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Remember His Name Lyrics
(Zaakir)
Yo what’s up ak
(Akil)
Who is this
(Zaakir)
Its me zaak--ir
(Akil)
Hello? what? (Hello?) I can't hear (I GOT IT! HANG UP!)
Yo speak louder I can't hear
(Zaakir)
(Yo Ak) Yo It's me Zaakir!
I was sitting at the television feeling disturbed
Hey yo, I just got the word, off Tigram and 83rd
Some cat that got clapped, (gangster rapper?)
Perhaps, But I was looking at the face of one particular cat
Now I done seen him before, (Can you remember where at?)
Well it was either at the liquor store or laundry mat
Or at a party and shit, ?or drive through of a quickie split?
But the fellas her ran wit, they no longer ex-- (yo, dude peep this)
(Akil)
Yo I know dude, I been knowing him all my life
Ever since I was young I used to see him shooting' dice
On occasion I would see him once or twice
With all types, many different walks of life
He tried to keep in touch, but i knew what was up
Every time he came around and showed his face I ducked
In the mid-eighties, the nigga went crazy
He had a lot of ladies selling they babies, the nigga was shady
But he had a lot of friends that he would visit on the weekends
Thrill seeking, influenced by his teachings
My daddy knew him, yo, he met him at a hotel
My homeboy Johnny, kicked it with him in a jail cell
A lot of people met him with a female
Doing real well, connected with the drug sales
The rich and the poor, for better or worse
The last and the first, walked the earth, but can't avoid his turf
And it hurts my brain, he's driving me insane
It's a shame I can't remember his name
I think 2na know dude, Soup, I ain’t trying to be rude
But my wife just cooked, I’m bout to grab up some food
(Zaakir)
Alight peace, 2na said he probably running the streets
I'm about to give these young brothers a beep
(ring ring)
(2na)
Yo! asalaam ulakum
(Zaakir)
Yo, ulakum asalaam
(2na)
Heyyo, what's up on 83rd man?
(Zaakir)
Man, the feuding is on
Hey, the reason why i called, that was the cat from my building
You seen him?
(2na)
Yeah we met that brother out in Pasadena
Remember seven, (?boomoringo?)
No my mistake, we were right between fair oaks and lake
Trying to take us a lunch break
(Marc7even)
And cop us a sess sack!
(2na)
But had to drive right past the place where they rest at
(7even)
We drove in a hatchback
(2na)
Corolla, these cats pack pistolas, the Cadillac they drove
(7even)
It was brown and black
(2na)
Patrolling the hood, looking for trouble
Saw us purchasing trees
Lurking with speed, pulled the strap, and was hurting to squeeze
(7even)
You ?jerk? and you bleed
(2na)
Threw it in reverse and we fleed
(7even)
Or should we say fled?
(2na)
They wanted to make us more than play dead, flashing his heat
(7even)
Two cars are moving fast on the street
(2na)
That's when I peeped, that dude was in his back passenger seat
(yo that shit was deep) Still I can't remember his name..
*this suckas going to get us killed*
*now come on man I feel like cutting loose*
*violence*
*you behave yourself*
(Zaakir)
Oh man, where have I seen this brother before, man
*well it was either at the liquor store or laundry mat*
Seem like everybody I know, know dude, but cant nobody remember his damn name
man
*I been knowing him all my life*
the same with everybody from ShawnyMac, YawYaw, my brother Mohamad
Its like you cant *cant avoid his turf*
Oh, hey, you know what, now I know who homie is man, his name is
*De-De- Death*
Yo what’s up ak
Who is this
Its me zaak--ir
Hello? what? (Hello?) I can't hear (I GOT IT! HANG UP!)
Yo speak louder I can't hear
(Yo Ak) Yo It's me Zaakir!
I was sitting at the television feeling disturbed
Hey yo, I just got the word, off Tigram and 83rd
Some cat that got clapped, (gangster rapper?)
Perhaps, But I was looking at the face of one particular cat
Now I done seen him before, (Can you remember where at?)
Well it was either at the liquor store or laundry mat
Or at a party and shit, ?or drive through of a quickie split?
But the fellas her ran wit, they no longer ex-- (yo, dude peep this)
Yo I know dude, I been knowing him all my life
Ever since I was young I used to see him shooting' dice
On occasion I would see him once or twice
With all types, many different walks of life
He tried to keep in touch, but i knew what was up
Every time he came around and showed his face I ducked
In the mid-eighties, the nigga went crazy
He had a lot of ladies selling they babies, the nigga was shady
But he had a lot of friends that he would visit on the weekends
Thrill seeking, influenced by his teachings
My daddy knew him, yo, he met him at a hotel
My homeboy Johnny, kicked it with him in a jail cell
A lot of people met him with a female
Doing real well, connected with the drug sales
The rich and the poor, for better or worse
The last and the first, walked the earth, but can't avoid his turf
And it hurts my brain, he's driving me insane
It's a shame I can't remember his name
I think 2na know dude, Soup, I ain’t trying to be rude
But my wife just cooked, I’m bout to grab up some food
Alight peace, 2na said he probably running the streets
I'm about to give these young brothers a beep
(ring ring)
Yo! asalaam ulakum
Yo, ulakum asalaam
Heyyo, what's up on 83rd man?
Man, the feuding is on
Hey, the reason why i called, that was the cat from my building
You seen him?
Yeah we met that brother out in Pasadena
Remember seven, (?boomoringo?)
No my mistake, we were right between fair oaks and lake
Trying to take us a lunch break
And cop us a sess sack!
But had to drive right past the place where they rest at
We drove in a hatchback
Corolla, these cats pack pistolas, the Cadillac they drove
It was brown and black
Patrolling the hood, looking for trouble
Saw us purchasing trees
Lurking with speed, pulled the strap, and was hurting to squeeze
You ?jerk? and you bleed
Threw it in reverse and we fleed
Or should we say fled?
They wanted to make us more than play dead, flashing his heat
Two cars are moving fast on the street
That's when I peeped, that dude was in his back passenger seat
(yo that shit was deep) Still I can't remember his name..
*now come on man I feel like cutting loose*
*violence*
*you behave yourself*
Oh man, where have I seen this brother before, man
*well it was either at the liquor store or laundry mat*
Seem like everybody I know, know dude, but cant nobody remember his damn name
man
*I been knowing him all my life*
the same with everybody from ShawnyMac, YawYaw, my brother Mohamad
Its like you cant *cant avoid his turf*
Oh, hey, you know what, now I know who homie is man, his name is
*De-De- Death*
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Pretty straightforward song, when I first heard it I thought it might have been about Jesus or something.
Good song, nonetheless.
i think he says "Marengo," which is a street in Pasadena, CA. Fair Oaks and Lake are two streets in Pasadena as well.
good song.
This is one of my faves off PIN. I like that narrative which kinda reminds me of Dylan's "Hurricane" albeit a very different song. The flute(?) sample used is by Ennio Morricone and is so well used. I like that steady bass-line too - so simple, and a bit like the one used in Eminem's "Stan". I particularly like 7even and 2na's dailogue where they kinda finish off each other's sentences "Hatchback..." "-Corolla, these cats pack pistolas". I think Nu Mark is the brains behind this one. Dope az
I really like the song, but what's a "sess sack"?
Doesn't it say who it is about at the end?: Death (not Jesus) it is a light hearted warning that Death follows us all maybe more specifically about aids? "n the mid-eighties, the nigga went crazy" love the song a lot despite my depressing interpretation