I Remember

I want you to sit back, close your eyes

And think about all those wonderful times that we used to have, yeah

Now I know things aren't the way they use to be right now

But they are gonna get better some day

And I know that

Ever since I was about 12, that's when they documented me

A gang member, let me tell you my autobiography (autobiography)

I can't let it to be frenetic

It must have been genetic to get in trouble with the law

Take when I break, I'm strapped from the balls, that's what I use to do

Smoking a joint or two, Lil' Rob getting a little blaze

Welcome to my concrete maze, remember the days (remember the days, man)

I remember going to school, we meet by the track

Smoking a sack with the vato I sold it to, get him stoned

Then I jack it back

Remember the guero, he used to look at us all funny and strange

'Cause my pants was bigger than theirs

But now they all wear them the same

I used to get jealous, wondering why I didn't have the same rights

Is it because I'm running up and down, eating menudo, frijoles and rice?

Someone explain to me all of this insanity

I'm not understanding you, never understanding me

When a minority gets their priorities straight

We become the majority, inflate at an incredible rate

Controlling our fate, controlling our states, and I can't wait

Remember you told me I would never amount to anything

That I'd probably be on the streets, selling mota or methamphetamines

So what? It made me an extra buck when I was shit outta my life

You'd do the same thing homie if you were stuck

"And I remember when times was easy"

That's what everybody says but not me

Wicked ass times on S.D. streets

But I still loved them (love them, love them)

And had to have them (had to have them, to have them)

And I remember

Remembering the things we used to do

Places we used to go, yeah

And I remember kicking it under the streetlamps, smoking a J

Hearing my Homie say, "ey, Homie, pass the joint this way"

And this was every day, and every night was the same

We didn't call each other by our first or last, but by nicknames

Dreamer, Peewee, Oso Negro, to name a few

One passed away, rest in peace

The others locked away in prison blues

Remember the things we used to do, can't nobody take it away from us

We used to live life dangerous, time flew away like angel dust

Never known as presentado levas

Stay away from metiches and chepas

Talking mentiras, 'cause they can't beat us

Mira, Lil' Rob on his lowrider bicicleta

Looking for muñecas, beautiful like Aztecas

But when it comes to love, leave all of the agony for the ecstasy

What comes around, goes around

So baby, don't mess with me, don't be testing me

'Cause Lil' Rob be one of a kind, original individual

Unforgettable, memorable, indelible, incredible, inferable

"And I remember when times was easy"

That's what everybody says but not me

Wicked ass times on S.D. streets

But I still loved them (love them, love them)

And had to have them (had to have them, to have them)

And I remember (remember)

I remember the things we used to do

The places we used to go, yeah

Give all of my love to mi madre, padre, brother, and sister

And all of my sangre

Enemies? Chale, me vale verga, estás afuera mirando pa' dentro

You wanna come in, but you can't

'Cause we're not in love with no mensos

Figuring it out like a pencil, treat one like a stencil

Just when you think you've got a grip on life, that's when you let go

Ready, set, go

It's a race to the finish, and only the best gonna win this

And I'm prepared to take it to outer limits or until it's finished business

What is this? Gente becoming witnesses

I don't know nothing, I don't hear nothing, I don't see nothing

Something I learned as a kid

Along with respect those who respect you

Forget about the ones that will forget about you

My recollection is a collection of a big section of mi vida

Memories, I need ya, like a junkie needs his chiba

I wish that I could go back and do it all over again

But I know that that ain't happening, and so I sit remembering

"And I remember when times was easy"

That's what everybody says but not me

Wicked ass times on S.D. streets

But I still loved them (love them, love them)

And had to have them (had to have them, to have them)

And I remember

I remember everything, everything we used to do

And I remember all me and my homies

Underneath the streetlights getting high

(And I remember) oh, when we used to play, shoot 'em up

Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang