[Intro]
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(I-I-I—)
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Ayy, what?
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Its so, is it real?
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Yeah, ayy
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[Verse 1]
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Give a fuck if they remember
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I was in the cold, windows froze, I was sleepin in the whip tryna get a fucking grip
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I remember
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Didnt have no hoes tryna go, all these rappers lil broed me, fuck, fuck
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Fuck em, I remember
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Way before they had a fuckin DM, I was whippin in the Ac like that shit was European
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I remember
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I remember drivin Holland Tunnel for a label meetin, thinkin bout more cake than a funnel
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I remember
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Now these niggas dont remember
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I know Neeks remember, I know Jay remember, Chubbsll make them boys remember
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Dead broke, splittin pennies with my members
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Fuck a spread, we was splittin chicken tenders (I-I-I—)
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‘Member I was sleepin in the basement, watchin Tigger in the basement, I was tryna get a placement
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I remember
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Days in the East with the bros, watchin Tristan and Devoe while they runnin up the score
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I remember
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TT was headed to the league, I was sleepin up at Metalworks tryna plant a seed
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I remember
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Rollin through the city, gettin beats, always peepin out the streets cause I was beefin with the bleeks
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I remember
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I was tryna get a portion, tryna make a fortune
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B-Town with Candy, Im tryna be her boyfriend
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3 AM at Y2, runnin off endorphins
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Start adoptin all my brothers beefs like a orphan
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I was still on roads when its pourin and stormin
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This shit is not rewardin, I do not feel important
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I wanna see some scratch from the shit that Im recordin
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In Memphis smokin Blacks, tryna act like I enjoy them (I-I-I—)
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Maurice François Girbaud what Im sportin
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And Mos Def gave me like a rack for performin
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Crib I got now make me think of when I had to put some money on a mortgage
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[Chorus]
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This dont feel like home anymore
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Its just wall, doors, and floors
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That only I can afford
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Remember when it used to mean more, mean more
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I got money in the top drawer
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That aint much, but we not poor
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Youre mine and Im yours
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Like a broke couple we on one accord, for sure
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[Verse 2]
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I remember pullin up at TAO, seein Quincy Jones, nigga talkin to me like he proud
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I remember
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I remember Mike designed the owl, then he sued the fucking guys, and he duckin until now
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I remember (I-I-I—)
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‘Member Reesie stayin at the house, then she left me for my dawg like she never took the vow
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I remember
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My cousin Ryan fronted me a pound and I couldnt even flip it, had to bring it back around
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I remember
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I remember printin up our T-shirts with Kai, we in love with the same girl, beefin like a cow
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I would pick them shits up, nigga wouldnt even smile
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Nigga better crack a smile ‘fore we do a nigga foul
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To keep it real, I wasnt really gangster til now
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I was livin on a cloud, I was quiet as a mouse
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I was in the club gettin lost in the crowd
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Wasnt doin what I wanted to, Id do what was allowed
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I remember fightin over Monica with Jason
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I remember only knowin Andre and Jason
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I remember buyin all the iceberg from Jason
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Thats three different Jasons, my life like The Matrix (I-I-I—)
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Even got on 106 & Park with Replacement
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My mama was my manager, my uncle was my agent
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Dr. Drell send a nigga home, that took patience
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Four GRAMMYs to my name, a hundred nominations
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Esperanza Spalding was gettin all the praises
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Im tryna keep it humble, Im tryna keep it gracious
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Who give a fuck Michelle Obama put you on her playlist?
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Then we never hear from you again like you was taken
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Who the CEO of Universal? They mistaken
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‘Cause Google sayin Lucian, but that just doesnt make sense
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Who fillin up the piggy bank? Who bringin home the bacon?
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This shit dont come on vinyl, Im still record-breakin
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How could I forget? How could I forget?
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I was on a Greyhound way before the jet
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Buffalo, New York was like the furthest I could get
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At the Walden Galleria tryna make the money stretch (I-I-I—)
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Student Price Card and a Yorkdale connect
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Whole time, Courtne Smith was keepin me in check
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Try and find an inch of the city I aint stepped in
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If its war, Ill lay my life down for the set then
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[Outro]
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Yeah
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And I put that shit on Mazin and that nigga was my best friend
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Yeah
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And I put that shit on Johnny Bling, that nigga was my best friend
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Right
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And I put that shit on Richard, that nigga was my best friend
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Ayy, yeah
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Broke his right hand, still took a fight with his left hand
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I remember
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I remember
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Yeah
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I-I—
