(They ain't doin' like BlackNailz do it) I reminisce, I reminisce I reminisce, I reminisce Yeah Sometimes we wanna change, begin again, but our environment won't allow us to I know a few winners in the game, but if you stay in it, like when in Vegas, nigga, you 'bound to lose Broken too much, pushin' through pain, but sometimes you can't get numb enough from whatever the vice you choose Shit's crazy sometimes, mean streets raised me, son of a gun, so it's hard to walk in my father's shoes Sometimes This thing here, a lot goes in it It's cold outside and my heart done got froze in it It got numb, so when the dark come, it's not no limit No, we don't take the high road, we blow potholes in it And God knows If it's not no business, the shops close When I drop loads of potholes, a whole pot roast's in it We got those This pain here never run out Uh, I got so many tears, but they never come out You livin' in fear, you niggas are scared, so you never come out Some niggas was weird that they never hung out We was on the block all day, so there ain't no tellin' me That these plain old felonies ain't home remedies I'm a real Queens nigga, it's the same old treacheries So my verses sound like Tony Yayo's memories Birds of the yayo feathery I whip it and the tomato and celery I serve alfredo, peppery Same dope treasury Same haters, the same old enemies Sometimes, word, uh Sometimes we wanna change, begin again, but our environment won't allow us to I know a few winners in the game, but if you stay in it, like when in Vegas, nigga, you 'bound to lose Broken too much, pushin' through pain, but sometimes you can't get numb enough from whatever the vice you choose Shit's crazy sometimes, mean streets raised me, son of a gun, so it's hard to walk in my father's shoes Sometimes Gladiator Maximus in the coliseum I jumped off the porch at fifteen and started slingin' The truth get silenced when the powerful are speakin' Live life with love, I don't have expectations My city never sleepin', niggas always hatin' Brenda got a baby, grandma always take her I miss them bus trips and them block parties Eighth grade, got robbed for my Starter, wanted to kill somebody The Q85 taught me how to fight Used to jump the dollar van, niggas took flight I learned how to work the stove, RIP to Bo Diddley Went to culinary class in a kitchen with a half a ki' South side, how a nigga got more stripes than me? When Just brought Nas to the block, I was servin' fiends I was servin' fiends I reminisce, I reminisce I reminisce, I reminisce I reminisce, more God Sometimes we wanna change, begin again, but our environment won't allow us to I know a few winners in the game, but if you stay in it, like when in Vegas, nigga, you 'bound to lose Broken too much, pushin' through pain, but sometimes you can't get numb enough from whatever the vice you choose Shit's crazy sometimes, mean streets raised me, son of a gun, so it's hard to walk in my father's shoes Sometimes Oh, sometimes I wanna walk away, but for my people, gotta stay up on that battlefield, sometimes, sometimes Forgive me, Lord, though I know what I do It ain't my fault since one 'til they turned me in two I post my guns and cats, the bitches goin' wild Came up with my crew, tell me how you like me now Sometimes we wanna change, begin again, but our environment won't allow us to I know a few winners in the game, but if you stay in it, like when in Vegas, nigga, you 'bound to lose Broken too much, pushin' through pain, but sometimes you can't get numb enough from whatever the vice you choose Shit's crazy sometimes, mean streets raised me, son of a gun, so it's hard to walk in my father's shoes Sometimes