Remember after school we used to go outside and play?
We were just kids yesterday, tykes that used to roam Spanaway
And it's hard for me to think that that's over a 10 year span away
Man, time is a plane
And I can write a best-selling novel off the mental notes on how my mama maintained
And I know it was tough
She showed me how to keep it going with no gas in the tank
And to fight the pain without holding a crutch
I see my bro take a puff
We call it lettin' off steam, and therapy because we go through so much
And all our fathers tried to find us in our 20s and tell us that time is money
But it's funny cuz they owed us as much, cuz they ain't show up enough
So we had no one to lead us down the road, that's why today there is a social disconnect
And sh**, I ain't even know myself til' I was 19 years old
So why these elders gettin' mad when I don't show em no respect
Well?
I can understand their position, but still I am entitled to opinion
Like how they left us out here in the cold, and they stripped us of our soul and now we're sittin' here stuck with the remnants
Like what did we do, to deserves this? (Uh)
Feelin' like I had no purpose (But)
I got love from my grandmas Irene and Philimina while my dad was doin' work on them keys
He was a G, See that same work ethic in me
Different methods, but the end result is still gettin' green
What a co-inc
Life is but a dream, you outchea sleepin' on greatness
Takin' too many breaks and your productivity's lackin'
We had our volume down, but now we turn it loud
I'm seeing sounds like it's time for some action word to N.E.R.D
And I'm on Alki Avenue, cruising in my black Jetta
Sun going down and I'm staring at the Sound
It's a summertime jam, play this on your radio
Makes my fellas nod they're head, and makes my ladies GO!
City of Seattle, marauding through the ave like
We don't know no good, or how to act right
Bottle in the trunk, yeah we cracked it a couple times
Still ridin' dirty cuz they threw it in a cup of Sprite
Yeah it's just the life
And even if it a'int true
Nobody ever told us that we wasn't right
Right?
BRIDGE:
It's something that I gotta do
There's nothing left for me to say (No)
It's something that I gotta do
There's nothing left for me to say (No)
HOOK:
I've made my mind, made my mind
I've made my mind, made my mind up
I've made my mind, made my mind
I've made up my mind
BRIDGE
HOOK
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