The first thing I remember,
   I was lying in my bed,
   I couldn't of been no more than one or two.
   And I remember there's a radio,
   Comin' from the room next door,
   And my mother laughed the way some ladies do,
   When it's late in the evening,
   And the music's seeping through.
  
   The next thing I remember,
   I am walkin' down the street,
   I'm feelin' all right,
   I'm with my boys,
   I'm with my troops, yeah,
   And down along the avenue,
   Some guys were shootin' pool,
   And I heard the sound of acappella groups, yeah,
   Singin' late in the evening,
   And all the girls out on the stoops, yeah.
  
   Then I learned to play some lead guitar,
   I was under age in this funky bar,
   And I stepped outside to smoke myself a "J"
   And when I come back to the room,
   Ev'rybody just seemed to move,
   And I turned my amp up loud
   And I began to play.
   And it was late in the evening,
   And I blew that room away.
  
   The first thing I remember,
   When you came into my life,
   I said, "I'm gonna get that girl no matter what I do."
   Well I guess I been in love before,
   And once or twive I been on the floor,
   But I never loved no one
   The way that I love you.
   And it was late in the evening,
   And all the music seeping through.