the first thing i remember
i was lying in my bed
i couldn't of been no more
than one or two
i remember there's a radio
comin' from the room next door
and my mother laughed
the way some ladies do
when it's late in the evening
and the music s seeping through
the next thing i remember
i am walking down the street
i'm feeling all right
i'm with my boys
i'm with my troops
yeah
and down along the avenue
some guys were shootin pool
and i heard the sound
of a cappella groups
yeah
singing late in the evening
and all the girls out on the stoops
yeah
then i learned to play some lead guitar
i was underage in this funky bar
and i stepped outside to smoke
myself a j"