Reminisce

[Verse 1: Mos Def]

Yo

Just when I think that I forgot you

I hear that dub that we used to rock to

Just when I think I'm gettin' on without you

Somebody passed and asked me about you

Was in the back of a cab the other day

Swear to God I saw you walking past the other way (Wait a minute)

My heart rushed (Damn), my face flushed (Good God)

Tell the driver hit the brakes, slow the pace up

Wait up, It wasn't you

Realized it's a mirage I was running to

Damn, can the effects of love and time

Cause the mind to trick the eye?

I wonder how you're gettin' by

And all the stars still in your eye

But you still just get the vibe

You break the bank to spend the time

I reminisce of shifting time to when you was mine

[Verse 2: Bilal]

Years ago, in the midst

Of hallways and sliding doors

Missing links are very very obscure

Vision of you shines

But only for a short time

My mistake I didn't pick up on it 'til years down the line

[Chorus: Bilal]

Here now as I (Reminisce) reminisce

Will I ever see your face again? (Infection)

Baby, as I lay back (Reminisce)

Will I ever see your face again? (Infection)

As I reminisce (Infection)

As I reminisce (Infection)

[Verse 3: Bilal & Mos Def]

Hold still (Uh)

The divine has placed us

In a small world (In a small world, yes)

And thankfully so (Thank God)

Our paths cross once more

And to whose surprise but mine

West 14th and 6th was the place where we combined once more

There at the front door of the corner store you stood

[Chorus: Bilal]

(Reminisce)

I reminisce infection (Infection)

As I think back (Reminisce)

Will I ever see her face again? (Infection)

As I reminisce (Infection)

As I reminisce (Infection)

[Bridge: Bilal]

A happy story always ends as it starts

But with few exceptions involved

We became an item (Me for you)

Me for you and (You for me) you for me

(Through good times and bad times) Good times

(Sickness and health)

In sickness and health (Brokeness and richness)

Brokeness and richness, baby, we made it work

[Verse 4: Common]

Yes sir

Yo, I reminisce over this chick

Colder than a soda

Princess a soldier

Raised in Islamic culture

Sexy as the girl on the Jamaica poster (Reminisce)

Met her overseas where it really don't be no sistas

Brought her on stage as Bilal sang "Soul Sista"

In body parts the blood was thicker

Sweet only tryna make sure it ain't the liquor

She was with a nigga come to find out

She and sista backstage, conversation kissed her

Made me forget to remember that I'd pimp or die

Put the pimpin' aside, I see Kenya in her eye

Our connection lies in a life before

For us to meet again was divine law

So I can't describe how deep I dug her

Now only in memory can I hug her

I reminisce, y'all

Oh my God