Mr. Lif - Ol' Crew lyrics

This is too much, praying for a mic to clutch
I used to sit up with my
Man Dave-O and smoke blunts
We were upstate New York, cold
Thinking of a plan
To flip our lyrical skills
So we could make grands
Have thousands of fans, travel state to state
Up North, down South
But it all started at his house
Words left his mouth
Then got the ultimate respect
I outstretched my arm and gave him
A pound 'cause he caught wreck
And who was up next? In retrospect it was me
A short little fly nigga ready to emcee
I would kick a free
Or maybe something premeditated
Dave would get crazy hype and say I elevated
And that encouragement was my nourishment
I took his positive words to
Heart and kept flourishin'
And brother, I don't know where you are now
'Cause we haven't spoken for a while
And I'm without a number to dial
But every time I think about you, I smile
'nuff respect for helping me develop my style
(Develop)

Old crew, these are people you once knew
Everybody got a different goal to pursue
Don't forget your peoples no
Matter what you do
And this goes out to you, and you, and you
And you
Old crew, these are people you once knew
Everybody got a different goal to pursue
Don't forget your peoples no
Matter what you do
And this goes out to you, and you, and you
And you

I dropped outta college
Now I'm in Long Island

It was me, D-box, Dre, Biggum, Sha, Alpha
And Omega, dread powerful crew, 'nuff said
They taught me how to roll locks upon my head
Then they laid down the law and
This is how it read
It say, "Grow, never to cut and
Never separate 'em"
That's verbatim and to this
Day I've obeyed 'em
We pull our money together to
Get food and brew
Then sit in front the television
So we could boo
Commercialized rap acts and fuck
The radio too
Niggers turn off that bullshit
Pop in kung fu
Twist up to Buddah Bless, so we can express
Please keep the cypher moving
Thirty seconds or less
These are times I'll never forget
I used to regret but nowadays
We're not as tight as when we met
But things change, and people grow apart
But listen to my rhyme
And feel the love in my heart
'Cause, I'm still standing
And my ears mad strong go to mrlifcom
And let me know what's going on

Old crew, these are people you once knew
Everybody got a different goal to pursue
Don't forget your peoples no
Matter what you do
And this goes out to you, and you, and you
And you
Old crew, these are people you once knew
Everybody got a different goal to pursue
Don't forget your peoples no
Matter what you do
And this goes out to you, and you, and you
And you

Sometimes people part ways for good reasons
Their nature wasn't pleasing or
Some evident treason
Has made it'self visible and
Rather than talking
Somebody turned their back and
Just started walking
Tears started welling up and
Pride held 'em back when you look back
You realize that you lack tact
Of course, remorse can be a deadly force
When you realize how much you loved
The things that you lost
Everything, including life, is temporary
So I hope that everybody in
My life now knows how
Much I truly love 'em and
This include my cousins and my fans
So I plan to shake hands by the dozens
Moms and my pops, but excluding the cops
Barbershops and them lunatic niggas
Who bust shots
I'm devoted to y'all, to my physical rocks
I gotta stop (Gotta stop) , yo
I'm just sharing my thoughts

Old crew, these are people you once knew
Everybody got a different goal to pursue
Don't forget your peoples no
Matter what you do
And this goes out to you, and you, and you
And you
Old crew, these are people you once knew
Everybody got a different goal to pursue
Don't forget your peoples no
Matter what you do
And this goes out to you, and you, and you
And you