[Verse 2]
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 happenin' at the Latin✦ Quarter
House of havoc when it came to fourteen carat
And if you had it, yeah, kids'd try to grab it
It's cool at the Red Parrot,✦ we was doin' 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✦ endin',✦ Black
Place to be was the Brooklyn Armory,✦ remember✦ that?
[Chorus]
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✦
[Verse 3]
Open✦ the door, let the crowds in, over✦ twenty✦ thousand
Wildin',✦ music's✦ loud and microphone's growlin'
Tickets are sold out, parties✦ is packed✦ and
On tour, rippin'✦ basketball arenas back then
Even✦ afterparties,✦ posses✦ of players and hotties✦
Everybody was Gotti, spreadin' bucks like shotties✦
Spendin' 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
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
[Chorus]
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✦ (Remember✦ that? Think about✦ it)
[Outro]
Think about✦ it
I can remember✦ (Remember✦ that? Think about✦ it)
I can remember✦ (Remember✦ that? Think about✦ it)
I can remember✦
I can remember✦