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[Interlude] Like I said, we wouldn't know we was poor, man We had credit everywhere Even if we didn't have money right then and there We didn't need it You paid later Eat now, pay later Ma was on the bus She was on the—, she was on the city bus coming home Kid on the bus came in The guy grabbed her bag and ran with her bag She gets off the bus and running the guy down The guy couldn't run far He couldn't run that fast She caught up to the dude And the dude dropped the bag So, so when she—, when we found out about it We're like, "Ma, why would you run after somebody that snatched your bag?" And do you know there was nothing in bag? It was just the—, it was—, and listen Bag cost money at the time It was just the—, it was the principle that somebody snatched her bag This is good memories of good times when it wasn't so much good times Like today ain't so much good times either But it was even worse then because, you know We always had comfort