Remember That - Rakim.mp3

[00:04.890]Remember that?
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[00:27.458]Turn the beat up, I get lost in the mind come across
[00:29.717]the rhyme kick my feet up, then I find myself in time
[00:32.475]I was on a train, destination Marley Marl's domain
[00:35.995]I entertained things'll never be the same
[00:38.752]DJ's are conveyed if the label OK it
[00:41.008]Teddy Ted and Special K was the first ones to play it
[00:43.514]On the radio, with the crazy flow
[00:46.021]I pay dues until it pays me dough to do a show
[00:51.986]When I'm at the helm I cover the whole realm
[00:52.737]In control and leave your soul overwhelmed
[00:54.993]Another influence of beats and instruments
[00:57.500]Lyrics make it intricate and elements are tense
[01:00.007]When you was playin Pac Man it was the jams I packed
[01:02.514]Peeps would swarm when I was perform in, black I'm all that
[01:05.270]Back before they turned hip-hop to rap
[01:08.028]It always a place to party at, remember that
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[01:22.329]I remember the spots that used to be hot
[01:24.334]Just like the roof top, a place that only few can rock
[01:27.342]on a wild ass block, yeah you find me there a lot
[01:29.849]Until you hear gunshots, that's when the fun stops
[01:33.108]Here come the cops, time to go home, get in order
[01:35.618]Cause I'll be back in Manhattan if somethings happenin at the Latin Quarter
[01:38.379]House of havoc when it came to fourteen carat
[01:41.137]And if you had it yeah kids'd try to grab it
[01:44.145]It's cool at the Red Parrot we was doin it there
[01:46.400]I was the first one to rip it at the Union Square
[01:49.165]Me and DJ Red Alert did work
[01:52.175]A crazy concert, a lot of kids got hurt
[01:54.934]I did encores at the Encore, they wanted more
[01:57.694]I kicked a freestyle til I heard the crowd roar
[02:00.202]Like the Funhouse, Bronx Center never endin black
[02:02.968]Place to be was the Brooklyn Armory, remember that?
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[02:05.980]Remember that? [x3]
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[02:27.542]Open the door, let the crowds in, over twenty thousand
[02:30.303]Wildin music's loud and microphone's growlin
[02:33.065]Tickets are sold out, parties is packed and on tour
[02:35.572]rippin basketball arenas back then
[02:38.335]Even afterparties, posses of players and hotties
[02:41.091]Everybody was Gotti, spreadin bucks like shotties
[02:44.101]Spendin cash, to make a good time last
[02:46.866]Thoughts that I had give me a blast of the past
[02:49.624]Memories of unforgettable times on my mind
[02:52.131]Dollar signs and melodies and incredible rhymes
[02:54.635]The people I met, and the sets that got wrecked
[02:57.646]All the mics I checked, most of all life's effects
[03:00.405]And peace to all the people I grew up around
[03:02.911]in the streets back when beats had a rougher sound
[03:05.669]I used to be wild me and my crew sit back and we smile
[03:08.426]Keep piles of pictures filed in case I go senile
[03:11.434]Cause some things are just too good to be forgot
[03:14.196]Like your neighborhood block or your favorite spot
[03:16.705]Certain records always seem to make me reminisce
[03:19.463]And when it hits, and then it clicks, remember this
[03:22.221]My life flashed before me I'm there from the sounds
[03:24.728]I hear pinpoint the year, it's perfectly clear
[03:28.491]I like the way it went down and alla that, in fact
[03:30.247]It mean a lot, cause you can't bring it back, remember that
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[03:34.507]Remember that? [x3]