Looking Back

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Norman Sanchez

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Man I remember jamin' Outkast
I didn't buy the CD, but it came with a shoe bag
West Oaks had Footaction, and G Nikes just came out
I remember they were red and black
I was acting like I had to have em 
Real life, straight facts 
I was probably 'grade five' back then 
Ceddy probably getting high back then 
Eric probably locked up back then 
I was probably like ten back then
I was tracing my brother's drawings 
I was telling people that was me
We was watching the Cell Sega on VHS in Japanese 
Way before I learned the keys
Way before I made a beat 
Way before I learned to rap, I was doing pirouettes
I was not an athlete, but I was on the trampoline 
I was doing backflips way before jump street 
And I was doing parkour way before the artform 
Right before YouTube, way before Tom Ford 
And I remember FunPlex, that's where we had fun at 
Way before Facebook
Way before Snapchat 

Right before myspace, I remember Ma's place 
I remember good food; I remember hot plates 
I remember good times, I ain't talking dynamite 
I ain't cherish none of those
None of those precious times 
Real life I just teared up
I know it's hard to hear a man cry
But I ain't have that much family yal
Most the time it was me and mom
My cousin, Justus didn't live long
He died way before he graduated 
And had sickle cell his whole life
I don't even know how he made it 
He was born in prison
He was left alone
He was thrown away 
He didn't know his dad 
He didn't know his mom, but she came over
And he never complained about the life he had
He was always happy, never sad
Always laughing; never mad
And when he died, I cried a little 
It's hard to fathom not coming back 
And when he died, where'd he go 
Is it heaven, is it hell
I know he said that he believed in God
But was he saved
I couldn't tell ya 
Cause back then I was backsliding 
Back then I was lacking knowledge 
Used to think that I knew God
But I didn't even read half the Bible
I didn't even read the chapter 
I didn't even read the first page 
If you asked me then what faith was
I couldn't tell you the first thing 
I couldn't tell you how to get saved 
Cause I didn't know for myself 
I had to see for myself 
So now I read for myself 

I went to church like kids went to school 
And every Sunday I would act a straight fool 
And they even put me in the choir 
Even in theater
But we just called it drama
We were The Bridge Players 
I was the crowd favorite 
I was the mild favored 
I was the mild-mannered 
I was on good behavior 
I was on bad terms 
I had a bad perm
But then I had got braids, but they put in weave first 
All of my ends burnt, should' got beads first 
All of that hang time, why didn't I think first 
Why didn't I think twice 
Momma said it was nice
But little did she know, I was copying Bryce
He was working at coke; he was selling the Sprite 
I was in JDC tryna' avoid a fight 
Tryna' avoid a crypt 
Tryna' avoid a knife 
Tryna' avoid a charge and tryna' enjoy a life

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