Turning Point Songtext
von eMC

As the times change
We′re coming to a turning point
We can't do it the same way we used to

Followed in the footsteps of having a good rep
Whoever said I′d change the world, that was a good guess
Grabbed the girl that looked best and could dress
Slap boxin', stealin' things from stores was where the hood test
Nightly, I was contemplating what I might be
An emcee, doctor, lawyer, or felon with strike three
Nike Jordan commercials, Mars with Spike Lee
Do the right thing, School Daze changed my psyche
The world of materialism, black college tradition
Financial aid, tapping pell was a scholar′s tuition
Claimed we knew the value of a dollar, we didn′t
Wasted all Corona bottles, McDonald's and Winston′s
No direction, I was getting out of bed slow
My mind traveled places that I couldn't make my legs go
Wasted check dough from part-time at a Deco
For girls, Grant′s Tomb, car shows, and Black Expo


As the times change
We're coming to a turning point
Can′t do it the same way we used to
Ushering a new day
A turning point, yeah
We can't do it the same way we used to


Growing up living life with no concern with it
Permanent curves in the road, we just turned with it
Was like a tournament, how we played on the streets
Of this Big Apple that got a worm in it
Had to earn in it, pack groceries and tote bags
Just so we could sport imported tags
And though we didn't have a wealth of green
Stepping on the scene crisp and clean gave us self-esteem
Guess was fresh but I just dressed Benetton
Compared to those squares, I was a pentagon
Calling my man on the intercom, "Ayo Malik
Come down stairs and see what I spent it on"
Weekends went to 40-deuce
We was sippin′ on malt duck, tryna get shorties loose
Best friends, I was with ′em all
We was all dressed up taking flicks by the picture wall
And before it got stupid cold
The neighborhood football games was like the Super Bowl
We played Ceplo, Van Dyke, Tilden
Bring your helmet, meet me in the back of the building
Hammer was a beast, KK the best runner
The Wooten brothers, when I think back I just wonder
I sit and wonder 'bout these different guys
And what that turning point was that gave us different lives

As the times change
We′re coming to a turning point
Can't do it the same way we used to
Ushering a new day
A turning point, yeah
We can′t do it the same way we used to

Yeah, I was just thinking back when life was easy
All I did was rap and spit a couple bars
I had a job and a crib, copped a couple cars
Might have partied too much, been in a couple bars
Watched all of them get they shine, now what's up with ours?
We stay consistent, you can tell that by the rules we play
And we work hard, you can see that in the dues we pay
The time could be right now or it might be years away
And EMC is a movement but we here to stay

Yeah, basically the path you chose kinda shakens me
You know how the story ends but you wait and see
Big dreams, all the bullshit you weaved out
Now you re-route and went the weed route
I stay spitting, but what kind of man would I be
If my style wasn′t in mint condition?
I'm so concerned
'Cause it seems to be a turning point is now, no point of return

As the times change
We′re coming to a turning point
Can′t do it the same way we used to
Ushering a new day
A turning point, yeah
We can't do it the same way we used to
As the times change
We′re coming to a turning point
Can't do it the same way we used to
Ushering a new day
A turning point, yeah
We can′t do it the same way we used to
Gotta do some things differently now
As the time turns
As the hands on the clock move forward, whoa