This Night (The Graduation Song)

I look up in the mirror, memories take me back Fixin up my tie, straighten up my cap Whoever thought that we ever would see this day The path that we pave is narrow, no arrows to point the way I look back and wanna laugh, like crazy parties and mad fights And all the times I stayed home studyin yea right We did it big, walk with me on this last night Carry that flame, keep walkin baby thats right And look at us now, were standin so proud In front of the crowd, like yesterday I was just a child Remember them days of runnin in the streets Used to ride our bikes around before we even had the keys, now No time to grieve, some of us will get degrees Some of us overseas, some of us will never leave And to my people who couldnt be here may you rest in peace You here with me on graduation, like yo I saved you a seat And no matter how far we fall apart, youll always have a piece of my heart I cant believe that youre gone So goodbye to adolescence, detentions and suspensions Never stop with the questions, what were learning is lessons Find our memories will never leave us, destiny will lead us Man I might of even like some of them teachers Dont shed no tears, cant wait to leave but there was so much here This is where we had our first love. Our high school years. This Night, We Pray, Our Lives, Will Show, This Dream, We Had, Each Child, Still Knows To the nights we cant remember and ones well never forget Everything we treasure even something that you said Homecoming, relationships, chasing chick, taking trips Food fights, prom nights, ball games Friday night lights Misbehavin, pregamin, and party at the Ho-Jo (Howard Johnson) Jersey Shore and the girl that I got with on the low-low Talent show, best dressed, who rock the flyest logo What happened to those years, I dont know where they go yo -to all my girls that Ima miss and to all of my homies All the crazy things we did, staying away from the police Academics and athletics, man look at all the trophies I wonder in 5 years will you know me? But as we reminisce, always remember this We rocked it to the end of it this is the next genesis Generation X is what we labeled, save your breath with it We aint start the fire, but youll never see the end of it I feel obliged to open these young minds Your dreams aint a mirage, you can do it baby, Grind! I was told life fly, in the blink of an eye So ride, let the music play the soundtrack of our lives