Every once in awhile You need some ol' skool company Somebody that appreciates a ***y groove And an ol' school melody When God, His Son and the love of family Ruled in the community The songs you sing lift you up to heaven A heaven we can believe in Everybody's talkin' about hard times Like it just started yesterday People I know they've been strugglin' At least it seems that way Fat cats on Wall Street they got a bailout While somebody else got to wait Seven hundred billion but my old neighborhood Ain't nothing changed but the date, listen Every once in a while You need some ol' skool company Somebody that appreciates a ***y groove And an ol' school melody When God, His Son and the love of family Ruled in the community The songs you sing lift you up to heaven A heaven we can believe in Ain't nothing ever come from complaining Except a bitter heart, that's true Follow along and you gon' wanna do Something before the next chorus is through The songs we sing they used to mean somethin' Now every other one is just mean Rather than reminisce I'm telling you this It's time for a brand new scene Every once in a while You need some ol' skool company Somebody that appreciates a ***y groove And an ol' school melody When God, His Son and the love of family Ruled in the community The songs you sing lift you up to heaven A heaven we can believe in Everybody's sinkin' in the quicksand Created by the keepers of time Cast aside by using ancient tricks That changes your state of mind Got you catering to the whims of the flesh Before you get your paper right Call me old fashioned but back in the day There wasn't no shawties in sight Ol' skool company Ol' school melody Ruled in the community Lift you up, a heaven we can believe in First come job then come marriage Before shawty come out with the baby carriage Call me old fashioned Just clap yo' hands, just clap yo' hands Radio used to be local untouched by the Untouched by the man Songs we used to sing, used to mean something Now they just bland like the drummer Ol' skool company Ol' school melody Ruled in the community Lift you up, a heaven we can believe in New world hippies say we don't care Make the party strip to their underwear Turn the lights off so they don't stare Somebody blind fold Billy, he's so square Christina Milian playing truth or dare Maxwell and Cee-Lo they gonna end up there Picking out the number, nick the dime, don't care As long as she hasn't found nobody scared Ol' skool company Ol' skool melody Ruled in the community Ol' skool company Ol' skool melody Ol' skool company Ol' skool melody Ruled in the community Lift you up, a heaven we can believe in
Every once in awhile You need some ol' skool company Somebody that appreciates a ***y groove And an ol' school melody When God, His Son and the love of family Ruled in the community The songs you sing lift you up to heaven A heaven we can believe in Everybody's talkin' about hard times Like it just started yesterday People I know they've been strugglin' At least it seems that way Fat cats on Wall Street they got a bailout While somebody else got to wait Seven hundred billion but my old neighborhood Ain't nothing changed but the date, listen Every once in a while You need some ol' skool company Somebody that appreciates a ***y groove And an ol' school melody When God, His Son and the love of family Ruled in the community The songs you sing lift you up to heaven A heaven we can believe in Ain't nothing ever come from complaining Except a bitter heart, that's true Follow along and you gon' wanna do Something before the next chorus is through The songs we sing they used to mean somethin' Now every other one is just mean Rather than reminisce I'm telling you this It's time for a brand new scene Every once in a while You need some ol' skool company Somebody that appreciates a ***y groove And an ol' school melody When God, His Son and the love of family Ruled in the community The songs you sing lift you up to heaven A heaven we can believe in Everybody's sinkin' in the quicksand Created by the keepers of time Cast aside by using ancient tricks That changes your state of mind Got you catering to the whims of the flesh Before you get your paper right Call me old fashioned but back in the day There wasn't no shawties in sight Ol' skool company Ol' school melody Ruled in the community Lift you up, a heaven we can believe in First come job then come marriage Before shawty come out with the baby carriage Call me old fashioned Just clap yo' hands, just clap yo' hands Radio used to be local untouched by the Untouched by the man Songs we used to sing, used to mean something Now they just bland like the drummer Ol' skool company Ol' school melody Ruled in the community Lift you up, a heaven we can believe in New world hippies say we don't care Make the party strip to their underwear Turn the lights off so they don't stare Somebody blind fold Billy, he's so square Christina Milian playing truth or dare Maxwell and Cee-Lo they gonna end up there Picking out the number, nick the dime, don't care As long as she hasn't found nobody scared Ol' skool company Ol' skool melody Ruled in the community Ol' skool company Ol' skool melody Ol' skool company Ol' skool melody Ruled in the community Lift you up, a heaven we can believe in
