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! (Remember x3)
 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! (Remember x3)
 Remembering the things we used to do
 The places we used to go
 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! (Remember x3)
 Remembering the things we used to do
 The places we used to go
 I remember, remember