[Featuring J Ro Billy Boy]



Verse One: Coolio



When I Was A Kid I Rode Crates On A Skate



And I Ate Everything Momma Put On My Plate



Niggaz Walked Around Packin B B Guns



Knock On Yo' Door And Run Just For Fun



We Went To The Sto' And Sold Bottles Fo' A Nickel



To Feast Upon A Big Bag Of Cheetos And A Pickle



You Could Get A Soda Foe Less Than Quarter And



People Used To Speak Even If They Didn't Know Ya



We Fought In The Streets Like Little Black Soldiers



Shake Hands, And Still Be Friends When It Was Over



We Used To Play Tag And, Hide And Go Seek, Or



Hide And Go Get It If We Had A Few Freaks, But



Now Thangs Changed, Kids Ain't The Same



They Bang, And Slang, And Blow Out Brains



I Wish I Could Go Back But, Wishin Is For Suckers



Life Was So Simple Then



Chorus One: ?



I Remember (I Remember) Ohhhhhhh



When We Used To Hang



On The Porch, Drinkin Brew



And Now They Drive-by (bay-bee)



I Remember (I Remember) Ohhhhhhh



When We Used To Play



Shoot-em-up, Up And Down



But Now They Gang-bang (bay-bee)



Verse Two: Billy Boy



Well I Remember Yesteryear Like It Was Yesterday



Runnin Through The Streets Of Onessa P-A



I Take You Through My Childhood Step By Step



Daddy Always Told Me To Maintain My Rep Though



Daddy Was A Dawg He Ain't Raise No Punks



In The Midst Of The Trees We Learned How To Thump



At The Tender Age Of Nine Momma Put Us On A Plane



Next Stop -- The Land Of The Insane



Compton California Where The Killers Grow



Forced To Live A Life That I Didn't Know



Wore The Wrong Colors Cause I Didn't Know The Facts



Call Her Bitch, Caught A Case, Caught A Slug In My Back



But I Adapted Quickly, Suckers Tried To Get Me



Now The Fools Bette