[Verse 1]
I'm a nineties baby kinda crazy how it made me
Pops got Mami impregnated in the later eighties
Came from London to Sweden in ninety one and my only memory of it, it was freezing
Raised with my bigger brothers, but my sister's the eldest one of us I was the youngest, hid under covers, banging on my mothers cupboards
Short tempered kinda funny, why she mad at me for? I got it from her
When I was seven, on to the next city I remember, it being summer
In the beginning I hung with my favorite cousin then his pops died
Eyo my auntie and my pops cried, I ain't understand nothing
Sega playing, raider cap wearing, cassettes banging unadulterated swearing
Running up and down the hill where we lived and shit
Playing ball I recall I used to kill that shit
Rollerblading, wilding out, stealing kicks
Fighting all the kids around my neighborhood with hockey sticks
I spray painted my skateboard and said I had the newest brand
Then went to school with it and laughed, like whose the Man
[Chorus]
Yeah, this is a Raincheck
Looking back wondering where the days went?
For when I'm downing out losing my way
A reminder that can keep bringing me back to that place
Yeah, this is a Raincheck
Looking back wondering where the days went?
For when I'm downing out losing my way
A reminder that can keep bringing me back to that place
[Verse 2]
Eye my father played records from the seventies like every night and
I couldn't go to sleep, I started writing
Til my hand went numb, heart beat with the drum
Music became my life and everything I'd become
My number one fan my right hand man said
"Imagine when u on top of the globe with brand new clothes all up in ya wardrobe and Mtv cribs coming to your home, award shows"
Well who knows I suppose I froze and dreamt about that
For a couple quick seconds then I bounced back
To a world that got a little colder as I got older exposed to a lot of crime and homies fighting over lack of doe, doing coke, smoking blunts in basements
House parties and burgluring, break ins, cops chasing
As a teen I was absent minded, kinda distant
My facial expression was probably lying, it might look like i'm listening
But i'm thinking of something different uninterested
Why waste my time on something that's not inspiring?
But if it is I'm passionate, analyzing thoroughly
Like all of this thoughts pouring in front of me, ironically
[Chorus]
Yeah, this is a Raincheck
Looking back wondering where the days went?
For when I'm downing out losing my way
A reminder that can keep bringing me back to that place
Yeah, this is a Raincheck
Looking back wondering where the days went?
For when I'm downing out losing my way
A reminder that can keep bringing me back to that place
[Post-Chorus]
I got it stacked like a safe in the back of my mind
Signed by myself it might save me some time
I said it's stacked like a safe in the back of my mind
Got it signed by myself it might save me some time
Verse 3
How did stealing kicks turn into dealing bricks?
How pure innocent child turn into villain quick?
How could my right hand man end up in the can?
That wasn't part of the plan in becoming the man
How did petty burgling turn into robbing and
Stabbing our own backs for the profit?
We stood together before understanding the value of money
But now only a few of them are standing beside me it's funny
Everything is a process we moving slow
And most of us are lost not knowing which way to go
I had to stop at this crossroad I'm feeling cornered
One step back in order to take two forward
[Chorus]
Yeah, this is a Raincheck
Looking back wondering where the days went?
For when I'm downing out losing my way
A reminder that can keep bringing me back to that place
Yeah, this is a Raincheck
Looking back wondering where the days went?
For when I'm downing out losing my way
A reminder that can keep bringing me back to that place
[Post-Chorus]
I got it stacked like a safe in the back of my mind
Signed by myself it might save me some time
I said it's stacked like a safe in the back of my mind
Got it signed by myself it might save me some time