Coolio Lyrics

Album: It Takes A Thief

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...