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[Hook]
When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderfulâ¦
Oh it was beautiful, magicalâ¦
When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderfulâ¦
Oh it was beautiful, magicalâ¦
[Verse 1: Chris Webby]
Rap was all I ever thought about, listened to, talked about
Back before money was all they talked about, horse shit
When I young, the rappers could really rap, kid
Now they more concerned about they average
Listening to rappers like a student in a lecture
Mimicking the cadences and practicing the gestures
Eminem was rappinâ âbout pills, so I popped those
Swinging my shirt in the air like Petey Pablo
Studied the greats from Pun to Tupac
Walked around my private school with my tapes in a shoe box
Handed my music out to people I sold weed to
Watching MTV, tellinâ myself âthatâs gonna be youâ
Tapinâ the radio and puttinâ it on cassette
Now Iâm gettinâ bombs after my shit by Funk Flex
Itâs a trip, man â I just sit back and roll the purple
Now watch this whole thing come around full circle
[Hook]
[Verse 2: Smoke DZA]
Young nigga, influenced by the TV heavy
Eatinâ Little Debbiesâ, tuned into Fab Five Freddy
Vids I watched âem all, emulating applause
I ainât fuck with Superman, my super hero was Biggie Smalls
Rappinâ with my dawgs proudly, nobody was cold as me
Wishing somebodyâd notice me
Dreams to get a deal âcause the speech so sick
Now they talkinâ âbout deals, and Iâm like âkeep that shitâ
Went through a lot of BS, lucky me
Times had me like âthis ainât what itâs cracked up to beâ
Whatâs good for the goose is good for the gander
Itâs good for the blogs, itâs good for the slander
Nowadays, they wishing it was how it was before
But that was back in the days when I was young
Iâm not a kid anymore
The OGs that I listened to, Iâm friends with
When I was younger, a nigga never wouldâve thinked this
[Hook]
[Verse 3: Jon Connor]
When I was younger nobody told us or showed us, crooked promoters
Flint, Michigan, General Motors held the weight on our shoulders
Until the shops started closing, felt like ainât nobody want us
Our parents worked to the bone, now they ainât got a bone to throw us
Now see how many kids is daydreaming about a label
Yep, this rap shit is a bitch but the only one that was faithful
Make it or die trying, at times it almost got fatal
My niggas was moving âcaine in the times they was barely able
Brothers killinâ brothers, shit goinâ on all around me
Genesee County would ground me and teachers would try to clown me
âCause I had heart that was bigger than my surroundings
I got flooded with hate, but no way I could let âem drown me
Picture this one:
I used to go to sleep at night listening to âIt Was Writtenâ
Then fastforward, Nas is tellinâ me ânigga, you giftedâ
If you fall, just shake it off
Now they sayinâ itâs my time, but time just caught up with my thoughts
[Hook]
[Outro]
When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderfulâ¦
Oh it was beautiful, magicalâ¦
- Album:
- House M.D. (Original Television Soundtrack) (Bonus Track...
- A Tribute To The Notorious B.I.G. Vol. 1
- Best In The World
- Elektra Bug
- Unconscious State
- While You Were Sleeping
- Season 2 (Mixtape)
- The Blue Album
- The XXL Freshmen 2014 Mixtape
- The Calling, Part 2: The Second Coming
- Jon Connor
- Salvation
- The Calling Pt. 1