I Remember (feat. J-RO and Billy Boy) (Explicit)

I Remember - 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