Streets that nurtured Lauryn Hill
Fireworks at Martin Stadium
Drill teams on Munn Street
South Orange Ave. at Borlin' Pool
Every ghetto, every city and suburban place I've been
Unaware of what we didn't have
Lookin' back, lookin' back, lookin' back, lookin' back
Lookin' back, lookin' back, lookin' back
Lookin' back, lookin' back, lookin' back, lookin' back
I wish those days, they didn't stop
Lookin' at the crew, we thought we'd all live forever
You know it's hot, don't forget what you've got
Lookin' back, lookin' back, lookin' back, lookin' back
And everybody used to do the wop
Kill the guy in Carter Park
Sensations and '88 attracted kids from out-of-state
Lookin' back, lookin' back, lookin' back
You know it's hot, don't forget what you've got
Bag of Bontons, twenty cents and a nickel
You know it's hot, don't forget what you've got
Every ghetto, every city and suburban place I've been
Lookin' back, lookin' back, lookin' back
'Member Frelng-Huysen used to have the bomb leather
July 4th races outside of Parker
And everybody's name was Muslim
The Untouchable P.S.P. where all them crazy nigga be
Looking back, lookin' back, lookin' back, lookin' back
But way before my record deal
Every ghetto, every city and suburban place I've been
Movin' Records was on Central Ave.
Story starts at Hootaville, grew up next to Ivy Hill
Springfield Ave. had the best popsicles
Saturday morning cartoons and Kung-Fu
When kids were stealin' quartervilles for fun
Main street roots tonic with the dreds
You know it's hot, don't forget what you've got
Move the patch from my Lees to the tongue of my shoe
I was there at dancing school
Lookin' back, lookin' back, lookin' back, lookin' back
Nah, the Biz Mark used to amp up the party
Remember when Hawthorne and Chancellor had beef
You know it's hot, don't forget what you've got
Children grow and women produce and
Make me recall my days in the New Jerusalem
Watchin' kids show off the stolen ones
Self-Destruction record drops
Make me recall my days in New Jerusalem
Lookin' back, lookin' back, lookin' back
Rode a mongoose 'til it's dark
You know it's hot, don't forget what you've got
Lookin' back, lookin' back, lookin' back, lookin' back
Writin' my friends' names on my jeans with a marker
Made sure that I'd never go too far
Make me recall my days in New Jerusalem
Back when Doug Fresh and Slick Rick was together
Hillside brings beef with the cops
And car thieves got away through Irvington
You know it's hot, don't forget what you've got
A beef patty and some coco bread
Lookin' back, lookin' back, lookin' back, lookin' back
Jack, jack, jack ya body
