Exile - In Remembrance of Me lyrics

[Verse 1: Blu] It seems like yesterday we was chasing an ice cream truck Now we hoping that our ice bling plush Which is kinda crazy right One minute you're a baby and the next Your s**in' without protection And now you're holdin' a baby like Damn, I was just in your shoes Now your the papa that's adjustin' they shoes Teach them to walk straight Cause honestly they got a long way to go And what you tell 'em now is all that they know See I remember when My folks said you'll know what I mean... When you get older, I was only a teen Thinking that I was a grown up, please, I had so much to see Thinking the little that I saw was all the world had to offer to me At 18 I headed off into the streets without guidance Just the eyes of God watching over me it's time I spent hours working 9 to 5's to survive Me and Jack up in the shack started hustlin' sacks Just to eat chips and soda Thinking we finna blow up, once this demo gets done We gon be streched out rich, riding limos and such Boy I was just a dreamer Rocking shows like we went gold, you shoulda seen us We was full of youth, not yet abused by time Its like I saw the whole world through my rhymes Its kinda crazy right? (How time flies) [Hook] Twenty-two years ago to keep it on track No time, time, time, time, time for looking back Twenty-two years ago to keep it on track f** it black no time, time, time, time, time for looking back But only you saw what took too many time to see (Blu talking in the background) [Verse 2: Blu] This reminds me of junior high, when you and I first met '96 was a year that I could never forget Sunset summer school dance kisses chicken heads Spreadin rumors, "Blu's cheatin' on Shameka with Anika" We was bad, ditching cla** Gra** had us all ga**ed I never smoked, played ball thought it would make me choke By the way we lost the championship game by one Slow f**er hit a 3 at the buzzer My heart sunk I started crying, I was tryna be a pro baller My first f** was that year and still I don't call her My own father brought me to her house that weekend He was cheating so I lost my big V while he was beatin In the other room, not yet abused by time I saw the whole world through that girl's eyes Its kinda crazy though (How time flies) [Verse 3: Blu] How it flies.... My grandpa died the same year My mom thought that I was too young to make this song Because I'm only 22, but John Barnes has a long path behind him I'm walkin in the shoes of a giant And I was a fan of Jordan way before I knew Bryant Lost my great grey suit but I was through crying So I hear tears behind my suit and tie and Now you can find it through my rhyming Cause my timing has come And you gon know my whole story by the time I get done Rising like the shining sun Reminding you how we came We rich now but used to be slaves We pushing whips now we used to be whipped Rockin chains when we used to be in 'em Still complaining that we victims of the system sh** is twisted but sh** We came a long a** way Yet it just feels like one long day sh** amazes me.... (How time flies) [Hook]