Back in the days when I was young,im not a kid anymorenbut some days I sit wish I was a kid again (x2)nBack in the days......nnnWhen I was just a little niggeronI looked up to my bigger bronBegged if I could kick it sonWhen he went out with girls I could go taggin alongnNaggin,if she had a sis,maybe could mack a baby hood ratnY'all remember way back thennWhen it was 1985nAll the way livenI think I was about tennOne of those happy little niggasnsingin the bluesnThat be always tryin 2 bagnwith the shagnand karate shitnSayin yo mama blacknHis momma thisnHis momma thatnThen he'd get mad and wanna scrapnWe'd stay mad,about ten minutes spin itnlike back on the bikento play hide and go get itnwith the younger hoesnby the bungalosnThen switch to playing ding-dong-ditchnWhen that gets oldnand to cold to hack itnThrew on a baller jacketnYou could tell the ballersncause they fell wearin gazellesnIf they relly had money raised we'd sport NeeKay's (Nike's)nAnd on the girls had they turkish linknIf it broke they made earings to it,nlike they mean to do itnBut sometimes I still sit and reminiscenThen think about the years I was raised,nback in the daysnnBack in the days when I was young,im not a kid anymorenbut some days I sit wish I was a kid again (x4)nnAnd everybody sayn(I remember way back when)nAnd everybody sayn(I remember way back when)nAnd everybody sayn(I remember way back when)nWhat?n(Backin the days)nWhen?n(back in the days)nnIm still back in the daysnBut now the year is 87-88nThats when my crew and InWere in Junior highnin 7th gradenI hated schooln(wishin i had grown up)nNo doubt I couldnt wait to get outn(and be a grown up)nBut let me finish thisnreminiscin and tellinnBout when girls was spellinntight cordorouysnlike for the boysnBasket weavesnNike cortez and footsie socksnAnd eatin pickles with tootsie popsnAnd it dont stopnI'm gladncause when JJ fadnDid super sonicnIt was kind of like a sportnto where biker shortsnOr to where jeansnand it seemed like the masses of hoochiesnHad poison air brushed on they assesnDudes had on nike suitsnAnd the Puma's with the fat lacesnCause it was either that or K-SwissnI miss those daysnand so I pout like a grown jerknWishin all I had to do now was finish homeworknIts truenyou dont realize really what you gotntil its gone and im not gonna sing another sad songnbut sometimes I do sit and reminiscenthen think about the years I was raisednBack in the daynnBack in the days when I was young,im not a kid anymorenbut some days I sit wish I was a kid again (x4)nnAnd everybody sayn(I remember way back when)nAnd everybody sayn(I remember way back when)nAnd everybody sayn(I remember way back when)nWhat?n(Backin the days)nWhen?n(back in the days) (x2)nnWell its the niggeronI figure that now im all grown upnBecause im 18 years oldnAnd guess you could say im holdin downna steady job,and crew steady mobnand you steady bobbin your headnAnd im paidnso I got it madenbut didnt always have cloutnUsed to live in south central LAnThats where I stayed and figured a way outnI gave it all I hadnso for what its worthnI went from rags to richesnwich is a dragnbut now im firstnSo(?....on our way up)nYeap,we said that we was gonna make it since a kidnand we finally didnBut sometimes I still sit and reminisce thennthink about the years I was raisednback in the daynnBack in the days when I was young,im not a kid anymorenbut some days I sit wish I was a kid again (x4)nnAnd everybody sayn(I remember way back when)nAnd everybody sayn(I remember way back when)nAnd everybody sayn(I remember way back when)nWhat?n(Backin the days)nWhen?n(back in the days) n