This is for the cl*** of 2001
New York to London be like under the gun
You learn the diction, respect to Big Pun
But ya teachers leave ya up the creek, like you was Dawson

Now I remember four Septembers in the boogie down
But **** remain the same in like any town
Each semester every test, I wonder when would it end
And no, I'd never go through it again

Time don't change the way I feel
Doesn't mean that I been holdin' back the years and
Time's got so much to reveal, no time to wonder
Why we crumble in our fears

I use to hate teachers callin' my name in attendance
Academic menaces mental anesthetics for credits
I'd be sleepin' in the back of the cl***
When the ******** we'd be learnin' wasn't comin' too fast

There wuz always one teacher who was peepin' the flesh
Eyes be all up on my chest, yo, keep yo eyes on my test
That's ill yo, I call you Mr.
(Grubby grubby, Acappella)
Rock the toupee that's called the ruggy ruggy

Time don't change the way I feel
Doesn't mean that I been holdin' back the years and
Time's got so much to reveal, no time to wonder
Why we crumble in our fears

In my locker had pictures of my cousins and my moms
Didn't know nothin' bout computers, now I gots my dot.coms
In a bizness where the rats've got control of the race
I keeps my eyes on my papes, I use to never use the breaks

Like autographs up in the yearbook with the old cliches
Hey yo, keep in touch this summer, yo, the call never came
Ya, things'll be the same', c'mon they never be the same
Now we all up in the highway goin' separate ways

And if my train falls off the track
Tarsha Vega spring forward yo, I don't fall back
Original not wack, watch me jet to Mars
Put me shuttle to the medal when I chill with the stars

Hey kids, you best to learn to make the most of yo trip
Next you're workin' for the man, me I'm workin' for hits
Yo, the years'll go by, so make the most of yo days
Like Ben Folds say, 'I'm thinkin' a lot today'

Time don't change the way I feel
Doesn't mean that I been holdin' back the years and
Time's got so much to reveal, no time to wonder
Why we crumble in our fears