| Slappers, kick push, boogie board
| Schiaffo, kick push, boogie board
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| Punch drunk, punch kick, super hard
| Pugno ubriaco, pugno calcio, super duro
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| Bruce Lee, Spike Lee, broken nose
| Bruce Lee, Spike Lee, naso rotto
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| Pop’s home, pop’s gone, broken home
| Il pop è a casa, il pop è andato, la casa rotta
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| Live Aid, A-Team, fly like Mike
| Live Aid, A-Team, vola come Mike
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| Recess, schoolbooks, dynamite
| Riposo, libri di scuola, dinamite
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| Backpack, headphones, BDP
| Zaino, cuffie, BDP
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| Ice Cube, Fresh Prince, MTV
| Ice Cube, Fresh Prince, MTV
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| It was mixtapes, spray cans, subway trains
| Erano mixtape, bombolette spray, treni della metropolitana
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| It was black books, sparklers and halls of fame
| Erano libri neri, stelle filanti e hall of fame
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| It was shell toe Adidas with super fat laces
| Era Adidas con punta a conchiglia con lacci super grassi
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| And the girls with the knee socks rocking the braces, yo
| E le ragazze con i calzini al ginocchio che fanno dondolare l'apparecchio, yo
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| It was basketball and smoking pot
| Era basket e fumare erba
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| And pushing down the pedal till the motor’s hot
| E premendo il pedale finché il motore non è caldo
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| Rum and coke a lot, Karmacoma style
| Rum e coca cola molto, stile Karmacoma
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| When push came to shove, it was love, listen
| Quando è arrivata la spinta, è stato amore, ascolta
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| It was getting tattoos, smoking cigarettes
| Si stava facendo tatuaggi, fumando sigarette
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| It was Zig Zag papers, time to build a spliff
| Erano le carte Zig Zag, tempo di costruire uno spinello
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| It was getting digits, kinda hit and miss
| Stava ottenendo cifre, un po' incostante
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| It was happiness, lies and kids, come on
| Era felicità, bugie e bambini, dai
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| It was making out for hours, sharing a shower
| Stava pomiciando per ore, condividendo una doccia
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| It was sleepover parties, it was midnight hours
| Erano feste per il pigiama party, erano le ore di mezzanotte
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| Getting into fights, dodging the cops
| Entrare in risse, schivare la polizia
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| We was rocking the club on the drop
| Stavamo scuotendo il club al volo
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| You can change the fashion, you can change the style
| Puoi cambiare la moda, puoi cambiare lo stile
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| But you can’t change the way that I feel about time
| Ma non puoi cambiare il modo in cui penso al tempo
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| Cause time went gold in '89
| Perché il tempo è diventato oro nell'89
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| And kept it live through '95
| E l'ha tenuto in vita fino al '95
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| It was cross color gear and hopscotch
| Era un equipaggiamento a colori incrociati e una campana
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| Fat booming cassettes when the box rocks
| Cassette in forte espansione quando la scatola oscilla
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| It was gazing the lights from the rooftop
| Stava guardando le luci dal tetto
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| And then grinding the slides in the boondocks
| E poi macinare le diapositive nei boondocks
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| It was big-checkered shirts over long sleeves
| Erano camicie a scacchi grandi su maniche lunghe
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| It was trips to the 'Dam for the strong weed
| Erano viaggi alla "diga per l'erba forte".
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| We were so free and wild, it was gnarly, yo
| Eravamo così liberi e selvaggi, era nodoso, yo
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| It was party, bullshit, back to party
| Era festa, stronzate, ritorno alla festa
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| It was two-wheel and three-wheel and four-wheel drive
| Era a due ruote, tre ruote e quattro ruote motrici
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| It was hip-hop and jungle and reggae live
| Era hip-hop, giungla e reggae dal vivo
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| Peace, love, unity, respect vibes
| Vibrazioni di pace, amore, unità, rispetto
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| It was ladybug, humbug and butterfly
| Era coccinella, imbroglione e farfalla
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| It was Def Jam jokes and delirious
| Erano battute e deliri di Def Jam
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| All them old folks complain and fearing us
| Tutti quei vecchi si lamentano e ci temono
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| Cause our magic was strong and mysterious
| Perché la nostra magia era forte e misteriosa
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| We got serious on the drop | Abbiamo fatto sul serio con il calo |