Back In The Day-AHMAD LEWIS

[ti:Back In The Day (Re-Recorded / Remastered)] [ar:AHMAD LEWIS] [al:90s Radio Hits] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Back In The Day - AHMAD LEWIS [00:13.18]Back in the days when I was young [00:14.95]I'm not a kid anymore [00:16.02]But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again [00:19.10]Back in the days when I was young [00:20.86]I'm not a kid anymore [00:22.27]But some days I sit and wish I a was kid again [00:24.78] [00:25.80]When I just a little niggerole [00:28.01]I looked up to my bigger bro [00:29.35]Begged if I could kick it so [00:30.78]When he went out with girls [00:32.12]I could go tagging along [00:33.57]Nagging if she had a sis maybe could mack a baby hoodrat [00:36.96]Y'all remember way back then when it was 1985 [00:40.37]All the way live I think I was about ten [00:42.71]One of those happy little niggaz singing the blues [00:45.27]That be always trying to bag with the shag and karate shoes [00:48.89]Saying your momma black his momma this his momma that [00:51.99]Then he get mad and wanna scrap [00:53.92]We stay mad about ten minutes [00:55.68]Then it's like back on the bike [00:57.46]To play hide and go get it [00:58.94]With the younger hoes by the bungaloes [01:00.67]Then switch to playing ding dong ditch when that gets [01:03.68]Old and too cold to hack it threw on a bomber jacket [01:06.88]You could tell the ballers 'cuz they bell wearing gazelles [01:09.14] [01:09.76]If they really had money raised be sporting bk's [01:12.89]And all the girls had they turkish link [01:15.45]If it broke then they made earrings to [01:17.56]Like they meant to do it [01:19.03]But sometimes I still sit and reminesce [01:21.37]Then think about the years I was raised [01:23.43] [01:24.04]Back in the days [01:24.99]Back in the days when I was young [01:26.67]I'm not a kid anymore [01:27.57] [01:28.17]But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again [01:30.85]Back in the days when I was young [01:32.61]I'm not a kid anymore [01:33.98]But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again [01:36.72]And everybody say I remember way back when [01:39.27]And everybody say I remember way back when [01:42.16]And everybody say I remember way back when [01:45.32]What back in the day when back in the day [01:48.29]I'm still back in the days but now the year is 87 [01:51.43]88 that's when my crew and I were in junior high [01:54.73]In 7 th grade I hated school wish it'd blown up [01:57.51]No doubt I couldn't wait to get out [01:59.33]And be a grown up [02:00.54]But let me finish this reminescing and telling [02:03.09]Bout when girls was belling tight courderoys like for the boys [02:06.82]Basket weaves nike court airs and footsie socks [02:09.53] [02:10.10]And eating pickles with tootsie pops [02:12.08]And it don't stop I'm glad 'cuz when jj fad hit [02:15.39]Supersonic it was kinda like a sport to wear biker shorts [02:18.87]Or to wear jeans and it seemed like the masses [02:21.41]Of hoochies had poison airbrushed on they asses [02:24.50]Dudes had on nike suits and the pumas with [02:27.66]The fat laces 'cuz it was either that or k swiss [02:30.49]I miss those days and so I pout like a grown jerk [02:33.54]Wishing all I had to do now was finish homework [02:36.49]It's true you don't realize really what you got till it's gone [02:40.13]And I'm not gonna sing another sad song but [02:42.86]Sometimes I do sit and reminesce then [02:45.41]Think about the years I was raised back in the days [02:48.80]Back in the days when I was young [02:50.50]I'm not a kid anymore [02:51.85]But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again [02:54.58]Back in the days when I was young [02:56.35]I'm not a kid anymore [02:57.64]But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again [03:00.44]And everybody say I remember way back when [03:02.88]And everybody say I remember way back when [03:05.90]And everybody say I remember way back when [03:09.19]What back in the day when back in the day [03:12.13]And everybody say I remember way back when [03:14.86]And everybody say I remember way back when [03:17.83]And everybody say I remember way back when [03:20.84]What back in the day when back in the day [03:23.89]Well it's the niggerole I figure that now I'm all grown up [03:26.87]Because I'm eighteen years old [03:28.56]And guess you could say I'm holding [03:30.30]Down a steady job and crew steady mobbing [03:32.88]You steady bobbing your head and I'm paid [03:35.28]So I got it made [03:36.59]But didn't always have cloudy used to live in south central la [03:40.26]That's where I stayed and figured a way out [03:42.38]I gave it all I had so for what it's worth [03:44.71]I went from rags to riches which is a drag [03:47.19]But now I'm first [03:48.20]So mad and the is our jones' on way up [03:50.89]Yup we said that we was gonna make it since a kid [03:53.33]And we finally did but [03:54.59]Sometimes I still sit and reminence then [03:57.26]Think about the years I was raised back in the days [04:00.58]Back in the days when I was young [04:02.35]I'm not a kid anymore [04:03.58]But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again [04:06.29]Back in the days when I was young [04:08.16]I'm not a kid anymore [04:09.40]But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again [04:12.12]And everybody say I remember way back when [04:14.80]And everybody say I remember way back when [04:17.69]And everybody say I remember way back when [04:20.79]What back in the day when back in the day [04:23.75]And everybody say I remember way back when [04:26.70]And everybody say I remember way back when [04:29.67]And everybody say I remember way back when [04:32.69]What back in the day when back in the day [04:35.79]And everybody say I remember way back when [04:38.66]And everybody say I remember way back when [04:41.61]And everybody say I remember way back when [04:44.61]What back in the day when back in the day [04:47.89]And everybody say