Boombox propped in the windowsill
You can tell by the endo smell
Streetball dreams of going to the
Leagues blowing in the cool breeze
Pop the top, wave hi to the
Ooh wee it feels so good in
I like to have a good time
We should link up, do something unusual
Catch a musical, maybe some dinner too
Pop a bottle, a little cabernet
Every year this time we like
Don't have to wait for holidays
To get with friends and fam ily
Life is reason to celebrate
Don't have to wait for holidays
To get with friends and fam ily
Life is reason to celebrate
The concrete swells from the heat
The sweet smell of frankincense
Millions of pieces from the same puzzle
Same struggle, new generation
In their eyes I can see a new horizon
The lights in the projects protect young
mothers with welfare checks
Gamblers place bets on the
Mothers curling up their daughters'
Headed to the kitchen, yada,
nothing better than a summer celebration
I'm back on that pavement
Remember back in the days?
House parties in the basement
We was jamming to the radio station
DJ would play that one jam that would make
Everybody in the hood would attend
I didn't think it ever would end
Bugging out, just me and my friends
Don't have to wait for holidays
To be with friends and fam ily
Life is reason to celebrate
Don't have to wait for holidays
To be with friends and family
Life is reason to celebrate
I wake up early in the morning
Get back starting out the day
No work, no school, no shirt
all I gotta do is go to a barbecue
Fire hy drants as waterfalls
Watching lil sis do her new dance
Lil nappy -haired soldier look
When you look up in the sky and see the sun,
Don't have to wait for holidays
To get with friends and fam ily
Life is reason to celebrate
Don't have to wait for holidays
To get with friends and fam ily
Life is pleasing to celebrate