Remember That Lyrics

[Verse 2]
I remember the spots that used to be hot
Just like the rooftop, a place that only few can rock
On a wild-ass block, yeah, you'd 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 something's 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?

[Chorus]
I can remember (Remember that? Think about it)
I can remember (Remember that? Think about it)
I can remember (Remember that? Think about it)
I can remember

[Verse 3]
Open the door, let the crowds in, over twenty thousand
Wildin', music's loud and microphone's growlin'
Tickets are sold out, parties is packed and
On tour, rippin' basketball arenas back then

Even afterparties, posses of players and hotties
Everybody was Gotti, spreadin' bucks like shotties
Spendin' cash, to make a good time last
Thoughts that I had give me a blast of the past
Memories of unforgettable times on my mind
Dollar signs and melodies and incredible rhymes
The people I met and the sets that got wrecked
All the mics I checked, most of all life's effects
And peace to all the people I grew up around
In the streets, back when beats had a rougher sound
I used to be wild, me and my crew sit back and we smile

Keep piles of pictures filed in case I go senile
'Cause some things are just too good to be forgot
Like your neighborhood block or your favorite spot
Certain records always seem to make me reminisce
And when it hits, and then it clicks, remember this?
My life flash before me, I'm there from the sounds I hear
Pinpoint the year, it's perfectly clear
I like the way it went down and all of that
In fact, it mean a lot 'cause you can't bring it back, remember that

[Chorus]
I can remember (Remember that? Think about it)
I can remember (Remember that? Think about it)
I can remember (Remember that? Think about it)
I can remember (Remember that? Think about it)

[Outro]
Think about it
I can remember (Remember that? Think about it)
I can remember (Remember that? Think about it)
I can remember
I can remember

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Remember That is a track off Rakim’s solo debut ‘The 18th Letter’ reminiscing the old days of hip hop.

The songs samples Pleasure’s Thoughts of an Old Flame.

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Release Date
November 4, 1997
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