Dried Coffee Beans
      We used to be cruisin through traffic
Then it went to bein ruthless with
Blunt passes
Tricks on lock, goin to find new spots
The only beef we got was from the
Cops
Ridin' miles just to get to the park
Skatin all day, spittin' fire after
Dark
That was the routine, before I blew rings
Then everything changed after I got
Into new things
Wastin time on dimes, & cuttin ties
With homies that used to ride, &
We used to grind
Then I flipped sides, to the middle like primo
Started looking behind, to the
Back like Ringo
Saw everyone change from the get
Now I wish I would've never passed the
Spliff
When I did, personalities went & changed up
Now we can't even relate on
The same stuff
Now, half my homies are grads
I see in a year, ill be walking that path
Gown & a cap, or a frown & a flask
Cause I see that my past, is down
Like the mats
But what will the future withhold?
Hopefully somethin fresh, gained by
Mentos
Cause I don't wanna get old, reminded that
High School was the best, as
Provided fact
Used to plan until I learned the unexpected
Was earth's way of making a
Contraceptive
At least I ain't got kids or doin a bid
Or movin some bricks, to buy my own
Kicks
The old days are nonexistent
I stayed the same cause I ain't kickflippin'
Used to go where I please, now I ask permission
Every day used to feel like a
New edition

Where has the time gone? I was once a child
Who believed the lies long &
Looked at the bible
Who loved his momma more than rap verse recitals
Who went to comic stores
& didn't know of crack vials
Who wrote to no beats, now he's makin his own
Never had cold feet, shouldered stayin alone
Playin the station, like it was Pelham in the 80's
Listening to breaks, by Yella & Shady
Makin Mixes, of Public Enemy & Tribe
On the fences, he could always Rely
On the expression, when his dad never
Left them
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