In the beginning, in the beginning In the beginning, in the beginning I'd like to dedicate this one to the Brooklyn posse My brother Dynasty, [?], Larry Lar, rock on, murder! Committin' murder on the scene, rock-shockin' the spot Doin' as we see fit, rockin' the house on down Ladies and gentlemen it's the one and only But you can call me Ecstasy We've come a long way baby We've struggled through thick and thin And if I had to do it over again it would be with you my friend 'Cause one day when I look back, a little further down the line All we're gonna be able to say is that it wasn't always that way In the beginning...against all odds We didn't rob or steal, we went to school And we always kept a job And one thing it taught me, I'd like to mention Is that a good education did for me what Lipton did for tea Now, I'm not bragging, that's not my style Because with me it's always service with a style And baby doll, from that point I knew, rap would be my tool So I kept on working at it, trying to improve You see, when I was just a little boy my daddy sat me on his knee And he told me about the fact of life while whispering to me He said "Son, if at first, you don't succeed A little bit of practice is all you need Because after you start, you cannot quit You've got to commit yourself to it Because I wanted to be point guard First string on my high school basketball team I didn't really wanna go to school Just play basketball that's all I couldn't go to the prom with my Phys ed teacher So I tried to get close to a fly cheerleader But that didn't help my marks at all Because in every subject I took a fall So I tried to get back up on my feet I even stopped hanging out in the street I went to bed about 10 o'clock And every morning I was ready to rock I'd eat two bowls of Frosted Flakes And then I had to break out so I wouldn't be late 'Cause the early bird always catches the worms And I figured it's just about my turn In the beginning, in the beginning In the beginning, in the beginning In the beginning, in the beginning In the beginning, in the beginning In the beginning, in the beginning