9th Prince - I Remember lyrics

[Intro: 9th Prince] Aiyo, 9th Prince, let's flash it back Illest, this is how I see it Let 'em know, ya'll get ready [9th Prince] Yo, as my mind travel, my brain unravel All my past life, rough like gravel Reminisce on the first time I met k**a Sin He came through to help me, with some beef I had in Port Richmond And ever since then, we been the best of friends As time pa**, I asked him to join the k**army squadron Yeah, we formed like Voltron, 9th Prince was the head Around the time, Islord was on the run from the feds At the same time, Raekwon and Ghostface was doing Cuban Linx This is, before The RZA had them sharp a** rings When hip hop was just starting to bling bling I knew Dom Pachino, since we was kids I told him, when sh** blow up, I'm coming back to get the kid And that's what I did, I came through, Soldiers of Darkness was blowing up too I told Beretta 9 and ShoGun, to meet me in New York Because Wu-Tang is popping off like corks And it's almost our time to shine, that's when we started Recording, Silent Weapons For Quiet Wars With the illest rhymes, we didn't care about radio Biggie or 2Pac, or west coast hip hop This was the time, '96, before Makaveli got the crucifix I was on some sh**, a young Madman who spit with acid On records that became cla**ics [Interlude: 9th Prince w/ Suga Bang Bang ad-libbing] This is the illest sh** I ever wrote (respect & loyalty) Knowhatimean, let's go I remember, youknowhatimean, we used to be up all night Me, Islord, RZA, you know, Rae, Ghost and Meth, Deck Youknowhatimean, just snapping on each other all night sh**, cracking jokes and sh**, man, word, back in '93 [9th Prince] To be continued, Dirty Weaponry performing at murder venues Our lyrics was sharp like a gensu I remember when I first met k**ah Priest I remember when I first learned about the mark of the beast I remember cracking jokes on Rae, Deck and Meth Up all night, to the break of light, we never slept I remember when Nas did Verbal Intercourse I remember when Rae and Ghost was mad When Biggie was named King of New York on the cover of The Source I remember when we used to call Meth, the Cookie Monster But he was our brother, and we could play like that with one another I remember, when Ghost wanted to buy the k**army name But I didn't sell it for money, cuz we was next in the game Next in the k**a Bee Hall of Fame I remember when k**a Sin bagged Alicia Keys in the hotel lobby We was on tour with Bobby I remember when Dom P and Beretta almost f**ed Brandy and Tatyiana Ali Cuz they was k**army in your galaxy I remember, when me and k**ah Priest battled Canibus in Atlanta after a party Rae and RZA Was loving it, hardbody I remember when I first met Shyheim We was younger than our teens, and already starting to scheme and dream On how to do things, and shine like kings [Outro: 9th Prince w/ Suga Bang Bang ad-libbing] See alotta ya'll dudes out there don't know the history Ya'll don't know the 9th Prince history Ya'll don't know the k**army history You know, ya'll don't know the muthaf**ing Wu-Tang history I remember them days, when n***as was family for real Youknow? k**ah Priest, what up, son k**a Sin, what up, son k**army, what up, n***as This is the illest sh** I ever wrote This is the illest sh** I ever wrote And the realest, the realest sh** I ever wrote Pay attention, verbal henchmen