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i remember the days
high rights
low lefts
even stevens and fades
troops
lottos
and bk's
those was the days
high tech boots spray painted witcha names
t-shirts airbrushed that read the same
thick herringbone chain
one gold with yo' initial
harry's photos
group shots
can you remember?
barry him told his bitch go to the prom and die
didn't lie shot his-self in the head with the 4-5
when she disobeyed
had north clayton crazed
just to reiterate dog those was the days
?fore the invasions of haters
man crews from all around
used to get down at true flavas
bumpin kilo
rockin damage
cross colour and paco
while playboys stepped in talent shows
prom night
tux and kangol was so cool
fuck them new model cars we ridin' old school
it used to be all good when we played double dutch in the hood
on the softball team i was swingin' that wood
i remember eatin' kool-aid and sunflower seeds
jelly shoes
hair braided wit 1000 beads
mama sittin' on the porch?till the lights come on
and when i woke up in the mornin' and my bike was gone
i was sick to my stomach
couldn't eat for days
sweepin' beauty shops
saving
making minimum wage
then i cop the 10-speed and got back on my feet
a whole pack'a girls ridin' 20 deep in the street
we playin' catch a boy
freak a boy
switchin' up the rules
a summertime splash party get you in the pool
ladies if ya feel it - holla back cause you wit me
shout my nigga keya
tony mack
jalay
nikki
this for all them hood parkin' lots in every city
ludacris
face
lil' fate
shawnna you wit me
we were tryin so hard
hard to survive
cause even though we were young
we had to stay strong
no matter what we went through
it was me and my crew
and that's how it went
when we were kids
i had a long john but no silver
no gold or plat
i was simply red from the years i been holdin' back
with two sides to a book i lick stamps and light matches
and set fires in garbage pales and cabbage patches
a child of the corn been wild since i was born
climbin' over barbed wire
clothes got torn
shoes got muddy and my click turned cruddy
wherever i go they went they my buddies
i brush teeth
brush naps and calm streets
dreamin' of cadillacs
wood wheels and plush seats
cats with gold teeth and raps with such beats
macks with no grief and some sacks of green leaf
when i loaded my cap gun i was ready for ac-tion!
starin' at beer cans and a moment to crack one
wanna hang with the big boys and play with the big toys
and be with the people makin all that got damn noise
man
i remember
swatch watches
izod
berries
levi denims
dried eyed jerry-curls
back when the girls wore striped chick jeans
straight leg lee's on
sewn at the seams
borrowing dope paint was all good if ya head-bang
long as you was ridin
you ain't need to have game
and even back then chicks were starvin' touch status
you either had a car
favorite jordan
or kept static
old school homies did nothin but block rag
stay gone off the olde e and pop james
moms had to monitor the niggas ya hung around
to the point when you came in the house when they came around
and - my dad was dead so these streets had to raise me
and even back in 1983 shit was crazy
young
black
broke
drunk
beer
smoke
it's good they kicked my ass outta' the school
fuck the principal
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