I reminisce for a spell, or shall I say think back 22 years ago to keep it on track The birth of a child on the 8th of October A toast, but my granddaddy came sober Count all the fingers and the toes Now I suppose you hope the little black boy grows 18 years younger than my momma But I rarely got beatings cause the girl loved drama In single parenthood there I stood By the time she was 21, had another one This one's a girl Let's name her Pam Same father as the first but you don't give a damn Irresponsible, plain not thinking Papa said chill but the brother keep winking Still he won't down you or tear out your hide On your side while the baby make a slide But momma got wise to the game The youngest of five kids, hun, here it is After 10 years without no spouse Momma's getting married in the house Listen, positive over negative for the woman to master Mother queens rise in the chapter Deja vu, tell you what I'm gonna do When they reminisce over you, my God When I date back, I recall a man off the family tree My right hand Papa Doc, I see Took me from a boy to a man so I always had a father When my biological didn't bother Taking care of this, so who am I to bicker? Not a bad tinker but I'm clocking pop's liver But you can never say that as life is through Five kids at 21, believe he got a right to Here we go, voila, check the scene With a Portuguese lover at the age of 14 The same age, front page, no fuss But I bet you all you know they live longer than us Never been seen out, that's where you're wrong But give the man a taste and he's gone Notting off sleep to a jazz tune I can hear his head banging on the wall in the next room I get the pillow and hope I don't wake him For this man to cuss here at all in verbatim Telling me how to raise my boy unless he's taking over I said, Pop, maybe when you're older We laughed all night about the hookers at the party My old man standing yelling, good God Almighty Use your condom, take sips of the boo When they reminisce over you, for real Like that, we for real, coming at ya It ain't 92, rock and sell smooth I reminisce so you never forget this The days are way back, so many bear witness The fitness, take the first letter out of each word in this joint Listen close as I prove my point T to the R-O-Y, how did you and I Meet in front of big blues fighting in the street But only you saw what took many time to see I dedicate this to you for believing in me Rain or shine, yes in any weather My grandma Pam holds the family together My Uncle Doc's the greatest, better get the latest If we're talking about a car, Uncle Sterling got the latest I strive to be live cause I got no choice And run my own business like my Aunt Joyce Till Pete Rock hit me, enough respect dude When they reminisce over you, listen To the funky songs, as I rock on, and that's when it's on I'm not playing, everybody, just calling This song we dedicate, to the one and only Never be another, he was my brother Trouble T-Roy, it's like that y'all