Summer Breeze

Now even though I was only a young buck
I was still tryin' to kick it
Havin' a gang of fun, it much too young to be wicked
'Cause when I was 13, you know we didn't have cars
It was either double ride the pegnuts or hop on the handlebars
And then we went and bought a gang of balloons
And had a water balloon fight that lasted until the night
Then after that we played some hide and go get it
With the neighborhood homegirls dumb enough to be with it

All the fun and games and keepin' it cool
But my, my, when you're kickin' it, time flies by
'Cause every hour's a minute and every minute's a sec
And if I came home late, my moms would wring my neck
Yeah, but I regret not them whoopin's I got
'Cause to be able to play the next day was okay
On a mission to hit up the neighbor's fruit trees
Just a bunch of kids chillin', enjoyin' the summer breeze

Summer breeze, blowin' like the wind
Boy you need to know, that you got a friend
And I'll always be here (always be here)
Summer breeze (yeah), blowin' like the wind
Boy you need to know, that you got a friend
And I'll always be here (I'll always be here)

Now I'm growin' some fuzz, gettin' older like 17 or 18
And the only thing I know is to stay clean
T-shirts, short pants, Nikes on spotless
I was even old enough to buy me a Cutlass
Or a vehicle to ride around town, flirt with the hoes and
Roll down the window and mack to the one who's chosen
Yo, them biker pants look kinda right on you
My name is DJ Quik and my homies is havin' a barbecue

Before I finish my whole sentence complete
Yo, she was off the bus stop and in my passenger seat
And we was slidin' to the Westside, stopped at the store
To get some Boone's Farm because that make 'em kick it a little more
And at the spot you know that chicken was kickin'
The pig on the grill and so the day was chill
But that night, my girl was tipsy and was ready to skeeze
But I didn't even trip, too busy jockin' the summer breeze

Summer breeze, blowin' like the wind (summer breeze)
Boy you need to know, that you got a friend
And I'll always be here (I'll always be here for you)
Summer breeze, blowin' like the wind
Boy you need to know, that you got a friend
And I'll always be here (I'll always be here for you)

Now I'm 23 and I remember the times
When we was chillin' like villains and didn't have no nines
Like when we used to mob the beaches to kick it and swim
Now I hang around and watch the tides come in
And I'm thinkin' how many funerals I've been to
Watchin' all my homies get buried in them boxes they put 'em into
And then I read a letter from upstate
From my homie G. Wayne who been locked up since 87, 88

And it really ain't nothin' fly about it
So either I'ma stay strong or break down and simply cry about it
And when it seem like things just ain't gon' be right
I gotta thank my Creator for lettin' me sleep last night
And wakin' me up in the mornin' because I shudder to think
That that could be me dead or locked away in the clink
So I'm liftin' my homies spirits as tall as the trees
And I can even hear 'em callin' me, in the summer breeze

Summer breeze, blowin' like the wind (summer breeze)
Boy you need to know, that you got a friend
And I'll always be here (always be here) (never leave)
(Summer breeze), summer breeze, blowin' like the wind (summer breeze)
Boy you need to know, that you got a friend (you got a friend)
And I'll always be here

(Summer breeze), summer breeze, blowin' like the wind (summer breeze)
Boy you need to know, that you got a friend
And I'll always be here (oh)
Summer breeze, blowin' like the wind
Boy you need to know, that you got a friend
And I'll always be here (I'll never leave)

(Summer breeze), summer breeze, blowin' like the wind (summer breeze)
Boy you need to know, that you got a friend (summer, summer)
And I'll always be here
Summer breeze, blowin' like the wind (in the wind)
Boy you need to know, that you got a friend (you've got a friend)
And I'll always be here (I'll never leave you)

(Summer breeze), summer breeze, blowin' like the wind (summer breeze)
Boy you need to know, that you got a friend
And I'll always be here
(Summer breeze), summer breeze, blowin' like the wind
Boy you need to know, that you got a friend (blowin')
And I'll always be here (blowin' like the wind -)

Summer breeze