ANTHM - '98 Do You Remember [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

[Hook]
A trip down Memory Lane
A trip down Memory Lane
Thinkin' outside the box
Gimme props for my slouch sox
Slick with my rubber bands, who you tryna outfox
13 in this bitch
Timberlands on, shirt clean in this beeyitch

[Verse 1]
Let's revisit for my childhood's sake
The bathroom's where you find me late
Momma knockin' on the door but my timbs in a grimy state
Used that footlocker spray back in '98
Plus a toothbrush, type of a shit that my momma hate
But I ain't know no better
A go-getter blowin nonexistent cheddar
On my motherfuckin' polo sweater
I used to ask a lot of her
The by-product of tryna cop that exotic
Nautica and Ralph Lauren
See my mouth would grin, bout to spend
Poppin' tags at the outlet
Cop an alpha male outfit then
And that's the type of shit that we did
Why I loved it is no mystery, kid

[Hook]
Remember music videos had a world premiere
Remember first day of class rockin new gear
Remember thinkin bout summer through the school year
Take me back to '98

[Verse 2]
That's when Jay knocked it out the ballpark
With that Hard Knock Life
And crossed over and they all got hype
In a carpool or school bus switchin 4 lanes
With my discman screamin out "Money Ain't a Thang"
No Jaguar or Ferrari
You know I had that Black Star, Kweli
Mos Def, Marcus Garvey
They bombarded me with jewels
A conscious rap party
I could hardly keep up, but I did my best
Money, Power, Respect
Rockin The LOX at my fella's spot
How's It Goin Down, Dark and Hell Is Hot
Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood showin' that love
Playin' DMX like I ain't done it enough
A young buck explorin' a foreign feel
Coppin' a rhyme book are they born with that sort of skill?
I used to daydream, nothin' was more than real
Th spittin' with Big Pun, or performin' with Lauryn Hill
Capital Punishment, G Rap flow
So attracted to gutter shit
Comin' back with that other shit
I remember my nigga candidly handed me
Aquemini, like Ant you down with the Dungeon Family?
You goddamn right, Southernplayalistic
Da Art of Storytellin', them others may have missed it
And down south it was proven now
Hear the sounds movin' out
New Orleans, Master P and Juvenile
Back in VA, I ran with my crew
Who? Aaliyah, Missy, Timbaland & Magoo
VA's finest, delivered it hard
Like Allen Iverson, the hood's head nigga in charge
Two Up, Two Down

Do you remember?