Lyrics

GOOD LIFE

HOOK
I remember in the good life
Playing red light green light off in the street
I remember in the good life
When ya mamma made ya get ya own switch off the tree
I remember in the good life
We didn?t have no bills wasn?t worried about no job
I remember in the good life
Now times is hard and we scared, I wanna go back to the good life

Verse 1
I remember when the girls had curls, all of em rock fans
And the boys had high top fades
No stress no worries know bills
We was just having fun man those was the good old days
Our curfew used to be the street lights
We didn?t have guns so if he talked about your mamma it resulted in a fist fight
Now ya back friends playing red light green light
Kick ball in the streets and hide and go seek
9 o?clock it was time to go to sleep
Got a whipping if my report card had a D
No steak we grew up on lunch meat
Hot sausage, pickle eggs, candy freeze, cups, and pig feet
Just ten years old straight mannish and grown
Swore you was a man if you was hunching with clothes on
And it?s been so long
I stopped the ice cream man and bought me a snow cone
Now life goes on

HOOK
I remember in the good life
Playing red light green light off in the street
I remember in the good life
When ya mamma made ya get ya own switch off the tree
I remember in the good life
We didn?t have no bills wasn?t worried about no job
I remember in the good life
Now times is hard and we scared, I wanna go back to the good life

Verse 2
Now a days a nigga think about my younger days
Them fast ways had a nigga getting bad grades
Now that a nigga doing good and my worries gone
You see the look on my face and now my covers blown, should?ve known better
The mistakes made in the past
And all the cash that I blew I knew it wouldn?t last
This fast money had me gone didn?t even go to school
Surprised I ain?t graduated in time A couple things on my mind
Wanted everything but couldn?t afford it
And overlooked the other things that was more important
I had my mind on these girls and had two abortions
I look back and I know I made some bad choices
In six grade wonder why I couldn?t pass my courses
Too worried about them black and white air forces
I ran the street with my boys toted heat with my boys
Later own found out them same old boys was creep

HOOK
I remember in the good life
Playing red light green light off in the street
I remember in the good life
When ya mamma made ya get ya own switch off the tree
I remember in the good life
We didn?t have no bills wasn?t worried about no job
I remember in the good life
Now times is hard and we scared, I wanna go back to the good life

Verse 3
If I can go way back and do it all over again
I probably wouldn?t be in this position um in
We had it good we was spoiled rotten
Now realizing we so blessed cause our ancestors had to pick cotton
I wonder if I would?ve listened to my mamma
Would I be riding in Bentleys instead of Hondas
Should have took advice from her when she gave it
So many peers died through so many years so many tears
So all you gotta do is go to school and graduate
Get a career so you and ya kids can be straight
You ain?t gotta be a dope boy to have money
T.I. said it well in ATL
You can be a doctor a lawyer a high school teacher
A motivational speaker or even a preacher
You gotta get up get out and get something
Focus on tomorrow never follow and be a leader

HOOK
I remember in the good life
Playing red light green light off in the street
I remember in the good life
When ya mamma made ya get ya own switch off the tree
I remember in the good life
We didn?t have no bills wasn?t worried about no job
I remember in the good life
Now times is hard and we scared, I wanna go back to the good life