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When I was a kid, |
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I rode crates on a skate |
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And I ate everything momma put on my plate |
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Niggaz walked around packin' |
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B-B gunsKnock on yo' door and run, just for fun |
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We went to the sto' and sold bottles fo' a nickel |
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To feast upon a big bag of |
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Cheetos and a pickle |
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You could get a soda foe less than quarter |
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And people used to speak even if they didn't know ya |
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We fought in the streets like little black soldiers |
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Shake hands and still be friends when it was over |
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We used to play tag and hide and go seek |
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Or hide and go get it if we had a few freaks |
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But now thangs changed, kids ain't the same |
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They bang, and slang and blow out brains |
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I wish I could go back but wishin' is for suckers |
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Life was so simple then |
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I remember, oh, |
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When we used to hang(I remember) |
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On the porch, drinkin' brew and now they drive-by(Bay-bee) |
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I remember, oh, when we used to play(I remember) |
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Shoot-em-up, up and down |
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But now they gang-bang(Bay-bee) |
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Well, I remember yesteryear like it was yesterday |
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Runnin' through the streets of |
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Onessa P-A |
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I take you through my childhood step by step |
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Daddy always told me to maintain my rep though |
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Daddy was a dawg he ain't raise no punks |
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In the midst of the trees we learned how to thump |
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At the tender age of nine momma put us on a plane |
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Next stop, the land of the insane |
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Compton, California, where the killers grow |
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Forced to live a life that |
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I didn't know |
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Wore the wrong colors 'cause |
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I didn't know the facts |
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Call her bitch, caught a case, caught a slug in my back |
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But I adapted quickly, suckers tried to get me |
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Now the fools better run 'cause this just drive by |
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BillyLittle black boy from the |
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EastForced to be a killer but |
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I can still remember |
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I remember, oh, when we used to play(I remember) |
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Domino, on the porch but now they drive-by(Bay-bee) |
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I remember, oh, when we used to have(I remember) |
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Army fights, in the smog but now they gang-bang(Bay-bee) |
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Back when |
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I was a kid, nigga |
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We used to have this game called, paperball(Paperball? What the fuck is that?) |
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Get a piece of paper, ball that motherfucker up |
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And play with it, ha, ha, ha, ha |
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I got Tha |
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Alkaholik juice to wake ya up like a rooster |
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Back when |
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I was young, |
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I used to be a booster |
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Stealin' candy from the sto', go to school, come up |
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I had the whole playground, chewin' all my gum up |
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You know what |
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I'm sayin'? |
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Playin' still to the chest |
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And I was the best, playin' kickball at recess |
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I play Pop |
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Warner, golden pairs for the losers |
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We used to hop corners on the fresh deuce cruisers |
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Playin' Galaga, |
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Space Invaders, eatin' |
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Reese'sI had all the women 'cause my tough skins had creases |
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And it's been that way since day one |
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Girls of the world ain't nothin' but fun |
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I used to watch |
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Dr. J, come through in the clutch |
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Remember New |
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Zoo Review and |
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Starsky and |
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HutchI remember lunchtime, we used to rhyme out loud |
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Peace to the |
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Wop and the hip-hop crowd, |
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I remember |
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I remember, oh, |
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When we used to hang(I remember) |
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On the porch, drinkin' brew and now they drive-by(Bay-bee) |
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I remember, oh, when we used to play(I remember) |
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Shoot-em-up, up and down |
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But now they gang-bang(Bay-bee) |
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Oh, my life, no, no, |
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I do remember, oh |
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I know you do, |
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I remember yesterday |
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I remember when we played |
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I remember yesterday, aow |
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I remember |
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Hell, when we used to play |
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In ghetto blocks through the dark |
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I remember, yeah, yeah, yeah |
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We used to play dominoes all night long |
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Dominoes all night long, yesterday, yesterday |
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Do you remember yesterday? |
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I remember yesterday |
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You remember, remember, remember, remember |