[00:21.90]Childhood started with a smile good[00:24.24]Back when dad had a little dough and still lived in my hood[00:27.63]Before the coke sniffing episodes[00:29.61]Back then he broke **** when letting go, packing the smoke in his[00:32.94]Leather though, it helped him calm down but I let it go[00:35.97]Cause I know he didnt mean to let mom down[00:38.58]They went a long round I lay by the night light[00:41.07]Daddy gone now I know that something aint quite right[00:43.77]Summers in dominican republic playing baseball[00:46.71]And I used to love it outside living rugged[00:49.11]Bugging all fun and games, my cousin said its all gonna change[00:52.80]Once you get tall and come of age[00:54.78]Getting play in the seventh grade[00:56.52]No one worried bout getting AIDS , getting a job or getting paid[00:59.97]Ya'll come with me lemme take a trip[01:02.34]As I reminisce, upon my childish innocence[01:12.09][Hook][01:15.06]"puffin L's laid back enjoying the smell" I take another hit[01:20.01]Cause it aint hard to tell[01:22.23]Lord forgive me if I reminesce , while I sit and wish, we wasnt living so devilish. [x2][01:27.54]Started high school as a young high fool[01:30.12]Writing graffitti dodging needy cats with nine tools[01:33.09]Skipping class, rolling spliffs with hash[01:35.55]Trying ta get some ass with my grades slipping fast[01:38.31]Couldnt get my thoughts tight, cause my karma was not right[01:41.16]My man cut a brother arm like butter on a hot knife[01:44.28]I saw white meat and start to shiver by the Charles River[01:47.19]Where we all would tip the bottle sip and scar our liver[01:49.71]We would play hard, party at the grave yard[01:52.29]Way far up at the tower dodging the late guard[01:54.99]Poly with a "J" sparked , head at JFK park[01:57.78]Put nutrition in the brains of chickens till they smart[02:00.72]And even friends fall apart so are they fam?[02:03.15]Life is hard dog your gone if you dont make plans[02:06.18]So lets shake hands and wish, while I reminisce[02:09.09]Over beef know that we can settle this[02:11.19][Hook x4][02:33.00]Since I hit twenty-one, lifes gotten funny son[02:35.82]Wherever the money come, thats where all the honeys run[02:38.52]Nobody is friends and if they are it's probably pretend[02:41.07]A plot for some ends, for cash cats body they men[02:43.74]One love to Benny Rosa shot him and then, shot up his friend[02:46.71]Bodies have been, buried never saw them again[02:49.38]Damn I get worried cause Jeff Curly met his death early[02:52.83]How many people dying why and who's the next thirty[02:55.23]Cambridge rep for me, open up my chest fully[02:57.63]Heart on my lapel, it's so hard being Miguel[03:00.15]To see you gelatin, see through irrelevant[03:02.76]Feeble intelligence, people thats selling hits[03:05.52]While my raps slave to grind the cats made to rhyme[03:08.49]We pass major minds with cash made in time[03:11.34]But until this yo I still wish[03:13.44]As I chill and reminisce that we wasn't livin' so devilish[03:16.35][Hook: Repeat Out]