Okay, I remember the days High rights, low lefts, even Stevens and Fades Troops, lottos, and BKs, those was the days High tech boots, spray-painted with your names T-shirts, airbrushed, they're red the same They're carrying bone chain, one gone with your initial Harris photos, group shots, can you remember? Barry him, told him, go to the prime and die Didn't lie, shot himself in the head with a .45, when she disobeyed Had North Clayton Cray just to reiterate, dawg, those was the days Voter invasions of haters, man, crews from all around used to get down at True Flavors Bumping, rocking, damaged, cross, color, and Paco Wild Playboy stepped in, talent shows, Prime Knight, Tux, and Kango It's so cool, the new model cars, we ridin' old school We were trying so hard, hard to survive Cause even though we were young, we had to stay strong No matter what we went through, it was me and my crew And that's how it went, when we were kids In three months, we stayed in Jamestown, Hamwood and Diplomats Played with Transformers, G.I. Joes, and Thundercats We was loving that, before the start of Jackie Jacks For notes, some red oaks had folks scared to come through College Park after dawg, Crown Victorious Police Unmarked cars, be aware, Wayne Wiggins was out there But we didn't care, kids was getting stabbed and ditched out there Too busy playing, Double J, a touch shawty on that, that's a bet Want your Kool-Aid and sugar, smack your hands and say sweat It's mine now, place it in my Louis Vuitton pouch Thump a hacker on his knuckles, make him say ouch Slout socks, box Chevy Caprice, hot knees Cut the hole, disturbing the peace with no conscience Broke, call him nonsense, no comments It's Lil' Fade paying high, Mr. College Park We were trying so hard, hard to survive Cause even though we were young, we had to stay strong No matter what we went through, it was me and my crew And that's how we went, when we were kids I had a long John, but no silver, no gold or plat I was simply read from the years I've been holding back With two sides to a book, I lick stamps and light matches And set fires and garbage pails and cabbage patches A child of the corn, been wild since I was born Climbing over barbed wire, clothes got torn Shoes got muddy and my clique turned cruddy Wherever I go, they with me, they my buddies I brush teeth, brush naps in calm streets Dreaming of Cadillacs, wood wheels and plush seats Cats with gold teeth and raps with such beats Macs with no grief and some sacks of grief When I loaded my cap, I was ready for action Staring at beer cans in the moment to crack one Wanna hang with the big boys and play with the big toys And be with the people making all that goddamn noise We were trying so hard, hard to survive Cause even though we were young, we had to stay strong No matter what we went through, it was me and my crew And that's how we went, when we were kids We were trying so hard, hard to survive Cause even though we were young, we had to stay strong No matter what we went through, it was me and my crew And that's how we went, when we were kids Mm, mm-mm, mm-mm, mm-mm, oh-oh-oh-oh, mm-mm