[Verse 1]  I've often wondered how long it's gonna take me  In this world until the good Lord shake me  And to the man I put up with mad sorrow  But I learned soon the sun still shines tomorrow  Sometimes bad thoughts they brought me down  Growin up hard livin' poor side of town  Cause where I was I wondered who will ever need me?  But now I know that much love flew freely  My momma my poppa both took care  No matter what I did I knew they would be there  Ball in the school yard puppy love crushes  Mischief in the nightime with intimate touches  Playin' with the females Christmas was cool  Didn't have much but had enough fool  So here's three cheers beers up and take a chug  Cause this one's for all the past times I dug    [Chorus]  Even though most of all my life was bad  I reminisce on all the good times I had  Even though most of all my life was bad  I reminisce on all the good times I had  Even though most of all my life was bad  I reminisce on all the good times I had  So if you think all of your life was bad  Reminisce on all the good times you had    [Verse 2]  Well it was once upon a time in the seventies a baby boy bounces  Placed on this earth wayin' seven and some ounces  But that wasn't all of the bouncin'  It was hard for mom to try to keep the proper housin'  Straight from Gardena before my sista Linda  Migrated to the East Side projects Maravilla  There I had my stroll on Rigin' Elementary  Moms a quarter century pop left us on empty  But that was nothin' new though packin up our shit so  We could make the move Cudahay was the zip code  Moms working fingers to the bone just to make ends meat  I was a latch key delinquent daily runnin' the street  And every time I look back I think of just anotha challenge  Holidays and birthdays grim still I managed  To key a smile making life fun  And how can I forget about the seasons in the sun?  So here's three cheers beer up and take a chug  Cause this one's for all the past times I dug    [Chorus]