Video Premiere! T.I. “Remember Me” (Featuring Mary J. Blige) plus lyrics!

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Below is the much anticipated video (directed by Jesse Terrero) for T.I.’s “Remember Me” which features Mary J. Blige’s strong defiant vocals that reverberate like a warrior angel’s echo in the stone walls of a prison. “Remember Me” – which was leaked to the internet in May as “Don’t Forget” is a new song produced by Polow Da Do for T.I.’s still unreleased album Paper Trail: Case Closed, a re-release of 2008’s gritty Paper Trail that’s set to include several new tracks and collaborations.

Filmed only days before  T.I. himself was sent to jail, the video depicts an imprisoned rapper asking his girl and others at home to remember him because he’ll be back soon. T.I. presents a calm air of defiance and stares straight at the camera as he raps “It’s just a temporary setback / It’s on when I get back.” Mary J. Blige also offers a stunning, still strength to video: when she leans against the wall, it’s not holding her up, she’s holding it up.

T.I. (real name: Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr.) was sentenced to prison after attempting to buy illegal weapons in 2007. He entered a facility in Forrest City, Arkansas on May 26, 2009 to serve a 366 day sentence after performing a goodbye concert the day before at Atlanta Philips Arena. In June, 2009 T.I.’s prison had a flu outbreak that limited visitation, but the rapper didn’t get sick.

T.I.’s wife is Tameka “Tiny” Cottle, whose reality show Tiny & Toya airs Tuesdays 10/9 c on BET.

“Remember Me” lyrics:

(Blige)
Don’t forget to remember me
Don’t forget (get get) to remember me
I’ll be back, so remember me
Please keep me in your mind
If we ever have to part
Don’t forget to remember me

(T.I.)
Ey the king modern day Martin Luther, Malcomn X
I’m officially the freshest don’t dare forget
I’m gone, momentarily don’t bear me yet
Like Ali got I got title back prepare for dat
When the world needed tip
Ask where he was it
But where he need something back
Fade to black talking behind his back
You a hater for that
I’m don’t expect nothing less
In the game with chess
You think 5 moves ahead and not behind
N****s jumped up cheered when I got my time
Like yeah, one whole year I got in the grind
But get me losing off your mind
Shorty may I remind you
That there aint another
Who done been through what I been through
Time aftter time again you better get some in you
When you said it was over for him
And you thought he couldn’t continue to floss
Heres to your memory loss
Suckkka

(Blige)
Don’t forget (get get) to remember me
I’ll be back, so remember me
Please keep me in your mind
If we ever have to part
Don’t forget to remember me

(T.I.)
They say out of sight is out of mind
And 9 times out of 10 me
And out of pocket out of line
You do it big everybody that you out shined
Then your old lady fate talk about how he got fine
She say she trying to get away
He say about time right now
We all thinking damn hope it not mine
But when its lights out for you and you locked down
Aint not telling whether or not your lady
When and got down With that town
Cause he hot now ripping up your love letters
lifting up her night gown
Right now somebody baby moma gettin piped down
Kids in the next room listening, ima pipe down
The thought hurt don’t it
But maybe she strong enough for aint get that lonely cause you wasn’t gone long enough
True
It’s just a temporary setback
It’s on when I get back
Please don’t forget dat

(Blige)
Don’t forget (get get) to remember me
I’ll be back, so remember me
Please keep me in your mind
If we ever have to part
Don’t forget to remember me

I don’t mean to feel like this
Don’t mean to think like this
My heart just has to be shown
That the love that I give to you
That’s the love that I get from you
I need to be safe and secure
Don’t forget don’t forget to remember me
Please remember me
Everything I bring to this love love
Please keep me in your heart
If we ever have to part
Don’t forget (get) to remember me

Don’t you … forget about me