Remember

[Chorus]<br>Try to remember when life was slow<br>Try to remember when you were young<br>Try to remember when life was slow<br>Try to remember when you were young<br><br>[Scribe]<br>You used to be my man, we ran the streets, had a plan to make two-fifty grand<br>Start a rap band, rock the land from here to Japan<br>I used my knowledge to expand my thoughts<br>Caught you trying to sabotage<br>Betrayed me with a kiss, you used to smile as camouflage<br>We used to spar in your garage when we was little<br>Now I write riddles and string together rhythm like fiddles<br>Like skittle sticks, I picked you up, she was thick in the middle<br>Betrayal ain`t new to me<br>In fact it`s the only thing that`s true to me<br>I`m soon to be gone, since I grew to be strong<br>What you`re doing is wrong, and so long as the mic`s in my palm<br>Going out like Genghis Khan in this track<br>Taking it right back to the essence, count my friends as blessings<br>It didn`t take me long to write this song, I learned a lesson<br>Dressing mics like a phenomenom, hanging like gardens to a Babylon<br>But you need the power to keep moving on<br>I`m-a lift you upon my shoulders, and in the end forgive you<br><br>Watch who you trust, `cos your friends could be your enemies<br>They just pretend to be to hide their true identity<br>Life is love, that`s the way that it was meant to be<br>But love is gone, once erased from the memory<br><br>[Chorus]<br><br>[Scribe]<br>Yo, yo ... she was like the warmth of the sun<br>Didn`t think it could be done, she led me to believe she was the one<br>Who`d love me to the end, a friend I could depend on<br>Life got complicated, I knew it from the start<br>She`d be the one who broke my heart<br>My life it fell apart, emptiness took her place<br>But it was the taste of hate, that made me recognise her face<br>Love was gone, without a trace of ever being felt<br>It wasn`t love that helped me when I was down and out<br>I couldn`t cope, my only hope was rope around my neck<br>The only way to escape the things you can`t forget<br>A lesson learned, don`t give your love away unearned<br>`Cos time turns, and hearts burn, can never be returned ..<br>... to sender, When I think about the bitch I can remember<br>Times that I reached out for her Summer and December<br>Defend her and represent her to the end<br>But had to make a promise to my heart that I could never love again<br><br>Watch who you trust, `cos your friends could be your enemies<br>They just pretend to be to hide their true identity<br>Life is love, that`s the way that it was meant to be<br>But love is gone, once erased from the memory<br><br>[Chorus]<br><br>[Scribe]<br>I was a kid and I was full of life, I didn`t know<br>Things like hate, didn`t even have a chance to grow<br>My parents didn`t know `cos there`s no way that I could tell<br>Them that their angel secretly lived in a private hell<br>Yo, I could smell the alcohol upon his rotten breath<br>I prayed for death as he laid his hands upon my breasts<br>I cried and screamed and said `You`re not allowed to do these things`<br>But he was mean, he told me if I told he`d break my spleen<br>I was a queen but subjected to being disrespected<br>I was infected with this hate without an antiseptic<br>And disgusted with this man with whom my Dad had trusted<br>I tried to fight it, yo but in the end I had to hide it<br>Deep in my soul, What part of `no` didn`t he understand<br>`N` or the `O`, or was it simply `cos he was a man<br>I could have ran and escaped to a foreign land<br>But I stayed, and today it makes me who I am<br><br>Watch who you trust, `cos your friends could be your enemies<br>They just pretend to be to hide their true identity<br>Life is love, that`s the way that it was meant to be<br>But love is gone, once erased from the memory<br><br>[Chorus]