Rakim - Remember That lyrics

Remember that?

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 entertain, things'll never be the same
DJ's will convey it 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
Under the 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 performin', black, i'm all that
Back before they turned Hip-Hop to rap
It always a place to party at, remember that?

I can remember i can remember

I remember the spots that used to be hot
Just like the rooftop
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 something's 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?

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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 after parties
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 hit's, 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 all of that
In fact, it mean a lot
'cause you can't bring it back remember that

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