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 better run cause this just driveby Billy
  Little black boy from the East
  forced to be a killer, but I can still remember
    Chorus Two: ?
    I remember (I remember) ohhhhhhh
  when we used to play
  Domino, on the porch
  but now they drive-by (bay-bee)
    I remember (I remember) ohhhhhhh
  when we used to have
  Army fights, in the smog
  but now they gang-bang (bay-bee)
    [Coolio] Back when I was a kid nigga
   We used to have this game called paperball
  (Paperball? What the fuck is that?)
   Get a piece of paper, ball that motherfucker up
   and play with it! Hahahaha
    Verse Three: J-Ro
    I got Tha Alkaholik juice to wake ya up like a rooster
  Back when I was young, I used to be a booster
  Stealin candy from the sto', go to school, come up
  I had the whole playground, chewin all my gum up
  You know what I'm sayin? Playin still to the chest
  And I was the best, playin kickball at recess
  I play Pop Warner, golden pairs for the losers
  We used to hop corners on the fresh deuce cruisers
  Playin Galaga, Space Invaders, eatin Reese's
  I had all the women cause my tough skins had creases
  And it's been that way since day one
  Girls of the world ain't nothin but fun
  I used to watch Dr. J, come through in the clutch
  Remember New Zoo Review, and Starsky and Hutch
  I remember lunchtime, we used to rhyme out loud
  Peace to the Wop and the hip-hop crowd, I remember
    Chorus One
    Outro: ?
    Ohhh, my life, no no
  I do remember ohhhhhhhh
  I know you do
  I remember yesterday
  I remember when we played
  I remember yesterday, aoowwwwwww!
  I remember, hell, when we used to play
  in ghetto blocks through the dark
  I rememmmmmberrrrrr
  Yeahhh yeahhh yeahh
  We used to play dominoes all night long
  dominoes all night long
  Yesterday, yesterday
  Do you remember yesterday? I remember yesterday
  You remember remember remember remember...