Reflections (I Remember)

I remember

[Verse 1:]

Back before the record deal

And the cars and the cribs

And the way that things

Took off

I was signin' at Lucy's

On 1-25th

Just tryin' my best

To get on

Back when Me and Puff

And B.I.G. was kids

And I knew

Jodeci

I was young and tough

And fresh in love

And it was all a dream

Signing a contract

No guiding light

Just hopin' I

I can get out

The projects

And get my family right

'Cause they were my life

In the Red Zones

In the Bentley's

You can catch me

Tryna do me

I was jaded on the block

I coulda faded on the block

But I made it off the block

And I

I remember

Back when I didn't know

Which way to live

I remember

Back when pain was

All I had to give

The reflections

Of my life

I see the

Lessons that I've learned

And now I know

Heartbreak don't exist

When it's been

Torn apart

By love

[Verse 2:]

I use to throw a fit

I use to shed a doubt

And blame it on a man

But that was Mary than

And this is Mary now

You gotta understand

It's about how we

Respect ourselves

And the men have no control

Of our self-esteem

And when we see that

Then we can

Let go

Now I made some mistakes

I lost some friends along

The way

But I don't carry it

Because it made me

A better chick

Its my life

And I know that there's

More for me to see

I may not be

What I'm suppose to

But I can

Tell you right now

I ain't what I use to be