Always Mine - Brand Nubian

«You'll be always mine… all through your life

Think you’ll find, you’ll be always mine…

All through your life, think you’ll find

You’ll be always mine»

You gon' always be mine, no matter who else in line

And deep down, you know that in your heart

We occasionally live life dreams

Time stood still, and split up the seams

Years can be brutal but it served you well

You mighta gained a pound but I can’t tell

Who me?

I’m in the same vein, healthy

Not as wealthy as I wanna be, but I’m aight

But to you that never mattered anyway

I couldn’t stand in yo' way when you choose to grow

Said you had to follow yo' lifelong dreams

To the lands of the stars, cameras, lights

Bright sunny days and we parted our ways

Then the hourglass with the sand slipped fast

Now we are where we are today, in oh-four

And maybe it’ll happen once more

But if don’t, know our time together was golden

Memories I’ma keep holdin, and know I’m here

And one more thing my dear («All through your life, think you’ll find»)

(«You'll be always mine… all through your life

Think you’ll find, you’ll be always mine…»)

Yo, we first met in junior high

I was so shy, you was so fly

At first I done knew you would be mine

Clocked in, started doin my time

Walkin you home, hours, we talked on the phone

Eventually, we started to bone

In a whirlwind, you became my girlfriend

We used to both rock the matchin Sherlings

With the sweatshirts, with our names on it

On the back it had our love proclaimed on it

Then we broke up, and got back together

Then we broke up, and got back together

It was like that, for what seemed forever

Then it got to the point that we had to sever

The years had passed

And wouldn’t you know it, met and her yo we crossed paths

And I have to laugh

Cause it didn’t take nuttin for a nigga to smash, cause

(«All through your life, think you’ll find»)

(«You'll be always mine… all through your life

Think you’ll find, you’ll be always mine…»)

I couldn’t wait to walk to school each day

And wait for you to pass my way (uh-huh)

I never really had nuttin to say, but

How ya doin, and have a nice day

Until one day, one Monday

I put the mack down, recess playground

Ever since then homegirl been down

Feelin my style cause I wasn’t no clown

From, element through the college days

Did shows after school, used to bring you backstage

We reminisce on how we used to play

When I got sick, you got sick the same days

Okay?

(okay) you know how that go (yeah)

Mom at work, so we got the fo'

Half hour for the cleanup then you out the do'

Walked down one flight to be safe fo' sho'

After, all that shorty love still with it

How I put my thang down and the way I hit it, so

(«All through your life, think you’ll find»)

(«You'll be always mine… all through your life

Think you’ll find, you’ll be always mine…»)