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, anymore 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, anymore 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, anymore
Shit! It seems like yesterday I was only five And my mom used to put out my clothes to get shavvin These days I gotta get dressed myself But let me go back in time, like Michael J myself Well, my moms was a fox, she's still a fox But my sister grew up, she took her spot as the fox But it still was all good My dad used to work all the time, he was rarely home You see, uh I used just to watch cartoons Back then my homies didn't have war wounds You fast forward a little, older when I got A lot of my homies see that they all got shot But I remember the days, I remember the times When we used to listen Eric B and Rakim for rhymes And we used to shoot ball at the park everyday But now things changed, I'm on my way, see
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, anymore 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, anymore 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, anymore
Yeah, you see, I used to like snack time And pre-kid I used to like when it was nap time I used to get my mat out, Chyeah I remember when we used to have to do math like one plus one equals two? I remember when I learned my A, B, Cs And my one, two, threes, it was just so eased And he taught me about the birds and the bees Then I used to bring home bees, And then I started bringing home seeds Even brought home dees and I saw the way That my mom used to cry when I brought home the dees And I used to shine like the sun And I used to sip on Capris I used to like the gummy bears And I used to like the fruit gushes And I used to get snowballs with rome But fast forward I used to watch The Flintstones But it's funny how time go and my homie long gone, but uh
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, anymore 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, anymore 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, anymore
And your first girl that you really made love with? Remember how you used to need her fit for the dance? You was running around trying to get something for the homecoming Then you went to your prom See that was just your time, that was your time to shine Now everybody trying to work on their 10 years anniversaries And half of your homies stay up in the hearse you see Remember the "rest in peace" T-shirts and the second line Hardy hard a lot of smiles when we was at that Marti Grass Chicks was trying to get the bees I remember back in the day When you ain't had to worry about trying to worry about feeding yourself Now you feed your seed and you're getting what you need You can't get what you want You used to have an allowance, you used to watch TV Hot day during the summer man back in the days Plan back in the days, you know I remember back in the days, let's go
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, anymore 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, anymore 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, anymore
I wish I could hop in the same time Machine, that Michael J Fox got in it I ain't really had to worry bout nothing Peanut butter & jelly sandwiches You know, lil debby cakes It wasn't really that hard to please moms and pops Remember they had too much to worry bout That's what it used to be like Sometime I still wish I was like girls is uh But love licks, and a nigga really got turned up you know Back in the days, back in back in back in the days When I was young, I'm not a kid say Back in the days, see I remember way back in the days When all my homies they was kids I wish that we could really be kids again I wish that we could really be friends again I miss my homies, I just wish that, I just wish that"¦