Rakim - Remember That lyrics

Turn the beat up 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 entertained things'll never be the same

DJ's are conveyed if the label OK 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

Another 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 perform in, black I'm all that

Back before they turned hip-hop to rap

It always a place to party at, remember that?

I remember the spots that used to be hot

Just like the roof top, a place that only few can rock

on a wild ass block, yeah you 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 somethings 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?

Remember that? (3X)

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 flashed 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 alla that, in fact

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

Remember that? (3X