Ft. Ras Ka**, Pharoahe Monch & Rakaa Iriscience (Intro: Barbra Streisand - The Way We Were) Mem'ries, light the corners of my mind Misty water-colored memories (The good ol' days) Of the way (Oh) (Reflect with me) (Know what I'm sayn? We just sittin' on the porch) (Aye, Watts, helicopter flyin' ova here) (Lil n***as in the street, throwin' dirt rocks) (Feel me!) (Verse) Archaeological logic, discovered dango fossils to paint the picture 12 years a slave, 20 years a spitter, 37 years a n***a Hopin' to see 90 bein' a strong black figure as I stand and deliver Bring fire in Japan, Godzilla, by popular demand, see the fam See the god, god iLLA I'm like Cornel West with sk**s on my chest You superman thugs can ? the knife to the flesh See, the hood got me stressed, takin' ? to the neck Multiple arrest and I discovered K-Arrest Let's begin, what, where, how or why? Will all be explained? And if not family die Losin' granny was the hardest, good women I f**ed left broken hearted Turned up bein' retarded, transformation to activist from an artist A young Melila, hodie Taliban with target Shot in the head just cause he wanted to read Tell every potent s** traffic is free? We gotta be (Turn bad, for what?) Cause n***as tell on theyself nowadays Film it on vine and wonder why crime don't pay Candy line landish the dirty pistol I branded Glad they didn't have camera phone when I was young doin' bad sh** Yeah. I just dated myself, I'm no spring chicken, but why you hated yoself? For five minutes of fame, find yoself like cat stats, knocked outta the frame Locked in the cages, and ? was true, you backwards hustlin', homie You snitchin' on you I'm on my daycard, VIP by Paris Dado Prehistoric talents twist the top off the bottle My air is cla**ic, tyrannosaurus rex in the lab sh** Lamurs Park so I pa** it Jura**ic (Hook) I can think back, but life goes on, so keep livin' Can't take a thing back, but life goes on, so keep livin' Did a couple things that maybe I would if I could I give myself for the unforgiven Yeah, I throw this drink back, but life goes on, so keep livin' (Verse 2) In order to recollect exceptional memories I developed a way to transfer brain wave into binary code from energy Translate algorithms, diverted the information to digital Upload and compile files of wisdom that projected the more on screen Livin' beautiful scenes, tracks on greatest symphonies and hear in yo dreams The alchemist, when Kim Gardner and Kings was asking about alphabets Immaculate, but it's part of me, master in calculus Teens from Paris doin' a scene when I was seven Experimenting on my brain, I been to ? and ? And at age 13 I learned a mimic from the stream Molecules that transport molecular structures with the beam These are my memories, soaked them in ? to fast forward the bad And play the good in slow motion Now I ask for your project, an*lyze Guam Study H-onomics, bring back secrets from 'Nam The governor asked me to track the locals from Islam They asked me the whereabouts of ?(Bow Clow Lavon?!) Entrap my brain with catastrophic chatter that's insane To extract data from satellites from missed simulation planes My memories, my memories, my memories Although from only just a week ago My memories, my memories, my memories (Hook) I can think back, but life goes on, so keep livin' Can't take a thing back, but life goes on, so keep livin' Did a couple things that maybe I would if I could I give myself for the unforgiven Yeah, I throw this drink back, but life goes on, so keep livin'