Coolio F- J Ro Billy Boy I Remember Lyrics

I Remember Lyrics

Verse One: Coolio 

 When I was a kid I rode crates on a skate 

 And I ate everything momma put on my plate 

 Niggaz walked around packin B B guns 

 Knock on yo' door and run just for fun 

 We went to the sto' and sold bottles fo' a nickel 

 to feast upon a big bag of Cheetos and a pickle 

 You could get a soda foe less than quarter and 

 people used to speak even if they didn't know ya 

 We fought in the streets like little black soldiers 

 Shake hands, and still be friends when it was over 

 We used to play tag and, hide and go seek, or 

 hide and go get it if we had a few freaks, but 

 now thangs changed, kids ain't the same 

 They bang, and slang, and blow out brains 

 I wish I could go back but, wishin is for suckers 

 Life was so simple then 

 Chorus One: ? 

 I remember (I remember) ohhhhhhh 

 when we used to hang 

 On the porch, drinkin brew 

 and now they drive-by (bay-bee) 

 I remember (I remember) ohhhhhhh 

 when we used to play 

 shoot-em-up, up and down 

 but now they gang-bang (bay-bee) 

 Verse Two: Billy Boy 

 Well I remember yesteryear like it was yesterday 

 Runnin through the streets of Onessa P-A 

 I take you through my childhood step by step 

 Daddy always told me to maintain my rep though 

 Daddy was a dawg he ain't raise no punks 

 In the midst of the trees we learned how to thump 

 At the tender age of nine momma put us on a plane 

 Next stop -- the land of the insane 

 Compton California where the killers grow 

 Forced to live a life that I didn't know 

 Wore the wrong colors cause I didn't know the facts 

 Call her bitch, caught a case, caught a slug in my back 

 But I adapted quickly, suckers tried to get me 

 Now the fools better run cause this just driveby Billy 

 Little black boy from the East 

 forced to be a killer, but I can still remember 

 Chorus Two: ? 

 I remember (I remember) ohhhhhhh 

 when we used to play 

 Domino, on the porch 

 but now they drive-by (bay-bee) 

 I remember (I remember) ohhhhhhh 

 when we used to have 

 Army fights, in the smog 

 but now they gang-bang (bay-bee) 

 [Coolio] Back when I was a kid nigga 

 We used to have this game called paperball 

 (Paperball? What the fuck is that?) 

 Get a piece of paper, ball that motherfucker up 

 and play with it! Hahahaha 

 Verse Three: J-Ro 

 I got Tha Alkaholik juice to wake ya up like a rooster 

 Back when I was young, I used to be a booster 

 Stealin candy from the sto', go to school, come up 

 I had the whole playground, chewin all my gum up 

 You know what I'm sayin? Playin still to the chest 

 And I was the best, playin kickball at recess 

 I play Pop Warner, golden pairs for the losers 

 We used to hop corners on the fresh deuce cruisers 

 Playin Galaga, Space Invaders, eatin Reese's 

 I had all the women cause my tough skins had creases 

 And it's been that way since day one 

 Girls of the world ain't nothin but fun 

 I used to watch Dr. J, come through in the clutch 

 Remember New Zoo Review, and Starsky and Hutch 

 I remember lunchtime, we used to rhyme out loud 

 Peace to the Wop and the hip-hop crowd, I remember 

 Chorus One 

 Outro: ? 

 Ohhh, my life, no no 

 I do remember ohhhhhhhh 

 I know you do 

 I remember yesterday 

 I remember when we played 

 I remember yesterday, aoowwwwwww! 

 I remember, hell, when we used to play 

 in ghetto blocks through the dark 

 I rememmmmmberrrrrr 

 Yeahhh yeahhh yeahh 

 We used to play dominoes all night long 

 dominoes all night long 

 Yesterday, yesterday 

 Do you remember yesterday? I remember yesterday 

 You remember remember remember remember...