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    TAKE ME BACK

    Memories

    i dont want to stay

    just want 2 go back in time and chill

    around the way

    my ctiy

    your city

    our memories are the same

    before the game

    became

    a deadly reality...

     

    take me back 2 cotton candy

    and west point park

    take me back 2 catch a girl 

    kiss a girl  when it got dark

    take me back 2 when the og

    only recruited me 4 playin ball

    take me back 2 slappin my boys

    in the neck in west catholic school halls

    take me back 2 when we didnt know 

    the drama that surrounded

    take me back 2 when rumors of a new drug

    were unfounded

    take me back 2 when mommas voice

    would cut through the wind

    take me back 2 sunday mornings

    and the church we would attend

    take me back 2 being poor 

    and not feeling a need

    take me back 2 before the red 

    black and green started 2 bleed

    take me back 2 when the thriller video

    was on all the networks

    take me back 2 when a battle rap

    didnt cause any hurt

    lord knows 

    i dont need 2 stay

    i just want 2 chill 

    around the way

    take me back 2 asking poo

    can i stand a chance

    take me back 2 

    living 4 the love of you

    parts one and two

    at the high school dance

    take me back 2 when brothers fought

    with only 2 hands

    take me back 2 when a brother thought

    being a man 

    was  taking care of his clan

    take me back 2 watching jaws

    and all summer being afraid 2 swim

    take me back 2 when

    its so hard 2 say goodbye 2 yesterday

    wasnt sung by boys2men

    thats gc cameron singing the original

    from the movie cooley high

    old school can you testify

    take me back 2 when we praised the living

    and didnt mourn the dead

    take me back  2 the old folks card parties

    and rubbing the head

    take me back 2 fried chicken

    mac and cheese

    potato salad and 7up cake 

    on the fouth of july

    take me back 2 when after church

    your soul felt sanctified

    take me back 2 the tales 

    of the struggle from those who fought

    take me back 2 when true brotherhood

    wasnt all 4 naught

    lord knows 

    i dont need 2 stay

    i just want 2 chill

    around the way

    take me back 2 when new york and philly

    battled 2 see who had the best djs

    take me back 2 wild style

    breakin

    run dmc and ll cool j

    take me back 2 when biggie 

    was a neighborhood sensation

    take me back 2 when pac said 

    keep your head up to the black nation

    take me back 2 blue sky soda

    and now and laters

    take me back 2 the one twos

    on the cross fader

    take me back 2 when rap 

    was a part of hip hop

    take me back 2 when i was too darn young

    2 get stopped  by angry cops

    take me back 2 when 

    for better or worse

    didnt sound rehearsed

    take me back 2 caravans to the beach

    and not behind a hearse

    take me back 2 when families

    that prayed 2gether stayed 2gether

    take me back 2 when black people didnt settle

    we tried 2 get better

    take  me back 2 when mike tyson

    was must see tv

    take me back 2 when a 2 piece

    was a chicken dinner from kfc

    take me back 2 when belmont plateau

    was the place 2 go

    take me back 2 when we never missed

    an  episode of the cosby show

    take me back 2 when boys could be boys

    and girls could be girls

    take me back 2 when  only whitley and dwayne

    was a different world

    brothers you know i gotta testify

    4 fine azz jasmine guy

    brothers and sisters

    lord knows 

    i dont need 2 stay

    i just want a break in the harsh reality

    of today

    so i can chill 

    around the way

     

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