Remember the Times

[Verse 1: Raphael Saadiq, Raphael Saadiq & Dawn Robinson] I was walking down the street Looking at my feet I didn't have no shoes On the way to school Looking like a fool And everybody knew But it was all right 'Cause my friends of mine Knew I had a guitar They knew I would play Become a big star And I would go so far [Chorus: Raphael Saadiq & Dawn Robinson, Dawn] Remember the times When I didn't have a dime We remember the times When I didn't have a dime Those were the best days [Verse 2: Raphael Saadiq, Raphael Saadiq & Dawn Robinson] Going down the street, playing at the mall On them cheap bikes Looking for somebody to steal Somebody to rob and somebody to fight I didn't know my name as well As I knew my friends But I knew we were so cool But everybody wanted to play by their own rules We didn't go to school [Chorus: Raphael Saadiq & Dawn Robinson, Dawn] I remember the times (Remember the time) When I didn't have a dime (Not even a dime) I remember the times (Remember the times) When I didn't have a dime (Not even a dime) Those were the best days [Verse 3: Raphael Saadiq, Raphael Saadiq & Dawn Robinson, Dawn] By the time I was fourteen or fifteen Trying to pass my driver's test The thing to do was to drive to school 'Cause I could never win for best dressed (I could never win for best dressed) I drove a raggedy car To sneak in the bars Young boy life has no stress (Young boy life has no stress) Watching cartoon And popping balloons That was the best [Chorus: Raphael Saadiq & Dawn Robinson, Dawn] Remember the times (Remember the times) When I didn't have a dime (Not even a dime) I remember the times (Remember the times) When I didn't have a dime (Not even a dime) Those were the best days [Outro] Yeah, I was in junior high school 35 And um, I think it was '82 or '83 And everyone was wearing these Nikes You know the ones with the little suede lip on the front and the canvas It wasn't canvas like nylon, the Swoosh or whatever I told my mom I wanted those, so we went down to Modell's Heh, she saw the price, she was like "Well, we could get two of them other little cheap things for the same price as those" Man, I remember that