Ol' Crew

Praying for a mic to clutch I used to sit up with my man Dave-O; and smoke blunts We were upstate New York Cold, thinking of a plan To flip our lyrical skills So we could make grands Have thousands of fans Travel state to state But it all started at this house And got the ultimate respect I outstretched my arm And gave him a pound cause he correct In retrospect it was me A short little fly nigger Or maybe somethin premeditated Dave would get crazy hype And that encouragement was my nourishment I took his positive words to heart And brother: I don't know where you are now Cause we haven't spoken for a while And I'm without a number to dial But everytime I think about you I smile 'Nuff respect for helpin' me These are people you once knew Everybody got a different goal to pursue Don't forget your peoples No matter what you do And this goes out to you And you and you and you I dropped outta college Now I'm in Long Island And a mega-dread power crew The taught me to roll locks Then they laid down the law And this is how it read It say: Grow, never to cut and And to this day I've obeyed them We pull our money together Then sat in front of the television Commercialized rap backs And fuck the radio, too Niggers turn off that bullshit Please keep the? from moving These are times I'll never forget But things change and people grow apart But listen to my rhyme And feel the love in my heart Cause I'm still standing And my ears mad strong And let me know what's going on These are people you once knew Everybody got a different goal to pursue Don't forget your peoples No matter what you do And this goes out to you And you and you and you Sometimes people part ways for good reasons Their nature wasn't pleasing Has made himself invisble And rather than talking Somebody turned their back And just started walking Tears started rolling up And cry held 'em back Can be a deadly force How much you loved the things that you lost Everything, including life, is temporary So I hope that everybody in my life And this include my cousins To shake hands by the dozens But excluding the cops The lunatic niggers who bust shots I gotta stop (gotta stop) Yo, I'm just sharing my thoughts These are people you once knew Everybody got a different goal to pursue Don't forget your peoples No matter what you do And this goes out to you And you and you and you