[Intro]

Remember that?

Turn the beat up

[Verse 1]

I get lost in the mind, come across the rhyme

Kick my feet up, then I find myself in time

I was on a train, destination Marley Marl's domain

I entertain, things'll never be the same

DJs will convey it if the label okay it

Teddy Ted and Special K was the first ones to play it

On the radio with the crazy flow

I pay dues until it pays me dough to do a show

When I'm at the helm, I cover the whole realm

In control and leave your soul overwhelmed

Under the influence of beats and instruments

Lyrics make it intricate and elements are tense

When you was playin' Pac-Man, it was the jams I packed

Peeps would swarm when I was performin', Black, I'm all that

Back before they turned hip-hop to rap

It always a place to party at, remember that?

[Chorus]

I can remember (Think about it)

I can remember (Think about it)

[Verse 2]

I remember the spots that used to be hot

Just like the rooftop, a place that only few can rock

On a wild-ass block, yeah, you'd find me there a lot

Until you hear gunshots, that's when the fun stops

Here come the cops, time to go home, get in order

'Cause I'll be back in Manhattan if something's happenin' at the Latin Quarter

House of havoc when it came to fourteen carat

And if you had it, yeah, kids'd try to grab it

It's cool at the Red Parrot, we was doin' it there

I was the first one to rip it at the Union Square

Me and DJ Red Alert did work

A crazy concert, a lot of kids got hurt

I did encores at the Encore, they wanted more

I kicked a freestyle 'til I heard the crowd roar

Like the Funhouse, Bronx Center, never endin', Black

Place to be was the Brooklyn Armory, remember that?

[Chorus]

I can remember (Remember that? Think about it)

I can remember (Remember that? Think about it)

I can remember (Remember that? Think about it)

I can remember

[Verse 3]

Open the door, let the crowds in, over twenty thousand

Wildin', music's loud and microphone's growlin'

Tickets are sold out, parties is packed and

On tour, rippin' basketball arenas back then

Even afterparties, posses of players and hotties

Everybody was Gotti, spreadin' bucks like shotties

Spendin' cash, to make a good time last

Thoughts that I had give me a blast of the past

Memories of unforgettable times on my mind

Dollar signs and melodies and incredible rhymes

The people I met and the sets that got wrecked

All the mics I checked, most of all life's effects

And peace to all the people I grew up around

In the streets, back when beats had a rougher sound

I used to be wild, me and my crew sit back and we smile

Keep piles of pictures filed in case I go senile

'Cause some things are just too good to be forgot

Like your neighborhood block or your favorite spot

Certain records always seem to make me reminisce

And when it hits, and then it clicks, remember this?

My life flash before me, I'm there from the sounds I hear

Pinpoint the year, it's perfectly clear

I like the way it went down and all of that

In fact, it mean a lot 'cause you can't bring it back, remember that

[Chorus]

I can remember (Remember that? Think about it)

I can remember (Remember that? Think about it)

I can remember (Remember that? Think about it)

I can remember (Remember that? Think about it)

[Outro]

Think about it

I can remember (Remember that? Think about it)

I can remember (Remember that? Think about it)

I can remember

I can remember