In Remembrance Of Me

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

You sexin' without protection

And now you're holdin' a baby like

Damn, I was just in your shoes

Now you 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 stretched 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)

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

Fuck 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)

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 class

Grass had us all gassed

I never smoked, played ball thought it would make me choke

By the way we lost the championship game by one

Slow fucker hit a 3 at the buzzer

My heart sunk I started crying, I was tryna be a pro baller

My first fuck 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)

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

Shit is twisted but shit

We came a long ass way

Yet it just feels like one long day

Shit amazes me

(How time flies)

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

Fuck it black no time, time, time, time, time for looking back

But only you saw what took too many time to see