The first time I remember it was a weekend
I was about thirteen, my backpack full of Montana
The years of writing, of the walls in the Hall Fame
The night, street names, tags on skates
The first time I heard a rhyme was Ninety-Six
Those were the days of walkmans and tapes
Everything simpler in all aspects
I remember stolen or modified scooters
The companies above the walls
Then, the first time I fell in love
The same first time they beat me up
The years of sleeping on the bench
The years of feeling strong en masse and being first in the pack
The first hangover was the first party
The first bitch I cheated on had someone else on her mind
The first body I saw was in a Clio
The dead son, me next to him
It was the first time I forgot about God
The first time I dreamed of being at the top
Like the first time I tried to close a map
You don't inhale it the first time
It's never like the first time you pull it
The first of a thousand complexes, the first promised favors
The first friends are still the same
The first few times you move on as if it were the only one
The last time you thought, 'This is the last'
You never forget the first time, they say
I wish I could be reborn now and experience it again, yo
Every first time I hope it's worth more than black gold
You never forget the first time, they say
You want to erase everything now and rewrite it, yo
Every first time I hope it's worth more than black gold
The first time, I remember, it was a weekend
The cops, the dogs, and the pockets full of ketama
The motorbike escapes, look, the foot on the license plate
Winter, smoke, cold and dull eyes late at night
You know how it is, how it works first of all time
Move on as if it's what you call the last one
You know how it is, how it is who thinks, 'Life is too short'
And how many times have you repeated, 'This is the last'
You never forget the first time, they say
You want to erase everything now and rewrite it, yo
Every first time I hope it's worth more than black gold
You never forget the first time, they say
I wish I could be reborn now and experience it again, yo
Every first time I hope it's worth more than black gold