Reminisce (Remastered)

I remember the days, making mixtapes with a karaoke machine
Using the instrumental from a side-B
Taping videos from Rap City
Fame and money coming out of situations that shitty
(It was all a dream!)
My soundtrack was nothing but scientifical flows and battle raps
And "Micro Crucifixion" in my Walkman
Bumping Bassman in the parking lot of Fan Band
Me and Define watching Fly By Night

Downtown, B-Boy Summit, time of my life
Lunchtime, El Cajon High, everyday was a talent show
Bring your best sixteen to the end of the hall

I had a crew, Masterminds, we were something else
Drama split it up, had to go for self
But life comes full circle with my (Psycho)
Original, causing death in these arenas like the Joker do

One, two, mic check and you don't stop
"Stop fronting, you ain't saying nothing"
Writing rhymes, freestyling on them city blocks
"Masked with the skills and styles, I will get wild"
Mic check, one, two and you don't stop
"Catching wreck to the break of dawn"
Writing rhymes, freestyling on them city blocks
This is how I started off in hip-hop

I used to make loop tapes on my tape deck
Backpack full of blank TDK cassettes
Then my cousin passed down a Tascam 4-track
And I would add my loops and vocals to that

Met Mole and Kiko while bumping all the local hits
Anything from Big Joon, Cricket or Mitchy Slick
Tigger and the Bass me had me stuck
So I pulled out the pad and pen

And we gave birth to Lethal Weapon

Things didn't pan out so your boy went solo
Got management from this one nigga named Tito

Shady ass management got me fucked up
So I'll do it on my own from now on, Hype Bomb, what?
Bone got me acquainted with Double F-Y-A
They signed with me, ride with me, not shifty
Man, this trip through memory lane got me teary-eyed
Why? Holler at me, it's still Hype Bomb certified

From the era of cassettes, reel-to-reels and vinyl DJ's
Freaky Tales, Top Billin' and Warren G's Regulate
Me and Kisu, freestyling, smoking weed
In the lab with Amadeus, he be cooking up the beats
I had a Walkman playing Black Moon and Outkast

Backpack and a hoodie and nothing else but a bus pass
Watch Yo! MTV Raps and even Rap City
Met John and Marcus and formed a crew called the Trilogy
Doing a lot of photo shoots and radio shows
It takes an act of congress just to blow up out of Daygo
J-O got signed and he was repping the west
I did a song called "Bounce Tonight" for Silhouette
Got my own product out, thanks to Taj and GC

Networking through the SD, hustling the streets
Inspired by Scarface, Big Daddy Kane and KRS
E-40, Ice Cube, Rakim and Doug E. Fresh