Shad - Remember to Remember lyrics

[Verse 1] Yeah, I forget so often, God, no wonder I feel lost When I forget where I came from or how I got past Now we ain't young, can't play dumb, the fun and games is done Damn man, it's a strange one Reverend what you say, run, walk this way By the light of the same sun, that's in the sky where the rain's from But the clouds make it hard to see him He's in my brother I discovered that it's not that hard to be him I just lose him in the P.M., thinking if I had a B.M I could hang with Mona Lisas like a piece in a museum Uh, human beings Deep inside we decide if we free men [Hook 1: Shad & {Lights}] Remember to remember {In the now} Remember to remember {I mean it now} Just remember to remember {In the now} Remember to remember {I see you now} [Verse 2] You may have to forgive him forever Everyday they say life can make you bitter or better I say "Hey, sacred or not it's all that we got" Love is what it is, or maybe not what you thought Woke up one morning started talking to pops He said "There's lots that you've learned but a lot you forgot More often than not you don't got to be taught Just remember to remember how you got to the spot that's hot" I'm happy and healthy and dreaming and dying I'm loving and lonely and tired of trying I'm fall and faded and failing with flying Colours fumbling forward facing sky My aim's to entertain and inspire Walk through the rain and the fire, pay bills keep sane and retire From the game with a name that's admired Seeing the stars and aiming higher [Hook 2: Shad & {Lights} Remember to remember {In the now} Remember to remember {I feel it now} Remember to remember {In the now} Remember to remember {I need it now} Remember to remember {In the now} Yeah {I feel it now} Remember to remember {In the now} Break it down like this... {I mean it now} [Verse 3] Now I ain't ever really been one for image Ain't trying to fool the public with some stunts and gimmicks Guys gravitate to blunts and Guinness to get the courage to fight the urge In 'em, not to succumb to timidness And this world is fully overrun with mimics With a penchant for overexposing guns and women Few deals, funds is limited, folks front to get in the game That ain't kind, everyone's a critic But this ain't a race to win, it's a run to finish And as long as I got breath in my lungs to end it The enemy isn't the flesh and blood thugs and cynics We fighting fear and pride for the love within us [Hook 2] Remember {In the now} Remember to remember {I see you now} Remember to remember {In the now} Remember to remember {I feel it now} Remember to Remember {I feel it now} Remember to Remember {I feel it now} Remember to Remember {I feel it now} Remember to Remember [Instrumental section—a cappella samples] [Verse 4] Break it down, the poor struggle with needs The rich struggle with greed, this camel struggle to squeeze Through the eye of a needle, some eyes struggle to see But we all struggle for freedom Instead of freeing each other by letting ourselves be Yeah, and it never ends We only feel better when we feel like we're better than Clever men and our violence Silence is when we shoot from the lip too quiet Then we talk non-violence and stay silent when it suits Really, it's all violence at the root The same James Wilks in the booth, but tyrants aren't tyrants in the group Who started the shooting? Who knows? We were all just born inside of this truth Taught to shoot as youth, taught as just humans being human But the truth is the truth is bulletproof [Outro] Remember to remember