Back in the Day (Re-Recorded)-AHMAD LEWIS

[ti:Back in the Day (Re-Recorded)] [ar:AHMAD LEWIS] [al:90s Best of the Hits] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Back in the Day (Re-Recorded) - AHMAD LEWIS [00:13.21]Back in the days when I was young I'm not a kid anymore [00:16.26]But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again [00:19.12]Back in the days when I was young I'm not a kid anymore [00:22.23]But some days I sit and wish I a was kid again [00:25.04] [00:26.02]When I just a little niggerole [00:27.97]I looked up to my bigger bro [00:29.30]Begged if I could kick it so [00:30.89]When he went out with girls I could go tagging along [00:33.63]Nagging if she had a sis maybe could mack a baby hoodrat [00:36.18] [00:37.03]Y'all remember way back then when it was 1985 [00:40.35]All the way live I think I was about ten [00:42.70]One of those happy little niggaz singing the blues [00:45.34]That be always trying to bag with the shag and karate shoes [00:48.79]Saying yo momma black his momma this his momma that [00:51.94]Then he get mad and wanna scrap [00:53.79]We stay mad about ten minutes then it's like back on the bike [00:57.21]To play hide and go get it with the younger hoes by the bungaloes [01:00.70]Then switch to playing ding dong ditch when that gets [01:03.65]Old and too cold to hack it threw on a bomber jacket [01:06.66]You could tell the ballers cuz they bell wearing gazelles [01:09.72]And if they really had money raised be sporting bk's [01:12.61]And all the girls had they turkish link [01:15.29]If it broke then they made earrings to it like they meant to do it [01:18.69]But sometimes I still sit and reminesce [01:21.73]Then think about the years I was raised back in the days [01:25.06]Back in the days when I was young I'm not a kid anymore [01:28.14]But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again [01:30.76]Back in the days when I was young I'm not a kid anymore [01:33.91]But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again [01:36.58]And everybody say I remember way back when [01:39.26]And everybody say I remember way back when [01:42.16]And everybody say I remember way back when [01:45.16]What back in the day when back in the day [01:48.26]I'm still back in the days but now the year is '87 [01:51.56]'88 that's when my crew and I were in junior high [01:54.80]In 7th grade I hated school wish it'd blown up [01:57.54]No doubt I couldn't wait to get out and be a grown up [02:00.62]But let me finish this reminescing and telling [02:03.08]Bout when girls was belling tight courderoys like for the boys [02:06.62]Basket weaves Nike court airs and footsie socks [02:09.72]And eating pickles with tootsie pops [02:12.16]And it don't stop I'm glad cuz when jj fad hit [02:15.21]Supersonic it was kinda like a sport to wear biker shorts [02:18.53]Or to wear jeans and it seemed like the masses [02:21.47]Of hoochies had poison airbrushed on they asses [02:24.39]Dudes had on Nike suits and the pumas with [02:27.57]The fat laces cuz it was either that or k swiss [02:30.56]I miss those days and so I pout like a grown jerk [02:33.53]Wishing all I had to do now was finish homework [02:36.42]It's true you don't realize really what you got till it's gone [02:39.79]And I'm not gonna sing another sad song but [02:42.83]Sometimes I do sit and reminesce then [02:45.47]Think about the years I was raised back in the days [02:48.81]Back in the days when I was young I'm not a kid anymore [02:51.84]But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again [02:54.48]Back in the days when I was young I'm not a kid anymore [02:57.65]But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again [03:00.28]And everybody say I remember way back when [03:02.94]And everybody say I remember way back when [03:05.93]And everybody say I remember way back when [03:08.90]What back in the day when back in the day [03:12.08]And everybody say I remember way back when [03:14.91]And everybody say I remember way back when [03:17.81]And everybody say I remember way back when [03:20.90]What back in the day when back in the day [03:23.92]Well it's the niggerole I figure that now I'm all grown up [03:26.91]Because I'm eighteen years old and guess you could say I'm holding [03:30.25]Down a steady job and crew steady mobbing [03:32.72]You steady bobbing your head and I'm paid so I got it made [03:36.44]But didn't always have cloudy used to live in south central la [03:40.38]That's where I stayed and figured a way out [03:42.26]I gave it all I had so for what it's worth [03:44.64]I went from rags to riches which is a drag but now I'm first [03:48.21]So ahmad and the is our jones' on way up [03:51.00]Yup we said that we was gonna make it since a kid [03:53.20]And we finally did but [03:54.69]Sometimes I still sit and reminence then [03:57.20]Think about the years I was raised back in the days [04:00.60]Back in the days when I was young I'm not a kid anymore [04:02.93] [04:03.61]But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again [04:06.36]Back in the days when I was young I'm not a kid anymore [04:09.48]But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again [04:12.20]And everybody say I remember way back when [04:14.84]And everybody say I remember way back when [04:17.71]And everybody say I remember way back when [04:20.72]What back in the day when back in the day [04:23.92]And everybody say I remember way back when [04:26.64]And everybody say I remember way back when [04:29.68]And everybody say I remember way back when [04:32.64]What back in the day when back in the day [04:35.86]And everybody say I remember way back when [04:38.62]And everybody say I remember way back when [04:41.67]And everybody say I remember way back when [04:44.75]What back in the day when back in the day [04:47.89]And everybody say I remember way back when