Carved in the Stone (Extended HipHop 1989 )

Verse 1

Grew up on a corner where the pavement sang

Every sound came back like a rubber band

Flocii said trust me we gon' make it out

Handed me a story I could never doubt

Chorus

Flocii i-am tăiat I carved it in the stone

Every brother leaves a mark when he's alone

Flocii i-am tăiat the name still rings

When the night gets heavy and the crows take wing

Verse 2

We stacked our days like records on a shelf

Said the real ones always carry what they felt

One broke the circle one kept the code

Left their shadow heavy on this road

Chorus

Flocii i-am tăiat I carved it in the stone

Every brother leaves a mark when he's alone

Flocii i-am tăiat the name still rings

When the night gets heavy and the crows take wing

Bridge

Some cut for the money

Some cut for the fame

I cut for the memory

That kept my heart sane

Chorus

Flocii i-am tăiat I carved it in the stone

Every brother leaves a mark when he's alone

Flocii i-am tăiat the name still rings

When the night gets heavy and the crows take wing

Verse 3

Got a photograph folded in my wallet

Faded at the edges from the years I pocket

Flocii's laugh still echo off the avenue

Every time I walk through I see the avenue

Chorus

Flocii i-am tăiat I carved it in the stone

Every brother leaves a mark when he's alone

Flocii i-am tăiat the name still rings

When the night gets heavy and the crows take wing

Verse 4

We used to pass the mic at the corner store

Every line we wrote we swore we'd give 'em more

One went to the borough one went to the sky

Never had a plan to say goodbye

Chorus

Flocii i-am tăiat I carved it in the stone

Every brother leaves a mark when he's alone

Flocii i-am tăiat the name still rings

When the night gets heavy and the crows take wing

Verse 5

Summer '87 rubber soles on the concrete

Radio on the stoop soundin' bittersweet

Flocii counted bars on his fingertips

Told me every scar becomes a lyric on the lips

Chorus

Flocii i-am tăiat I carved it in the stone

Every brother leaves a mark when he's alone

Flocii i-am tăiat the name still rings

When the night gets heavy and the crows take wing

Verse 6

They'll bury the tape deck but not the rhyme

Every revolution adds to the line

Flocii i-am tăiat til the river runs dry

I'll be the one to carry it when they ask me why

Outro

Flocii i-am tăiat

(Flocii)

Flocii i-am tăiat

(Carved it in the stone)

Flocii i-am tăiat

(Name still rings)

Flocii i-am tăiat

(Forever known)