I remember way back in the day
I remember way back in the day
Do you remember
Taking y’all back way before this all happened
Do you remember
Let's take a trip way back in the day
Never aimed to be a caricature
Always working on my character, bruh
People say they want the real and I’m here still but where is the love?
Put on for P.G. 'fore I heard somebody rep where I'm from
Worldwide I… get it done but I don’t overdo it
Share my soul but I don’t want to lose it
Wasn’t put here for your amusement
You gon’ respect the man more than you respect the music
From where your safety is determined by your address
Some live long enough to be legends and gain some assets
Though it’s rugged where we struggled through the madness
Always knew we had more to offer although we had less
Through it all, it was always me and my mother
My sisters 'fore they moved out and occasionally my brother
The homies and a radio that stayed on 1580
TV on The Box, locked, hoping one day that they'd play me
Nonstop sun… back when me rappin’ wasn’t as lucrative
And hot ones wasn’t a show that they interview you in
Hostile. No poetic justice only punitive
Cops was… f**kin’ with us daily, we weren’t doing s**t
Regardless, the Godless, treat you like a felon though
Try’na to sell my demo so I kinda was selling dope
What’s more addictive than the music? Acceptance
So we learned to turn our curses into blessins
It’s funny how souls are fed by starving artists
No matter the road ahead, we make progress
If you know, you know, you know?
A lil’ flava for your soul, your soul, your soul! Keep on
I write like it won’t be read, to be honest
Live it up ‘fore I rest my head ‘cause nothing’s promised
If you know, you know, you know?
A lil’ flava for your soul, your soul, your soul! Enjoy
A little kid from Fort Washington was always of Iverson
Mall playing basketball in my David Robinsons
I moved to PG County when I was five or somethin’
Was rhyming some but wasn’t that biggie like Bedford Stuyvesant
I had the butter timbs but Rick had the double souls
We was like brothers so we would borrow each other's clothes
Get the most girls numbers was our summer goals
And when she looked down at my feet, she’d be like what are thoOooose?
Jonin’ was our favorite past time
You better not be outside if it was past nine
Dancing at the house party. Now you’re trying to smash huh?
I was playing video games, Sega, and Capcom
Fashion’s RP55
And ain’t they play work the walls like 50 times?
Paget’s corner pool parties it was really live
With your peach rock Creek and some chili fries… uh
Suitland High’s my alma mater I was brought up
‘Round a lot of different problem starters thought about just how to solve them
Calm, and never sort of bothered even when in hotter water
Taught to keep it cooler than when you’re wearing and Eddie Bauer Parker
We would park up at the park and just spark up
Wasn’t really long before a Freestyle would start up
Run back and do my homework. Think of how my day be
Turn on the radio and just vibe to 1580
It’s funny how souls are fed by starving artists
No matter the road ahead, we make progress
If you know, you know, you know?
A lil’ flava for your soul, your soul, your soul! Keep on
I write like it won’t be read, to be honest
Live it up ‘fore I rest my head ‘cause nothing’s promised
If you know, you know, you know?
A lil’ flava for your soul, your soul, your soul! Enjoy
Flavaaaaa!!! On the mix
Take you back to 1580
You heard it on the radio
Taking y’all back when before this all happened
Radio! Flava 1580
Take you back to 1580
Back when before this all happened
Do you remember
Back when before this all happened
Flava 1580, the assault on commercial rap radio continues on y’all
Keep on
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Keep on