I recall it clearly, summertime on the rooftops

Next door neighbor bringing out the cardboard and boombox

Windmills baby freezes ill backspins

And then it happened, we all started rapping

I filled up 3 composition books

With mad verses, they were always missing hooks

Then we’d roll to the ball court to flex

We ain’t have game but we’d always holler next

We ain’t have chains just our keys around our necks

Used to rhyme over break beats to gain respect

Till we freaked it, found a secret, looping beats with, two tape decks to make a full song sequence

Later moved from karaoke machines to 4 tracks

Wrote more raps looked for spots to perform at

If I wasn’t on NBA Live, rhymes was on the mind

Momma like you tryna get signed?

Never in my wildest dream they wouldn’t understand me

Had the teaching gig that turned out to be my plan B

Now we jet set so sick should be on bed rest

20 years later and it still ain’t left yet

The feeling

The feeling, that feeling you giving me

(It don't stop)

The feeling, that feeling you giving me

(It don't quit)

The perfect verse over the perfect beat

(you feel that)

The feeling, that feeling you give to me

(it don't stop)

Always said I wouldn’t stop until I retire

From the get go, the flow, was a raging fire

Couldn’t sync my resolve with desires

Sins that I wished to absolve, backfired

Like an 85 Buick, dedicated to music

If I wasn’t recording, I felt I was losing

I sacrificed, my time, as well as youth

Given up, in the pursuit, of being the truth

If I could, reach through time, see that young man

Barreling toward the future, give him a hand

And let him know the pitfalls on the road

Stay on his toes, show the right fork to lighten the load

Show relationships, that didn’t need to erode

And for those passed, treasure, moments bestowed

Alas, I can’t change those acts, but perhaps

I can build a future, that won't collapse

That feeling

The feeling, that feeling you giving me

(It don't stop)

The feeling, that feeling you giving me

(It don't quit)

The perfect verse over the perfect beat

(you feel that)

The feeling, that feeling you give to me

(it don't stop)