When I was a kid I rode crates on a skate
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And I ate everything momma put on my plate
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Niggas walked around packin B-B guns
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Knock on yo door and run, just for fun
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We went to the sto and sold bottles fo a nickel
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To feast upon a big bag of Cheetos and a pickle
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You could get a soda foe less than quarter, and
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People used to speak even if they didnt know ya
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We fought in the streets like little black soldiers
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Shake hands, and still be friends when it was over
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We used to play tag and, hide and go seek, or
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Hide and go get it if we had a few freaks, but
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Now thangs changed, kids aint the same
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They bang, and slang, and blow out brains
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I wish I could go back but, wishin is for suckers
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Life was so simple then
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[Chorus 1: G.A.T]
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I remember (I remember) ohhhhhhh
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When we used to hang
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On the porch, drinkin brew
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And now they drive-by (bay-bee)
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I remember (I remember) ohhhhhhh
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When we used to play
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Shoot-em-up, up and down
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But now they gang-bang (bay-bee)
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[Verse 2: Billy Boy]
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Well I remember yesteryear like it was yesterday
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Runnin through the streets of Monessen, P-A
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I take you through my childhood step by step
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Daddy always told me to maintain my rep though
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Daddy was a dawg he aint raise no punks
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In the midst of the trees we learned how to thump
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At the tender age of nine momma put us on a plane
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Next stop — the land of the insane
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Compton California where the killers grow
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Forced to live a life that I didnt know
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Wore the wrong colors cause I didnt know the facts
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Call her bitch, caught a case, caught a slug in my back
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But I adapted quickly, suckers tried to get me
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Now the fools better run cause this just drive-by Billy
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Little black boy from the East
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Forced to be a killer, but I can still remember
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[Chorus 2: G.A.T]
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I remember (I remember) ohhhhhhh
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When we used to play
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Domino, on the porch
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But now they drive-by (bay-bee)
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I remember (I remember) ohhhhhhh
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When we used to have
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Army fights, in the smog
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But now they gang-bang (bay-bee)
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[Coolio] Back when I was a kid nigga
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We used to have this game called paperball
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(Paperball? What the fuck is that?)
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Get a piece of paper, ball that motherfucker up
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And play with it! Hahahaha
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[Verse 3: J-Ro]
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I got Tha Alkaholik juice to wake ya up like a rooster
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Back when I was young, I used to be a booster
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Stealin candy from the sto, go to school, come up
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I had the whole playground, chewin all my gum up
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You know what Im sayin? Playin still to the chest
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And I was the best, playin kickball at recess
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I play Pop Warner, golden pairs for the losers
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We used to hop corners on the fresh deuce cruisers
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Playin Galaga, Space Invaders, eatin Reeses
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I had all the women cause my tough skins had creases
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And its been that way since day one
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Girls of the world aint nothin but fun
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I used to watch Dr. J, come through in the clutch
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Remember New Zoo Review, and Starsky and Hutch
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I remember lunchtime, we used to rhyme out loud
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Peace to the Wop and the hip-hop crowd, I remember
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[Chorus 1: G.A.T]
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I remember (I remember) ohhhhhhh
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When we used to hang
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On the porch, drinkin brew
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And now they drive-by (bay-bee)
~#**************#~
I remember (I remember) ohhhhhhh
~#**************#~
When we used to play
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Shoot-em-up, up and down
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But now they gang-bang (bay-bee)
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[Outro: G.A.T]
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Ohhh, my life, no no
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I do remember ohhhhhhhh
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I know you do
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I remember yesterday
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I remember when we played
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I remember yesterday, aoowwwwwww!
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I remember, hell, when we used to play
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In ghetto blocks through the dark
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I rememmmmmberrrrrr
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Yeahhh yeahhh yeahh
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We used to play dominoes all night long
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Dominoes all night long
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Yesterday, yesterday
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Do you remember yesterday? I remember yesterday
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You remember remember remember remember…
