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I Remember (LP版) - Coolio
When I was a kid
I rode crates on a skate
And I ate everything
Momma put on my plate
Niggaz walked around packin b-b guns
Knock on yo' door
And run just for fun
We went to the sto'
And sold bottles fo' a nickel
To feast upon a big bag
Of cheetos and a pickle
You could get a soda foe
Less than quarter and
People used to speak
Even If they didn't know ya
We fought in the streets
Like little black soldiers
Shake hands
And still be friends
When it was over
We used to play tag and
Hide and go seek or
Hide and go get it
If we had a few freaks but
Now thangs changed
Kids ain't the same
They bang and slang
And blow out brains
I wish I could go back but
Wishin is for suckers
Life was so simple then
I remember (I remember) ohhhhhhh
When we used to hang
On the porch drinkin brew
And now they drive-by (bay-bee)
I remember (I remember) ohhhhhhh
When we used to play
Shoot-em-up up and down
But now they gang-bang (bay-bee)
Well I remember
Yesteryear like it was yesterday
Runnin through
The streets of onessa p-a
I take you through
My childhood step by step
Daddy always told me
To maintain my rep though
Daddy was a dawg he ain't raise no punks
In the midst of the trees
We learned how to thump
At the tender age of nine momma
Put us on a plane
Next stop
The land of the insane
Compton california
Where the killers grow
Forced to live a life
That I didn't know
Wore the wrong colors
Cause I didn't know the facts
Call her b**ch caught a case
Caught a slug in my back
But I adapted quickly
Suckers tried to get me
Now the fools better run
Cause this just driveby billy
Little black boy from the east
Forced to be a killer
But I can still remember
I remember (I remember) ohhhhhhh
When we used to play
Domino Domino on the porch
But now they drive-by (bay-bee)
I remember (I remember) ohhhhhhh
When we used to have
Army fights in the smog
But now they gang-bang (bay-bee)
Back when I was a kid ni**a
We used to have this game called paperball
(paperball what the f**k is that )
Get a piece of paper
Ball that motherf**ker up
And play with it hahahaha
I got tha alkaholik juice
To wake ya up like a rooster
Back when I was young
I used to be a booster
Stealin candy from the sto'
Go to school come up
I had the whole playground
Chewin all my gum up
You know what I'm sayin
Playin still to the chest
And I was the best
Playin kickball at recess
I play pop warner
Golden pairs for the losers
We used to hop corners
On the fresh deuce cruisers
Playin galaga space invaders eatin reese's
I had all the women
Cause my tough skins had creases
And it's been that way since day one
Girls of the world ain't nothin but fun
I used to watch dr j
Come through in the clutch
Remember new zoo review
And starsky and hutch
I remember lunchtime
We used to rhyme out loud
Peace to the wop
And the hip-hop crowd
I remember (I remember)
Oh when we used to hang on the porch
Drinkin' brew and then the drive by (baby)
I remember (I remember)
When we used to play shoot 'em ups
Up and down and the gang bang (baby)
Ohhh my life no no
I do remember ohhhhhhhh
I know you do
I remember yesterday
I remember when we played
I remember yesterday
I remember
Hell when we used to play
In ghetto blocks through the dark
I rememmmmmberrrrrr
Yeahhh yeahhh yeahh
We used to play dominoes all night long
Dominoes all night long
Yesterday yesterday
Do you remember yesterday
I remember yesterday
You remember remember
Remember remember
Remember remember
Yesterday yesterday