Me and Screw were the oldest dudes. I was like, “Man, we gotta do something different.” We just did the “3 ’N the Morning” with Big Moe, but he had never really been on Screw tapes. I was like, “He can sing and make hooks. He can make it sound like a record and not just flowing, flowing, flowing.”
It was early in the day when we got ready to do Dancing Candy. It was me, Big Moe, Haircut Joe, [Big] Pokey, Key-C, and Screw. When you come in Screw’s house through the front, you got a couch facing the door—a love seat. I sat down right there. Everyone was like, “DeMo, don’t sit down. You’re going to fall asleep.” I was like, “I’m a grown man. I’m not about to fall asleep and miss my tape.”
When I woke up, I heard them rapping in the back. I heard Key-C say, “DeMo done fell asleep, but we still gone wreck.” I laughed. They think I’m asleep, but I’m out here ready. I get up and run to the back. All of them are sitting in a circle listening to the tape, maybe for a third time. Man, I missed the tape! I was so mad. I was like, “Screw, we’re going to do another one on my b-day.”
Screw said, “When is your b-day?” I said, “June 27.” He said, “Well, there it go: June 27th.” I said, “Everybody that’s here gonna be the same dudes on June 27th.”
When we got ready to do June 27th, I had left out Yungstar. I had recently met him, and he was trying to get up [with meeting Screw], and I wasn’t going to let him just meet DeMo, and bam, “I’m in there.” But I told him we would do June 27th together, and he didn’t leave my side until after that day.
It was a Thursday. I’ll never forget it. We stopped by Bird’s house. Every stop we made, the group got bigger. By the time we got to Screw’s house—oh my goodness! It was like a party, but it absolutely wasn’t a party. There were so many people in there. People out there are playing pool. It was crazy.
