I Remember (Single Version)-Coolio

[ti:I Remember] [ar:Coolio] [al:Highlites: The Collection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I Remember (Single Version) - Coolio [00:11.17]When I was a kid [00:12.04]I rode crates on a skate [00:13.39]And I ate everything [00:14.62]Momma put on my plate [00:15.81] [00:16.42]Niggaz walked around packin b-b guns [00:18.31] [00:19.11]Knock on yo' door [00:20.22]And run just for fun [00:21.65]We went to the sto' [00:22.71]And sold bottles fo' a nickel [00:24.28]To feast upon a big bag [00:25.68]Of cheetos and a pickle [00:26.95]You could get a soda foe [00:28.24]Less than quarter and [00:29.72]People used to speak [00:30.98]Even If they didn't know ya [00:32.44]We fought in the streets [00:33.53]Like little black soldiers [00:34.97]Shake hands [00:35.75]And still be friends [00:36.74]When it was over [00:37.64]We used to play tag and [00:38.90]Hide and go seek or [00:40.39]Hide and go get it [00:41.71]If we had a few freaks but [00:43.19]Now thangs changed [00:43.95] [00:44.51]Kids ain't the same [00:45.77]They bang and slang [00:47.02]And blow out brains [00:48.27]I wish I could go back but [00:49.90]Wishin is for suckers [00:50.65] [00:51.19]Life was so simple then [00:52.89] [00:53.79]I remember (I remember) ohhhhhhh [00:56.69] [00:57.56]When we used to hang [00:58.73] [00:59.27]On the porch drinkin brew [01:01.61]And now they drive-by (bay-bee) [01:04.52]I remember (I remember) ohhhhhhh [01:07.82] [01:08.33]When we used to play [01:09.68]Shoot-em-up up and down [01:12.43]But now they gang-bang (bay-bee) [01:14.36] [01:15.19]Well I remember [01:15.70]Yesteryear like it was yesterday [01:17.03] [01:18.17]Runnin through [01:18.72]The streets of onessa p-a [01:20.44]I take you through [01:21.69]My childhood step by step [01:22.85] [01:23.40]Daddy always told me [01:24.68]To maintain my rep though [01:25.56] [01:26.12]Daddy was a dawg he ain't raise no punks [01:28.53]In the midst of the trees [01:29.89]We learned how to thump [01:31.25]At the tender age of nine momma [01:32.70]Put us on a plane [01:33.60] [01:34.15]Next stop [01:35.23]The land of the insane [01:36.32] [01:37.00]Compton california [01:37.76]Where the killers grow [01:38.86] [01:39.50]Forced to live a life [01:40.63]That I didn't know [01:41.41] [01:42.22]Wore the wrong colors [01:43.19]Cause I didn't know the facts [01:44.56]Call her b**ch caught a case [01:45.92]Caught a slug in my back [01:46.97] [01:47.52]But I adapted quickly [01:48.26] [01:48.92]Suckers tried to get me [01:50.09]Now the fools better run [01:51.19]Cause this just driveby billy [01:52.39] [01:52.91]Little black boy from the east [01:54.45] [01:55.07]Forced to be a killer [01:55.85] [01:56.92]But I can still remember [01:57.93] [01:58.55]I remember (I remember) ohhhhhhh [02:01.86]When we used to play [02:03.02] [02:03.66]Domino Domino on the porch [02:06.53]But now they drive-by (bay-bee) [02:08.46] [02:09.04]I remember (I remember) ohhhhhhh [02:12.58]When we used to have [02:13.86] [02:14.52]Army fights in the smog [02:16.47] [02:16.99]But now they gang-bang (bay-bee) [02:19.23] [02:20.20]Back when I was a kid ni**a [02:21.74]We used to have this game called paperball [02:23.56](paperball what the f**k is that ) [02:25.56]Get a piece of paper [02:26.57]Ball that motherf**ker up [02:27.72]And play with it hahahaha [02:29.32] [02:30.22]I got tha alkaholik juice [02:31.66]To wake ya up like a rooster [02:33.26]Back when I was young [02:34.38]I used to be a booster [02:35.88]Stealin candy from the sto' [02:37.28]Go to school come up [02:38.59]I had the whole playground [02:39.80]Chewin all my gum up [02:41.28]You know what I'm sayin [02:42.43]Playin still to the chest [02:43.81]And I was the best [02:44.99]Playin kickball at recess [02:46.06] [02:46.61]I play pop warner [02:47.62]Golden pairs for the losers [02:48.68] [02:49.21]We used to hop corners [02:50.35]On the fresh deuce cruisers [02:51.96]Playin galaga space invaders eatin reese's [02:54.16] [02:54.68]I had all the women [02:55.73]Cause my tough skins had creases [02:57.34]And it's been that way since day one [02:58.83] [03:00.22]Girls of the world ain't nothin but fun [03:02.04] [03:02.55]I used to watch dr j [03:03.91]Come through in the clutch [03:04.98]Remember new zoo review [03:06.49]And starsky and hutch [03:07.75]I remember lunchtime [03:09.13]We used to rhyme out loud [03:10.14] [03:10.76]Peace to the wop [03:11.89]And the hip-hop crowd [03:13.30]I remember (I remember) [03:15.50] [03:16.13]Oh when we used to hang on the porch [03:19.50] [03:20.17]Drinkin' brew and then the drive by (baby) [03:23.20] [03:24.08]I remember (I remember) [03:25.92] [03:27.78]When we used to play shoot 'em ups [03:30.40] [03:31.03]Up and down and the gang bang (baby) [03:34.33] [03:37.17]Ohhh my life no no [03:38.92] [03:39.54]I do remember ohhhhhhhh [03:41.78] [03:43.49]I know you do [03:44.36] [03:45.11]I remember yesterday [03:46.50] [03:47.85]I remember when we played [03:49.60] [03:50.40]I remember yesterday [03:52.15] [03:56.57]I remember [03:58.03] [03:58.94]Hell when we used to play [04:01.07] [04:02.11]In ghetto blocks through the dark [04:05.32] [04:07.46]I rememmmmmberrrrrr [04:11.00] [04:12.33]Yeahhh yeahhh yeahh [04:14.36] [04:15.82]We used to play dominoes all night long [04:18.70] [04:20.17]Dominoes all night long [04:21.67] [04:23.05]Yesterday yesterday [04:25.79] [04:27.73]Do you remember yesterday [04:29.80] [04:30.88]I remember yesterday [04:32.40] [04:35.13]You remember remember [04:37.45]Remember remember [04:38.88] [04:39.41]Remember remember [04:41.66]Yesterday yesterday