[Featuring J Ro Billy Boy]
Verse One: Coolio
When I was a kid I rode crates on a skate
And I ate everything momma put on my plate
Niggaz walked around packin B B guns
Knock on yo door and run just for fun
We went to the sto and sold bottles fo a nickel
to feast upon a big bag of Cheetos and a pickle
You could get a soda foe less than quarter and
people used to speak even if they didn t know ya
We fought in the streets like little black soldiers
Shake handsand still be friends when it was over
We used to play tag andhide and go seekor
hide and go get it if we had a few freaksbut
now thangs changedkids ain t the same
They bangand slangand blow out brains
I wish I could go back butwishin is for suckers
Life was so simple then
Chorus One: ?
I remember I remember ohhhhhhh
when we used to hang
On the porchdrinkin brew
and now they drive-by bay-bee
I remember I remember ohhhhhhh
when we used to play
shoot-em-upup and down
but now they gang-bang bay-bee
Verse Two: Billy Boy
Well I remember yesteryear like it was yesterday
Runnin through the streets of Onessa P-A
I take you through my childhood step by step
Daddy always told me to maintain my rep though
Daddy was a dawg he ain t raise no punks
In the midst of the trees we learned how to thump
At the tender age of nine momma put us on a plane
Next stop -- the land of the insane
Compton California where the killers grow
Forced to live a life that I didn t know
Wore the wrong colors cause I didn t know the facts
Call her bitchcaught a casecaught a slug in my back
But I adapted quicklysuckers tried to get me
Now the fools better run cause this just driveby Billy
Little black boy from the East
forced to be a killerbut I can still remember
Chorus Two: ?
I remember I remember ohhhhhhh
when we used to play
Dominoon the porch
but now they drive-by bay-bee
I remember I remember ohhhhhhh
when we used to have
Army fightsin the smog
but now they gang-bang bay-bee
[Coolio] Back when I was a kid nigga
We used to have this game called paperball
Paperball? What the fuck is that?
Get a piece of paperball that motherfucker up
and play with it! Hahahaha
Verse Three: J-Ro
I got Tha Alkaholik juice to wake ya up like a rooster
Back when I was youngI used to be a booster
Stealin candy from the sto go to schoolcome up
I had the whole playgroundchewin all my gum up
You know what I m sayin? Playin still to the chest
And I was the bestplayin kickball at recess
I play Pop Warnergolden pairs for the losers
We used to hop corners on the fresh deuce cruisers
Playin GalagaSpace Invaderseatin Reese s
I had all the women cause my tough skins had creases
And it s been that way since day one
Girls of the world ain t nothin but fun
I used to watch Dr. Jcome through in the clutch
Remember New Zoo Reviewand Starsky and Hutch
I remember lunchtimewe used to rhyme out loud
Peace to the Wop and the hip-hop crowdI remember
Chorus One
Outro: ?
Ohhhmy lifeno no
I do remember ohhhhhhhh
I know you do
I remember yesterday
I remember when we played
I remember yesterdayaoowwwwwww!
I rememberhellwhen we used to play
in ghetto blocks through the dark
I rememmmmmberrrrrr
Yeahhh yeahhh yeahh
We used to play dominoes all night long
dominoes all night long
Yesterdayyesterday
Do you remember yesterday? I remember yesterday
You remember remember remember remember...

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