Remember That

Remember that? (Remember that, remember that)

Turn the beat up
I get lost in the mind, come across the rhyme
Kick my feet up, then I find myself in time
I was on a train, destination Marley Marl's domain
I entertain, things'll never be the same
DJs will convey it, if the label okay it
Teddy Ted and Special K was the first ones to play it
On the radio, with the crazy flow

I pay dues until it pays me dough, to do a show
When I'm at the helm, I cover the whole realm
In control and leave your soul overwhelmed
Under the influence of beats and instruments
Lyrics make it intricate and elements are tense
When you was playin' Pac-Man, it was the jams I packed
Peeps would swarm when I was performing, Black, I'm all that
Back before they turned hip-hop to rap
It always a place to party at, remember that?

Remember that, remember that, remember that
I can remember (think about it)
I can remember (think about it)

I remember the spots that used to be hot
Just like the rooftop, a place that only few can rock
On a wild-ass block, yeah, you'd find me there a lot
Until you hear gunshots, that's when the fun stops
Here come the cops, time to go home, get in order
'Cause I'll be back in Manhattan, if something's happening at the Latin Quarter
House of havoc, when it came to 14-carat
And if you had it, yeah, kids'd try to grab it
It's cool at the Red Parrot, we was doing it there

I was the first one to rip it at the Union Square
Me and DJ Red Alert did work
A crazy concert, a lot of kids got hurt
I did encores at the encore, they wanted more
I kicked a freestyle, 'til I heard the crowd roar
Like the Funhouse, Bronx Center, never-ending, Black
Place to be was the Brooklyn armory, remember that?

Remember that, remember that?
I can remember (remember that?)
I can remember (think about it)
Remember that, remember that?
I can remember (remember that, think about it)
I can remember

Open the door, let the crowds in, over twenty thousand
Wilding, music's loud and microphone's growling
Tickets are sold out, parties is packed and
On tour, ripping basketball arenas back then
Even afterparties, posses of players and hotties
Everybody was gotti, spreading bucks like shorties
Spending cash, to make a good time last
Thoughts that I had, give me a blast of the past

Memories of unforgettable times on my mind
Dollar signs and melodies and incredible rhymes
The people I met and the sets that got wrecked
All the mics I checked, most of all life's effects
And peace to all the people I grew up around
In the streets, back when beats had a rougher sound
I used to be wild, me and my crew sit back and we smile
Keep piles of pictures filed in case I go senile

'Cause some things are just too good to be forgot
Like your neighborhood block or your favorite spot
Certain records always seem to make me reminisce
And when it hits, and then it clicks, remember this?
My life flash before me, I'm there from the sounds I hear
I pinpoint the year, it's perfectly clear
I like the way it went down and all of that
In fact, it mean a lot, 'cause you can't bring it back, remember that

Remember that, remember that
I can remember (remember that, think about it)
I can remember (remember that, think about it)
I can remember (remember that, think about it)
I can remember (think about it)

Think about it
I can remember (think about it)
I can remember (think, think, think about it)
I can remember
I can remember