I Remember

I want you to sit back, close your eyes And think about all those wonderful times that we used to have here Now I know things aren't the way they use to be right now But they are going to 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 Ay 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 I remember going to school, we meet by the track smoking a sack With the vato I sold it too, get him stoned Then I jack it back, remember the guero use to look at us all Funny and strange, cause my pants was bigger then 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 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'll probably be on the streets sellin 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 (But I still love them) And had to have them. (And had to have them) And I remember! Remembering the things we used to do The places we used to go And I remember kicking under the street lamps, smokin a J Hearing my Homie say, Homie pass the joint this way And this was everyday 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 One of the things we use 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, before the agony for the ecstacy 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 (But I still love them) And had to have them. (And had to have them) And I remember! Remembering the things we used to do The places we used to go Give all of my love to mi madre padre brother and sister And all of my sangre Enemies? Chale me vale verga estas afuera mirando padentro 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 junky needs his chiba I wish that I could go back and do it all over again But I know that that ain't happening, 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 (But I still love them) And had to have them. (And had to have them) And I remember! Remembering the things we used to do The places we used to go