Back in the Day

[00:00.83] Back in the days when I was young, I'm not a kid anymore
[00:02.60] But some days, I sit and wish I was a kid again
[00:05.36] Back in the days when I was young, I'm not a kid anymore
[00:08.99] But some days, I sit and wish I was a kid again
[00:11.67] Back in the days when I was young, I'm not a kid anymore
[00:15.29] But some days, I sit and wish I was a kid again
[00:17.94] Back in the days when I was young, I'm not a kid anymore
[00:20.60] But some days, I sit and wish I was a kid again
[00:23.31] I remember back in the days, when I was just a little nigger-o
[00:26.99] I looked up to my bigger bro, begged if I could kick it
[00:29.61] So when he went out with girls I could go taggin' along
[00:32.32] Naggin' if she had a sis, maybe could mack a baby hoodrat
[00:35.91] Y'all remember way back then, when it was 1985
[00:39.53] All the way live, I think I was about 10
[00:41.35] One of those happy little niggas, singin' the blues
[00:44.00] That be always tryin' to bag with the shag and karate shoes
[00:47.72] Sayin' "Yo momma black, his momma this, his momma that"
[00:51.32] Then he get mad and wanna scrap
[00:53.15] We stay mad about 10 minutes, then it's like back on the bike
[00:56.72] To play hide and go get it with the younger hoes by the bungaloes
[01:00.36] Then switch to playin' ding dong ditch
[01:02.10] When that gets old and too cold to hack it, threw on a bomber jacket
[01:06.69] You could tell the ballers 'cause they bail wearin' Gazelles
[01:09.35] And if they really had money raised, be sportin' BK's
[01:12.08] And all the girls had they Turkish link
[01:14.80] If it broke then they made earrings to it, like they meant to do it
[01:18.35] But, sometimes, I still sit and reminisce
[01:21.94] Then, think about the years I was raised, back in the days
[01:24.64] Back in the days when I was young, I'm not a kid anymore
[01:27.34] But some days, I sit and wish I was a kid again
[01:30.94] Back in the days when I was young, I'm not a kid anymore
[01:33.68] But some days, I sit and wish I was a kid again
[01:36.34] And everybody say, "I remember way back when"
[01:39.01] And everybody say, "I remember way back when"
[01:42.67] And everybody say, "I remember way back when"
[01:45.32] What? (Back in the day)
[01:47.12] When? (Back in the day)
[01:48.04] I'm still back in the days, but now the year is 87-88
[01:52.56] That's when my crew and I were in junior high, in 7th grade
[01:56.17] I hated school, wish it'd blown up
[01:57.99] No doubt I couldn't wait to get out, and be a grown up
[02:00.68] But let me finish this reminiscing and telling
[02:03.32] About when girls was belling tight courderoys like for the boys
[02:06.92] Basket weaves, Nike Cortez and footsie socks
[02:10.58] And eatin' pickles with tootsie pops and it don't stop
[02:13.28] I'm glad 'cause when J.J. Fad hit Supersonic
[02:16.80] It was kinda like a sport to wear biker shorts or to wear jeans
[02:20.40] And it seems like the masses of hoochies
[02:23.16] Had poison airbrushed on their asses
[02:24.93] Dudes had on Nike suits, and the Pumas with the fat laces
[02:28.56] 'Cause it was either that or K-Swiss
[02:31.22] I miss those days, and so I pout like a grown jerk
[02:33.95] Wishin' all I had to do now was finish homework
[02:37.55] It's true, you don't realize really what you got 'til it's gone
[02:41.19] And I'm not gonna sing another sad song
[02:43.87] But, sometimes I do sit and reminisce
[02:46.56] Then, think about the years I was raised, back in the days
[02:49.27] Back in the days when I was young, I'm not a kid anymore
[02:52.86] But some days, I sit and wish I was a kid again
[02:55.52] Back in the days when I was young, I'm not a kid anymore
[02:59.11] But some days, I sit and wish I was a kid again
[03:01.85] And everybody say, "I remember way back when"
[03:04.54] And everybody say, "I remember way back when"
[03:07.28] And everybody say, "I remember way back when"
[03:09.95] What? (Back in the day)
[03:11.79] When? (Back in the day)
[03:13.52] And everybody say, "I remember way back when"
[03:16.28] And everybody say, "I remember way back when"
[03:19.83] And everybody say, "I remember way back when"
[03:22.58] What? (Back in the day)
[03:24.35] When? (Back in the day)
[03:25.23] Well it's the nigger-o
[03:27.07] I figure that now I'm all grown up because I'm 18 years old
[03:29.77] And guess you could say I'm holdin' down
[03:32.45] A steady job, and crew steady mobbin'
[03:34.26] You steady boppin' your head, and I'm paid, so I got it made
[03:37.96] But didn't always used to have clout, used to live in South Central L.A.
[03:42.45] That's where I stayed and figured a way out
[03:44.26] I gave it all I had so for what it's worth I went from rags to riches
[03:48.72] Which is a drag but now I'm first
[03:50.59] So Ahmad and the Jones' is on our way up
[03:53.23] Yup, we said that we was gonna make it since a kid, and we finally did
[03:56.85] But sometimes I still sit there reminiscin'
[03:59.54] Thinkin' 'bout the years I was raised, back in the days
[04:02.28] Back in the days when I was young, I'm not a kid anymore
[04:05.83] But some days, I sit and wish I was a kid again
[04:08.52] Back in the days when I was young, I'm not a kid anymore
[04:12.14] But some days, I sit and wish I was a kid again
[04:13.90] And everybody say, "I remember way back when"
[04:17.58] And everybody say, "I remember way back when"
[04:20.27] And everybody say, "I remember way back when"
[04:22.92] What? (Back in the day)
[04:24.73] When? (Back in the day)
[04:26.53] And everybody say, "I remember way back when"
[04:29.21] And everybody say, "I remember way back when"
[04:31.99] And everybody say, "I remember way back when"
[04:35.51] What? (Back in the day)
[04:36.43] When? (Back in the day)
[04:38.27] And everybody say, "I remember way back when"
[04:41.85] And everybody say, "I remember way back when"
[04:44.52] And everybody say, "I remember way back when"
[04:47.22] What? (Back in the day)
[04:49.08] When? (Back in the day)
[04:50.89] Back in the days when I was young, I'm not a kid anymore
[04:54.40] But some days, I sit and wish I was a kid again
[05:01.64] Back in the days
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