A Very Long Time Ago

(album: Troy Ave, Vol. 1 - 2020)

I remember back when you had no dough
I remember back when you had no shows
I remember back when you had no glow
That was a very long time ago
I remember back when you had no foes
I remember back when you had no blow
Can't remember back when I had no hoes
That was a very long time ago

Oh, oh, oh
That was a very long time ago
Oh, oh, oh
That was a very long time ago
Oh, oh, oh
That was a very long time ago
Oh, oh, oh
That was a very long time ago

I can't avoid looking in the mirror a lot
Real recognize real, fake niggas don't even watch
Out here acting gay, all on each other cock
I'm on that bullshit now, even more after being shot
Fuck niggas, can't kill me till God say
Backwards in time, I sold dog food the God yay
My clientele wasn't lit so I switched to hard yay
Had a building in Brooklyn before there was Barclay
Still being hooping, hooping equals couping
But none of my birds was never in the couping
I came in it with more than these rappers be recouping
Shoebox money full of pollution
Fifty thou in a safe
Used to be my just in case
Nowadays a quarter-million dollars in a chase
That's a lounge, couple million dollars in my chase
Bank account, keep ya fake accounts out my face, nigga

I remember back when you had no dough
I remember back when you had no shows
I remember back when you had no glow
That was a very long time ago
I remember back when you had no foes
I remember back when you had no blow
Can't remember back when I had no hoes
That was a very long time ago

Oh, oh, oh
That was a very long time ago
Oh, oh, oh
That was a very long time ago
Oh, oh, oh
That was a very long time ago
Oh, oh, oh
That was a very long time ago

People always wanna throwback but they don't know jack
Shit about you, really it be no facts
Fictionary claims from lames and convos over ya fame
Validated by knowing ya real name, it be like who?
You mean Shawn? Shit, that's what I call him
Pick up ya phone, I bet you can't call him
The number you have reached
Got 'em saltier than water on a beach
Waving up 'cause I'm way above they reach
And I stop my plane on the way to the money
Then come down there to address who acting funny
If it don't make sense then it don't make dollars
Broke niggas hollering, I still won't holler
Rather raise a gun than my voice, gotta stop that
Ignorant mentality before kids lose they father
Seen it in the hood, now I'm tryna see further
I wish a nigga would till I bought my double R, oh

I remember back when you had no dough
I remember back when you had no shows
I remember back when you had no glow
That was a very long time ago
I remember back when you had no foes
I remember back when you had no blow
Can't remember back when I had no hoes
That was a very long time ago

Oh, oh, oh
That was a very long time ago
Oh, oh, oh
That was a very long time ago
Oh, oh, oh
That was a very long time ago
Oh, oh, oh
That was a very long time ago