I reminisce, I reminisce   I reminisce, I reminisce   I reminisce, I reminisce      (I reminisce, I reminisce, uh)   I reminisce, I reminisce   (Yeah)   I reminisce, I reminisce      I reminisce, I reminisce   I reminisce, I reminisce      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      Countin' all the fingers and the toes   Now I suppose, you hope the little black boy grows, huh   18 years younger than my mama   But I really 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 maker slide      But mama got wise to the game   The youngest of five kids, hon' here it is   After 10 years without no spouse   Momma's gettin' married in the house      Listen, positive over negative for the women and master   Mother Queen's risin' a chapter   Deja vu, tell you what I'm gonna do   When they reminisce over you, my God      It's so, yeah, so lovely   That's how we like to do it in the 90's   Pete Rock and CL Smooth comin' atcha      When I date back I recall a man off the family tree   My right hand Poppa 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 ticker but I'm clocking pop's liver   But you can never say that his life is through   5 kids at 21 believe he got a right too      Here we go, while I check the scene   With the Portuguese lover at the age of 14   The same age, front page, no fuss   But I bet you all your dough, they live longer than us      Never been senile, that's where you're wrong   But give the man a taste and he's gone   Noddin' 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, hear it 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 brew"   When they reminisce over you, for real      Like that, we for real   Comin' atcha in '92   Pete Rock and CL Smooth   Yeah, c'mon, hit me      I reminisce so you never forget this   The days of wayback, 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 Lou's 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 grandmom Pam holds the family together   My Uncle Doc's the greatest, better yet 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   So Pete Rock hit me, 'nuff respect due   When they reminisce over you, listen      Listen, just listen to the funky song as I rock on   And that's word is bond, I'm not playin', everybody, just coolin'   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   And you don't stop   Pete Rock and CL Smooth for '92   And we out, later