'90
Nine, nine
'99
Let's rewind to '89
Soul 2 Soul, back to life
Find a seat and take a flight
Janet K., late night up 2-7-9
As we warp speed to '99
As we warp speed to '99

Year after premini
Lewis beat Holyfield two times
Mos Def left black on both sides
Say my name, it's Genocide
Say that again
Destiny's Child, the writings on the wall
Reg said it like the River Nile
I lost Y2K had 'em runnin' wild
LIke runnin' in '99
I'm ahead of my time
In '99
That's right
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
In '99
In '99
♪
Hypnotized by Whitney
Scandalized by Billy C and Lewinsky
Will Willie get impeached?
Through the peephole if I, T, or C
No Scrubs or pigeon feed
Wu-Tagn's got TV
Columbine's in a misery
And The Matrix on the big screen
I learned to fly
Hittin' stages off jumbotron-style
In '99
In '99
That's right
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
In '99
In '99
That's right
♪
Started it, I'm walking in to Cyprus on the street
Sittin' on decks, grab the mic and go fly on the beat
Never really started with a vision
It was more just the sittin' that we did
Started to grow in him
Now it's part of who he is
In '99
Yeah
In '99
That's right
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
In '99
In '99
That's right
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah