Wednesday, November 14, 2012

"DO YOU REMEMBER?"



DO YOU REMEMBER HOT TRAXX?
YO! MTV RAPS?
ANTENNAS WIT FOIL ON T.V's TO GET RECEPTION BACK
CABLE WIT DA BIG SQUARE BOX ON YA LAP
KLIK!

KLIK!
FLIP DA SWITCH
HIT DA STRING, TURN ON DA FAN CEILIN'
MY LYRICS SOMETIMES EXPLICIT DAWG
HIDE DA CHILDREN
WHAT UP EVERYBODY!!!
SHAWN IS HERE IN DA BUILDIN'!!!!!!!
LISTEN UP REAL GOOD AS I BURN DA FLOOR
FLAME DA MIC!!!!!!
MET A LOT CATS
DIFFERENT PATHS
IN MY WALK OF LIFE
SOME WERE BAD
SOME WERE NICE
USED TO WALK HOME WIT MY PEEPZ
BACK WHEN BLOCK CREWS WAS ON EVERY CORNER IN DA STREETS
SOMETIMES 20
30
OR 50 DEEP!!!!!
WASN'T GOOD WIT CHA HANDS
HAD TO BEAT YA FEET
SAME ROUTE EVERY DAY, MAN DAT SHIT WAS UNREAL
BUT YOU MAN UP!, KEEPIN' DAT FEAR CONCEALED
WORD IS BOND!
GOT PICKED ON!
GOT HIKED ON!
LEFT SOME LOST n TORN
CAUSE WE SMART n HAD OUR UNIFORMS ON
I DON'T THINK Y'ALL HEAR ME THO
TAP! TAP!
IS DIS MICROPHONE ON?!!!
HAD TO CARRY A RAZOR OR GET YA BIONIC MAN ON LIKE LEE MAJORS
NO INTERNET
ERA OF BULKY CELL PHONES n PAGERS
RAPPIN' IN SCHOOL YARDS, TALENT SHOWS ON STAGES
TROUBLE-MAKERS CUTTIN' UP n MISBEHAVIN'
GETTIN' CHASED HOME THROUGH DARK HAVENS n MAZES
GUILTY OF TRYIN' TO GET A GOOD EDUCATION
N DEY WAS RUNNIN' WILD
HURT
PARENTS OUT, PROBABLY FREE-BASIN'
WAITNIN' AT BUS STOPS
PUSHERS UP EARLY
SELLIN' DEY ROCKS
BACK DEN
IT WAS EITHER DAT OR YOU WAS A JOCK
EVEN HAD TO FIGHT OUT ON MY OWN BLOCK
PROTECT ME n MY CUZ
HE WAS LOUD!
I WAS A QUIET KID DAT MIND MY BIZ
BUT YOU KNOW HOW IT IS
CATS WANNA TRY YOU
FRIENDS ONE MOMENT
NEXT DAY YOU RIVALS
THOUGHT I WAS SOFT CAUSE I WAS MADE TO GO TO CHURCH n LEARN DA HOLY BIBLE
BUT I WAS GOOD WIT MY HANDS AS DEY SOON LEARNED
MOMS DID DA BEST SHOULD COULD WEEK TO WEEK WIT WHAT SHE HAD EARNED
WIT DA HELP OF MY GRANDPARENTS
I WAS RAISED WIT DISCIPLINE n CERTAIN STANDARDS
GAVE ME A FOUNDATION OF GREAT MORAL ENHANCEMENT
GIVIN' OUR POOR CONDITIONS n CIRCUMSTANCES
DA LOVE WE HAD FELT LIKE WE LIVED IN A MANSION
DIS FOR DA OUTKASTS WHO DIDN'T HAVE A VOICE THROUGH DA SPEAKERBOXXXX
N KEPT DEY LOVE BELOW
KEPT DEY FRUSTRATIONS HIDDEN, DIDN'T WANT OTHERS TO KNOW
WHAT DEY HAD TO DEAL WIT ON A REGULAR BASIS
Y'ALL SPECIAL SISTAZ n BROTHAZ
FIND YA GIFTS
DON'T WASTE IT
OPEN UP n LET IT SHINE!!!!
WE ONLY HERE FOR A SHORT TIME
DA MOST POWERFUL THING YOU POSSESS Y'ALL IS YA MIND



"DO YOU REMEMBER?" By Shawn Stare

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