It Was.. - Ichiban

I’d always heard your entire life flashes in front of your eyes the second

before you die

First of all, that one second isn’t a second at all

It stretches on forever, like an ocean of time

For me, it was …

Being a kid findin' Orion over the skyline

Perfectly positioned at the right place at the right time

It was when Wilson and I went seeking thrills in Europe

Via Holland Amsterdam lookin' for some shit to stir up

It was the journeys that took me around the whole entire globe

Many miles travelin' trains planes automobiles and boats

It was the faces of forgotten friends that I fell out of touch with

Images of all the women that I had once lusted

It was the first crush, first kiss, first fuck, first love

From the first relationship to the last break up

It was sneakin' out of the house at night to meet up with a female

That certain smell of her room, recounting every detail

It was seeing my love for the first time at a small cafe

And rememberin' the desire that I felt on that day

It was my whole life flashin' before my eyes in one second

One more time to look back before death beckons

It was roamin' the city spray paintin' my name on the walls

And my pissed-off parents when the police station would call

It was my older brother visitin' from NY in the summer

Goin' out lookin' for action, care free when we were younger

It was movin' from the inner city to the outer suburbs

Dating cute girls, meeting crazy kids, and scrappin' with the busters

It was reciting Biggie’s «Notorious Thugs» verse by heart

Trippin' with runnin' through City Park in the dark

It was bustin' in a broke-down van on Claremont street

At the same place Deca lived when we were still young teens

It was the countless ciphers encountered along the travels

The first time I stepped up to the mic to handle a battle

It was performin' on stage at venues packed to capacity

Huge crowds full of strangers, friends, and family

It was my whole life flashin' before my eyes in one second

One more time to look back before death beckons

The Grim Reaper awaits, it’s too late to awaken

Approachin' the arrival to my final destination

Replayin' memories in an eternal dreamscape

It’s so surreal that everything seems fake

Every forgotten splendor suddenly remembered

The broken pieces of the mind reassembled together

One last second that stretches like an ocean of time

A final look at my life before I leave it behind

Every forgotten splendor suddenly remembered

The broken pieces of the mind reassembled together

One last second that stretches like an ocean of time

A final look at my life before I leave it behind