Remember That

Rakim

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 entertained things'll never be the same



DJ's are conveyed 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



Another 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 perform in, black I'm all that



Back before they turned hip-hop to rap



It always a place to party at, remember that?




I remember the spots that used to be hot



Just like the roof top, 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 somethings 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?




Remember that? (3X)




Open the door, let the crowds in, over twenty thousand



Wildin music's loud and micropho