Yesterday
[Hook: will.i.am]Yesterday, yesterday, yesterdayI wanna go back to yesterdayI wanna go back to yesterdayI wanna go back to yesterdayI wanna go back to yesterdayYesterday
[Verse 1: Taboo, will.i.am and apl.de.ap]We going back to the front, give them what they wantBack to the past, retro glassBack to the leader, back to reviewsTake them back to the futureTake them to the true schoolCause we was breaking atoms, live at the barbequeNow we reminiscing, pumping Audio TwoListening to niggas, niggas with them attitudesApl with some Black Sheep screaming"You can get with this or you can get with that"Smoke emcees, or you could smoke crackYou can sell dope, or you can sell rapsI sell dope raps cause that's where it's atNow I'm back on the scene, crispy and clean hip hop fiendSource Magazine, World Famous is the Supreme TeamSP-1200 drum machine, hail to Latifah she be the queenDMC and Run be the kings, king of rockMy nigga Ice-T killed a copAnd we be to rap what key be to lock
[Interlude: will.i.am and apl.de.ap]I'm cool like that, I'm cool like thatI move like that because I'm smooth like thatI rap like that because I'm phat like thatI rock like that because I got it like thatAnd I'm ill like that, skilled like thatPhil-i-ppines, cause I feel like thatI'm real like that, yes, I'm chill like thatHe gots the chill
[Verse 2: will.i.am, Taboo and apl.de.ap]I got pounds and pounds of peas you knowI'm not Large Professor but I'm an extra proPunks jump up to punk rock'n'rollThe Master P-nut is a pistachioThe Peas peak past the pinnacle plateauPosses a fresh Porsche, I don't push PeugeotPacking out paper in a pass I was pulledGet paid to rock mics and used to call the showHere we go, yo, here we go, yoCheck the flow yo, cause this retroIt's my classic mani-fucking-festoLyrically I'm magic, fucking prestoInsuring hip-hop like geckoMaking sure it won't stop, baby, heck noThat's a what, that's a what, the scenarioReminiscing while I listen to the stereo
[Interlude: will.i.am]I reminisce, I reminisceI reminisce, I reminisceWhen it's sounding like this
[Hook: will.i.am]I wanna go back to yesterdayI wanna go back to yesterdayI wanna go back to rappableCause oh baby, I like it rawYeah baby, I like it rawOh baby I like it rawYeah baby, I like it raw
[Verse 3: will.i.am, apl.de.ap and Taboo]Shimmy shimmy ya, shimmy yam, shimmy yeyComment allez-vous, parlez vous francais?Adiós, motherfuckers, bon voyageHome of the liquid flows and Liquid SwordsBlack eyed killer peas on the swarmComing to your college and disco dormY'all can't touch my skillsI can switch it up Das Efx and get iggity-iggity-illYiggity-yes rapper, my style is uniqueIggity ice on my teeth, so it's cold when I speakWord to mom, I'm in my own worldGalaxy raised, powerful
[Hook: will.i.am]I wanna go back to yesterdayI wanna go back to yesterdayI wanna go back to yesterday
[Verse 4: Taboo, apl.de.ap and will.i.am]So I can hit you with the bass, how low can you go?I get lower than the midget doing limboI got shit that you haven't heard a while ago'88-'92 the style'll go, way back, rocking on the A-trackMemorex, TDK, all of that, throw back before all the [?] rapWilly is his name and the boy's coming, Straight Out of L.AA crazy motherfucker named WillyI'm so cold my flow stay chillyI got a laser aimed at them hatersAnd I'm cutting motherfuckers with my razorYou too boy, if you fuck with meI'mma dice you up, slice you up quicklyI signed to Ruthless when Dre dropped Dre DayThat's why I do this, to bring you back to yesterday(Yesterday, yesterday, yesterday) Tiger styleThere's no place to hide as I step inside the roomDr. Doom, prepare for the boom, bam, I slamAw, man, you fucking with will.i.amCause I'm torching and scorching, my style is awesomeCracking motherfuckers' skulls like it's porcelainAy yo, let's save hip hop from Dr. KevorkianBring it right here, right back to its originAy yo, I'mma hop in my motherfucking DeLoreanSo I can go back and fucking perform againAy yo, I [?] some wind mills and some fucking linoleumMC mic controlling them, I was likeI was steady policing themKilling emcees, I was straight deceasing themCompute-deleting them 'til them niggas don't existBecause Black Eyes Peas is hard as hellBattle anybody, I don't care if you tellI excel, they all fail, I told them motherfuckers I'mma take them...
[Outro: will.i.am]Back to yesterdayI'm taking you back to yesterdayI'm taking you back to yesterdayI'm taking you back to yesterdayI took you back to yesterdayI took you back to yesterdayI took you back to yesterdayI took you back to yesterdayAnd now I'm taking you to the futureI'm taking you to the futureI'm taking you to the futureI'm taking you to the futureI'm taking you to the futureTaking you to the futureTake you to the futureTake you to the futureFuture, future, future, future, future...