Back in the days when I was young I'm not a kid anymore But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again Back in the days when I was young I'm not a kid anymore But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again Back in the days
When I just a little niggerole, I looked up to my bigger bro Begged if I could kick it so when he went out with girls I could go taggin' along naggin' if she had a sis maybe Could mack a baby hood rat
Y'all remember way back then, when it was 1985 All the way live, I think I was about ten One of those happy little niggaz singin' the blues That be always tryin' to bag with the shag and karate shoes
Sayin', "Yo momma black, his momma this, his momma that" Then he get mad and wanna scrap We stay mad about, ten minutes then it's like back on the bike To play hide and go get it with the younger hoes by the bungalows
Then switch to playin' ding dong ditch, when that gets Old and too cold to hack it, threw on a bomber jacket You could tell the ballers 'cuz they bell wearin' gazelles If they really had money raised be sportin' Bk's
And, all the girls had they Turkish link If it broke then they made earrings to it, like they meant to do it But sometimes, I still sit and reminisce Then think about the years I was raised, back in the days
Back in the days when I was young I'm not a kid anymore But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again Back in the days when I was young I'm not a kid anymore But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again
Back in the days when I was young I'm not a kid anymore But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again Back in the days when I was young I'm not a kid anymore But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again
Back in the days, but now the year is '87 '88 that's when my crew and I were in junior high In 7th grade, I hated school Wish it'd blown up No doubt I couldn't wait to get out And be a grownup
But let me finish this reminescin' and tellin' 'Bout when girls was bellin' tight courderoys like for the boys Basket weaves, Nike court airs, and footsie socks And eatin' pickles, with tootsie pops
And it don't stop, I'm glad 'cuz when J.J. fad hit Supersonic it was kinda like a sport to wear biker shorts Or, to wear jeans and it seemed like the masses Of hoochies, had poison airbrushed on they asses
Dudes, had on Nike suits, and the pumas with The fat laces, 'cuz it was either that or K-Swiss I miss those days, and so I pout like a grown jerk Wishin' all I had to do now, was finish homework
It's true, you don't realize really what you got till it's gone And I'm not, gonna sing another sad song But sometimes I do sit and reminisce then Think about the years I was raised, back in the days
Back in the days when I was young I'm not a kid anymore But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again Back in the days when I was young I'm not a kid anymore But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again
Back in the days when I was young I'm not a kid anymore But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again Back in the days when I was young I'm not a kid anymore But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again
Niggerole, I figure that now I'm all grown up Because I'm eighteen years old and guess you could say I'm holdin' Down a steady job and crew steady mobbin' You steady bobbin your head and I'm paid, so I got it made
But, didn't always have clout, used to live in south central L.A That's where I stayed and figured a way out I gave it all I had so for what it's worth I went, from rags to riches which is a drag but now I'm first
So Ahmad and the Jones is on our way up Yup, we said that we was gonna make it since a