Chorus: Lord, take me back to when I was just seven And things were so much better than the way they are when you’re a grown man And you just want it all to slow down But that time is gone it will never come back It’s too bad
Verse One: Yo, I’m just sitting here thinking how to write this Without animosity instead to use politeness And bite my tongue even though the things that’s on my mind Just tear me into two pieces put me on the fire Blaze me up I’m burning meanwhile the world keeps turning They say it’s full of good people but I only smell vermin Still I stay determined I know that everyday I’m learning Yearning for something I take my turn and get nothing it’s so absurd They keep frontin’ and what I heard is life’s a B.I.T.C.H. If was more like Jesus would I have the peace he makes? Cos living in this world is far from being a piece of cake With people crawling on they stomach aint so hard to see the snake And the only thing that I feel I got to escape Is picking up a pen and writing rhymes over these beats I make Yo I’m hearing life is what you make it I tried that it aint working what shall I do just fake it? Cos every time I get something somebody wanna take it I didn’t think I owed them, or was I really mistaken? They wanna strip me down until I have nothing leave me naked (So) yo so I’m begging for a reverend Preacher, Angel in Heaven, send me back to being seven
Chorus: Lord, take me back to when I was just seven And things were so much better than the way they are when you’re a grown man And you just want it all to slow down But that time is gone it will never come back It’s too bad
Verse Two: Yo, it seems like fairy tales are only in the movies Cos they don’t wanna hear my version like they Judge Judy Its case dismissed, that means the dreams you had was just a myth Not everybody gets to live the life of Will Smith But I’m trying not to watch somebody else’s path Cos on the other side there isn’t always greener grass And crime is calling me, my parents always warning me To get a nine to five and work for someone else? That’s boring b! So they get richer and when they take the executive staff company photo, I’m always out the picture And have to act like I got total obedience But my time on Earths a temporary experience (So) there’s just gotta be a lot more to offer me I aint’ a bad guy I try to do things properly But it’s like there’s a force that’s always stopping me Like the go straight to jail in Monopoly So if it’s chance or community chest I’m hoping for an opportunity that’s more than the best Cos now it seems I gotta settle for less (So) yo so I’m praying for a Reverend Preacher, Angel in Heaven, send me back to being seven
Chorus: X2 Lord, take me back to when I was just seven And things were so much better than the way they are when you’re a grown man And you just want it all to slow down But that time is gone it will never come back It’s too bad ...