I done been to every single state
I done met all types of women
I seen n***as endings
And I saw em from the start
I watched d**
And bullets
Rip families apart
I seen mothers strung out
And they kids on the ave
I watched n***as hustle hard
And watched other families
Get up on Sunday mornings
Go to church to praise god
I watched good girls
Turn to strippers
In the club
f**ing wit them thug n***as
Tricking out the dubs
I watched the twin towers
Fall straight down to the dust
I remember all the weeds on each
And every corner
I remember walking down the stair case
And all I saw was bums
Sleeping
The rest
Was getting high and numb
I remember when
125
Was full of venders
And the Rutgers was so crowded
That fences started leaning
I remember when the trains was loud
And had graffiti
I remember when
You couldn't walk the hood wit a chain
I remember when
n***as kept the work up in house
I remember when
The Feds
Just ran up in the house
I remember when the bloods
And crips hit the city
I remember when he copped 3 grams
And just blew!
I remember when n***as
Started shaking up in Harlem
I remember when cam
Had n***as wearing pink
I remember all them n***as out Brooklyn
Getting fly
I remember all them n***as
Out in queens started shooting
I remember white plains road
Jamaicans had it locked
And in each and borough
You couldn't walk through a block
I remember when
You couldn't ride the back of the train
I remember he laced that weed
That f**ed up his brain
I remember when Biggie
Put Ny back on the map
I remember jones beach
When that b**h got slapped
I remember the back seat
Of the car
When he pulled out
The gun
Told n***as
To get out
And run!
I watched n***as rise to the top of they game
Only to fall
Because they couldn't
Remain the same
I watched people go to college
And a earn a degree
And they still not productive
In today's society
I remember when I used to work
A bullsh** 9-5
I remember when
sh** was real live at the Apollo
I remember when
Dougie was fresh
And Slick Ruled
And KRS was mad spitting knowledge
For these dudes
I remember when
Dj's was scratching in the park
The graffiti hall of fame
On 106 the and park
I remember when NWA
Changed the game
From that day
Hip hop
Would never be same
I remember when the ghetto boys
Dropped mind playing tricks
I remember when the Def Squad
Was dropping all the hits
I remember when the whole vibe
In the rap game changed
No more tight lyrics
It was about the beats
I remember all the police
Just flooded all the streets
They hired all these rookies
And put em the beat
I remember writing
My first rhyme
Y'all even peak
You hating on E-Lux
Monkey do!
Monkey see!
You know I'm a just trend setter
So follow the leader
Brace yourself back
I come equipped
With the re up!
The second time around
Is always better than the first
Been hungry from the start
Still dying of the thirst
A wise man
Fore sore
I would wreck every verse
I remember when this n***a
Snatch that old lady purse
When I die
Just gimme a proper
Eulogy in church
When they drop me in ground
I'll resurrect from earth