Remember When

I remember when
The days before I used a pen
In the winter, I was always bitter
Had to stay inside, didn't have Twitter
I turned on the TV
Channel forty-five, it was BET
Oh snap, a new song from Nelly
If you want to come and take a ride with me

At that moment, I knew I loved rap
Went to Limewire, download all the tracks
If I'm incriminating myself, I'm taking it back
But Country Grammar, had me addicted like crack
Next one-oh-six & park with Lil Bow Wow
Was my idol, tried to copy his style
I looked up to him cuz I was a kid too
I looked up to him cuz I was four foot two
Used to stay up late, watching MTV
Making the video of without me
Guess who's back, back again
I discovered Eminem and his best friend

Chancellor and Wayne, Kanye, T-Pain
Pac & 2 Chainz, Dicky & Brain
Em & Jermaine, Kendrick my main
Fifty & Game, Then Joyner came
Run DMC, Easy E
B-I-G, Snoop D O Double G
Andre 3K & Jay Z
Shout out to the greats without em there's no me

Let's take it way back to the old school
Before Ludacris had to act a fool
Way before Bobby Brown's "Don't be Cruel"
I'm talking bout a time before the ProTools (I'm talking)
MJ, Tito, Jermaine, Jackie
Marlon, Randy, Jackson family
Thank you Barry, bet you happy
Motown set the path for the niggas that were nappy
Stevie a wonder, he always drop that thunder
A musical genius, harmonicas the meanest
Marvin Gaye ain't afraid to say what's on his mind
Pickets lines, & picket signs
What's going on, Al greens tired of being alone
Momma said that papa was a rolling stone
Just my imagination, shoutout The Temptations
Though not Motown, thank you to James Brown

Chancellor and Wayne, Kanye, T-Pain
Pac & 2 Chainz, Dicky & Brain
Em & Jermaine, Kendrick my main
Fifty & Game, Then Joyner came
Run DMC, Easy E
B-I-G, Snoop D O Double G
Andre 3K & Jay Z
Shout out to the greats without em there's no me

To my ladies, Beyonce baby
Growing up I was mad jealous of Jay Z
Whitney Houston drove the fellas crazy
RIP to the most famous East Orange lady
Nicki Minaj deserves applause
TLC Chilli, Left Eye, and T Baz
Baby girl, better known as Aaliyah
Wish they didn't take her body, bet it was the Illuminati
What's the four-one-one, Mary, someone please, call nine-one-one
Doja, you're new, but know I'm fuckin witchu
Would love to do a song together when I get huge
Oh nah nah what's your name
I remember back in the day watching pon de replay
Mmmm whatcha say, Jason did for my Haitians

Chancellor and Wayne, Kanye, T-Pain
Pac & 2 Chainz, Dicky & Brain
Em & Jermaine, Kendrick my main
Fifty & Game, Then Joyner came
Run DMC, Easy E
B-I-G, Snoop D O Double G
Andre 3K & Jay Z
Shout out to the greats without em there's no me

I remember when
The days before I used a pen
In the winter, I was always bitter
Had to stay inside, didn't have Twitter
I turned on the TV
Channel forty-five, it was BET
Oh snap, a new song from Nelly
If you want to come and take a ride with me