[00:00:01] I Remember - Coolio [00:00:11] When I was a kid [00:00:12] I rode crates on a skate [00:00:13] And I ate everything [00:00:14] Momma put on my plate [00:00:16] Niggaz walked around packin b-b guns [00:00:19] Knock on yo' door [00:00:20] And run just for fun [00:00:21] We went to the sto' [00:00:22] And sold bottles fo' a nickel [00:00:24] To feast upon a big bag [00:00:25] Of cheetos and a pickle [00:00:26] You could get a soda foe [00:00:28] Less than quarter and [00:00:29] People used to speak [00:00:30] Even If they didn't know ya [00:00:32] We fought in the streets [00:00:33] Like little black soldiers [00:00:34] Shake hands [00:00:35] And still be friends [00:00:36] When it was over [00:00:37] We used to play tag and [00:00:38] Hide and go seek or [00:00:40] Hide and go get it [00:00:41] If we had a few freaks but [00:00:43] Now thangs changed [00:00:44] Kids ain't the same [00:00:45] They bang and slang [00:00:47] And blow out brains [00:00:48] I wish I could go back but [00:00:49] Wishin is for suckers [00:00:51] Life was so simple then [00:00:53] I remember (I remember) ohhhhhhh [00:00:57] When we used to hang [00:00:59] On the porch drinkin brew [00:01:01] And now they drive-by (bay-bee) [00:01:04] I remember (I remember) ohhhhhhh [00:01:08] When we used to play [00:01:09] Shoot-em-up up and down [00:01:12] But now they gang-bang (bay-bee) [00:01:15] Well I remember [00:01:15] Yesteryear like it was yesterday [00:01:18] Runnin through [00:01:18] The streets of onessa p-a [00:01:20] I take you through [00:01:21] My childhood step by step [00:01:23] Daddy always told me [00:01:24] To maintain my rep though [00:01:26] Daddy was a dawg he ain't raise no punks [00:01:28] In the midst of the trees [00:01:29] We learned how to thump [00:01:31] At the tender age of nine momma [00:01:32] Put us on a plane [00:01:34] Next stop [00:01:35] The land of the insane [00:01:37] Compton california [00:01:37] Where the killers grow [00:01:39] Forced to live a life [00:01:40] That I didn't know [00:01:42] Wore the wrong colors [00:01:43] Cause I didn't know the facts [00:01:44] Call her bitch caught a case [00:01:45] Caught a slug in my back [00:01:47] But I adapted quickly [00:01:48] Suckers tried to get me [00:01:50] Now the fools better run [00:01:51] Cause this just driveby billy [00:01:52] Little black boy from the east [00:01:55] Forced to be a killer [00:01:56] But I can still remember [00:01:58] I remember (I remember) ohhhhhhh [00:02:01] When we used to play [00:02:03] Domino Domino on the porch [00:02:06] But now they drive-by (bay-bee) [00:02:09] I remember (I remember) ohhhhhhh [00:02:12] When we used to have [00:02:14] Army fights in the smog [00:02:16] But now they gang-bang (bay-bee) [00:02:20] Back when I was a kid nigga [00:02:21] We used to have this game called paperball [00:02:23] (paperball what the f**k is that ) [00:02:25] Get a piece of paper [00:02:26] Ball that motherf**ker up [00:02:27] And play with it hahahaha [00:02:30] I got tha alkaholik juice [00:02:31] To wake ya up like a rooster [00:02:33] Back when I was young [00:02:34] I used to be a booster [00:02:35] Stealin candy from the sto' [00:02:37] Go to school come up [00:02:38] I had the whole playground [00:02:39] Chewin all my gum up [00:02:41] You know what I'm sayin [00:02:42] Playin still to the chest [00:02:43] And I was the best [00:02:44] Playin kickball at recess [00:02:46] I play pop warner [00:02:47] Golden pairs for the losers [00:02:49] We used to hop corners [00:02:50] On the fresh deuce cruisers [00:02:51] Playin galaga space invaders eatin reese's [00:02:54] I had all the women [00:02:55] Cause my tough skins had creases [00:02:57] And it's been that way since day one [00:03:00] Girls of the world ain't nothin but fun [00:03:02] I used to watch dr j [00:03:03] Come through in the clutch [00:03:04] Remember new zoo review [00:03:06] And starsky and hutch [00:03:07] I remember lunchtime [00:03:09] We used to rhyme out loud [00:03:10] Peace to the wop