Coolio - I Remember (Album Mix) lyrics

When I was a kid I rolled crates on a skate And I ate everything mama put on my plate n***as walked around packin' BB guns Knock on your door and run, just for fun We went to the store and sold bottles for a nickel ??? bag of Cheetohs and a pickle You could get a soda for less than a 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 or hide and go seek Or hide and go get 'em if we had a few freaks But now things change, kids ain't the same The beg and sleg and try to blow our brains I wish I could go back but wishin' is fo' s**as Life was so simple then 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) Well I remember yester year like it was yesterday Runnin' through the streets of Vanessa, PA I'll take you through me childhood step by step Daddy always told me to retain my rep, though Daddy was a dog and he don't raise no punks In the midst of the trees we learned how to pump At the tender age of nine mama put us on a plane Next stop (the land of the insane) Compton, California where the k**as grow Forced to live a life that I didn't know Wore the wrong colors cause I didn't know the facts Caught a, caught a case, caught a slug in my back But I had time to quickly, s**as try and get me But now the fools be a runnin' 'cause this is Drive-By Billy Little black boy from the east, forced to be a k**er But I can still remember I remember (I remember) Oh, when we used to play dominos (dominos) On the porch and then the drive by (baby) I remember (I remember) When we used to have army fights In the smoke and then the gang bang (baby) Back when I was a kid We used to have this game called paper ball (Paper ball? What the f** is that?) Get a piece of paper, ball that mother f**er up Play with it I got the alcoholic juice-ah to wake you up like a rooster Back when I was young, I used to be a booster Stealin' candy from the store Go to school, I had the whole playground Chewin on my gumma You know what I'm sayin'? Playin' steel to the chest And I was the best playin' kickball at recess I used to play pop-gun, go the Bears and make fun of losers We used to hop corners on the fresh beef cruisers Playin' Galaga, Space Invaders, eatin' Reese's I had all the women cause my tough skin has creases And its been that way since day one Girls of the world ain't nothin' but fun I used to watch Dr. J, come through with a touch Remember New Zoo Review and Starsky and Hutch I remember lunch time we used to rhyme out loud Peace to the whop in the hip-hop crowd I remember 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) Oh now, now now I know you do I remember yesterday (oh I remember when we play) I remember yesterday, ohhhh I remember how, when we used to play (I remember) I remember when we, I remember (used to play dominos, all night long, dominos, all night long.) I remember yesterday Do you remember yesterday? (I remember yesterday)