Childhood started with a smile good Back when dad had a little dough and still lived in my hood Before the coke sniffing episodes Back then he broke sh** when letting go, packing the smoke in his Leather though, it helped him calm down but I let it go Cause I know he didn't mean to let mom down They went a long round I lay by the night light Daddy gone now I know that something ain't quite right Summers in dominican republic playing baseball And I used to love it outside living rugged Bugging all fun and games, my cousin said its all gonna change Once you get tall and come of age Getting play in the seventh grade No one worried bout getting AIDS , getting a job or getting paid Ya'll come with me lemme take a trip As I reminisce, upon my childish innocence [Hook] "puffin L's laid back enjoying the smell" I take another hit Cause it ain't hard to tell Lord forgive me if I reminesce , while I sit and wish, we wasn't living so devilish. (2x) Started high school as a young high fool Writing graffitti dodging needy cats with nine tools Skipping cla**, rolling spliffs with hash Trying ta get some a** with my grades slipping fast Couldn't get my thoughts tight, cause my karma was not right My man cut a brother arm like bu*ter on a hot knife I saw white meat and start to shiver by the Charles River Where we all would tip the bottle sip and scar our liver We would play hard, party at the grave yard Way far up at the tower dodging the late guard Poly with a "J" sparked , head at JFK park Put nutrition in the brains of chickens till they smart And even friends fall apart so are they fam? Life is hard dog your gone if you dont make plans So lets shake hands and wish, while I reminisce Over beef know that we can settle this [Hook 4x] Since I hit twenty-one, lifes gotten funny son Wherever the money come, thats where all the honeys run Nobody is friends and if they are it's probably pretend A plot for some ends, for cash cats body they men One love to Benny Rosa shot him and then, shot up his friend Bodies have been, buried never saw them again Damn I get worried cause Jeff Curly met his d**h early How many people dying why and who's the next thirty Cambridge rep for me, open up my chest fully Heart on my lapel, it's so hard being Miguel To see you gelatin, see through irrelevant Feeble intelligence, people thats selling hits While my raps slave to grind the cats made to rhyme We pa** major minds with cash made in time But until this yo I still wish As I chill and reminisce that we wasn't livin' so devilish [Hook Repeat Out]