Rewind That

歌詞

Rewind that one time Should it be, can it be simple Life is like the tempo of a No I.D. instrumental Things that we been through define who we are now Since Can I Borrow a Dollar Ooh, I'm a star now Comin' from Chi-town We was the first to do it Me an No I.D., Twilight Tone on the music The city on our back, we was the opening act Throw our tapes in the crowd they through 'em right back But we stayed on track They stayed on the tracks I stayed on the raps Till we made it on the map By then No I.D. was my main guy He and I was like Chi-Town's Gangstarr We had came far together With a long way to go Seein' the bigger picture but now from different angles Tangle of the hustle and survival in the game Felt I had to leave home to be a household name Show money low, needin' a stack fast City that had my back now it's a backlash Was a slave to the cash and wantin' it so bad I just became a dad Rap is all I had So I moved to New York, to make it pop Did Like Water for Choc That album changed a lot But my man who I started with wasn't a part of it And his presence I didn't even acknowledge it Knew I was wrong he should at least had a song It wouldn't be me without No I.D. and Twilight Tone Wishin' I could get that time back Oh I can, yo man, rewind that Me and Dion back in the zone I'm doing shows with Tone For the future of the Chi we gon' bring it back home Rewind that and we can do it again No I.D., Twilight Tone, where the story began Rewind that one time This one's for my man J Dilla As I say these words my eyes fill up Cuz wasn't nothing realer than James Dewitt Yancey So I'm a dedicate this to Dilla and his family In Q-tip's basement I first met JD I still remember the first beat he played me He came to the Chi laid three that was crazy Didn't even know me and gave them to me for free I go to the D he showed big love cook up some hot shit Then go to the strip club Then we made The Light and times got brighter I said turn it up, J will take yah higher One day I noticed he was tired quick That's when I found out JD was real sick Things got worse before they got better I said come to LA for peace and good weather We got an apartment just so we could spark it MP in the front room, records in the closet The beats got iller but the sickness was still there I'm wishin' I could will him out of his wheelchair It was hard for me to come home everyday And see my homie J's life fade away I stayed away sometimes, in other words I ran Till one day J bought me this TV stand It was a gift so I couldn't refuse it It came from his heart I regret I didn't use it The Lupus got worse and for what it's worth I wanted him to have a Grammy before he left this Earth Wishin' we could have that time back Oh we can, yo man, rewind that You never gone, you live forever through song I feel it when I see 'em with them Dilla shirts on I know you're still shining From heaven you watch me Watch me put this Grammy on the stand you got me