Beautiful Summer

Lyrics

[Intro] Yeah, okay Elohim shit Beautiful summer, uh Then when summer was all good When niggas wouldn't try and murder you Just 'cause it's a nice day Check, uh [Verse] Remember the summer before the shooters Everybody showin' off at the pool like it's Bermuda Before kids was glued to they computers It was skateboards, karate shoes and new scooters Block party, BBQs, DJs Water plugs, bad ass kids, we from the PJs Pretzels, and water ices for every heatwave But now when it's hot you losin' ya life these days 40 ounces and Phillie blunt smoke Not a shot fired, the little kids can jump rope We opened up the sunroof to let the funk through We let the tape deck bump 'til the trunk broke NPVs and Cherokee Jeeps Quarter waters and Kool-Aid, shit was syrupy sweet Summer jobs, Reeboks, new pair every week Motorola pager, I remember hearin' the beeps Come on, handball court with the older heads I grew up off the juice so I know the ledge That's around the time I was growin' dreads Same time my brother died, nigga hold ya head Fresh cuts at the barbershop Then we hit The Plateau to play the parking lot Everybody outside if it's dark or not Now that's a party, we all takin' Bacardi shots South Street in the nighttime That's when the city come alive, that's the lifeline All we did was dress fly and write rhymes I reminisce, I guess we see it next lifetime I'm lookin' back just puffin' my haze I'm sentimental, so what, I guess I'm stuck in my ways We was fist fightin' it all, now they duckin' the fade Shootin' innocent bystanders, got 'em duckin' them strays Where I'm from, ain't no Crip or a Blood Niggas'll kill you over nothin', leave you crippled in blood I drop a tear as I'm hittin' the bud I paint a picture real clear, damn I miss how it was It's PAYNE!!! [Outro] Beautiful summer shit, man I don't know if you know what I'm talkin' about, man Big wheels, (?), jump ropes The whole 9 man, weren't nobody gettin' murdered Nobody got shot, none of that shit, man Y'all can't relate though The Elohim, nigga