on in But I was already in since way back when One-nine-seven-five, the saga began Are to the O-be -O-T-I-N Eighty-one I was P-O-P-P-I-N One-nine-eighty-two D-J-in Eighty-three it was all about Run-DMC man A gang banger taught me how to break dance then The same year I picked up the pen And wrote my first rhyme and got that feelin' And now I'm here in the flesh still dope still death Tryin' to get my song (rockin' on the radio) [Chorus:] The summertime yo we would hang out And talk about the new jam that came out And from the way the beat was laid out And all the emcees had turned the place out And we would say our rhymes to the beat Right but we never indulged in the street Life and now we all good to go J5 is rockin' on the radio [Akil] Yo I was an inner-city nigga in my room I'd sit Poppin' off quick cause I could sing a little bit With my hi-top fade and matchin' outfits But once the record hit it's like listen to this Hip hop is the reason that a brother evolved And I was so involved I ain't gonna lie to none a y'all By the time I started rhymin' in the late eighties The drugs in Cali was crazy [Chali 2na] Nine-teen eighty Nine's the number this is the summer On some get rich come up Quest switch the drum up Invested some of my best years because of Then I repped with some of the best kids that done it My love dates back to show, that's incredible Brothers who lack revenue spent on they back several Times It made me know which way to go And now (Jurassic is rockin' on the Radio) [Chorus] [All Together] I got my mind on back in the day The style a dress and the records they play Reminisce I got somethin' to say Check it out cause it went this way cause it went this way [Mark 7even] The year was eighty-two and the block was froze When I stepped out rockin burgundy shell-toes A fresh mock-neck and some new Lee jeans Add a pair a Gazelles and well you know what I mean DJ Red Alert and Mr. Magic had static Over Kiss FM and BLS which one is the baddest Brothers on the block was doin' the Wop While the cars drove by bumpin' real hip hop The vibe and the feelin' was oh so real We held it oh so dear so brother don't go there Fat Boys Cold Crush Force MC's All showed me how to really be a real emcee From the Yes Yes y'alls to the Ladies say Ho I can't believe my jam is (rockin' on the radio) [Akil] From the Yes Yes y'alls to the Ladies say Ho I can't believe my jam (rockin' on the radio) [Chorus] J5 is rockin' on the radio J5 is rockin' on the radio