Back In the Days

See, back in the days

It wasn't no AIDS, it wasn't no AK's

More afros than braids

Wasn't nothing for a boy to get a straight fade

But not no more, **** done twist up the fro

Let it loc and grow

Quick to go to gunplay 'bout that flow

And ****, you don't know

And I'm thinking 'bout when, 'round the time I was 10

And way before the pen

The worst thing I ever remember seeing

Was a boy get his whole head bashed in

But now they getting blown off, whole chest torn off

Whole block roped off

Two clips in his house for fucking 'round

Running off at his damn mouth

Yeah, back in the days

It wasn't 'bout fame, plus it wasn't 'bout a name

And it wasn't no thang

To kill a **** and do the rest of your life in the chain gang

But shit done changed, and I know it seem strange

But I'ma maintain

So I'ma stack my flow and say fuck you, hoes

Stay the fuck out the chain gang

See, back in the days

It wasn't no AIDS, it wasn't no AK's

More afros than braids

Wasn't nothing for a boy to get a straight fade

But not no more, **** done twist up the fro

Let it loc and grow

Quick to go to gunplay 'bout that flow

And ****, you don't know

See, back in the days

It wasn't no AIDS, it wasn't no AK's

More afros than braids

Wasn't nothing for a boy to get a straight fade

But not no more, **** done twist up the fro

Let it loc and grow

Quick to go to gunplay 'bout that flow

And ****, you don't know

Some hoes, no shame, other hoes play games

See, they'll fuck you for the fame

And when the heat is on and they can't hang

They'll give them crackers your name

They'll say it under oath and swear to tell the truth

Run down what you do, how you clown with your crew

Along with that illicit shit like who fucked who

Tell all about your spots

Where you threw away the Glock

But every bitch that ya shot, every key that you copped

And every card that's a draw, '97 drop-top

And the Carolina trips, and then they grill you the flip

Time and date when ya dip, every deal you done dealt

And every crib you done built with no motherfucking guilt

Back in the days

It wasn't none of this

You couldn't pay a bitch to snitch

It just goes to show that fuck **** and slimy hoes

Made the world flip the script

Back in the days

It wasn't no AK's

Back in the days, in the days

It wasn't no AK's

Back in the days

****, you don't know

See, back in the days

In the days, in the days

It wasn't no AK's

In the days, in the days

See, back in the days

All pimps got paid and all hoes got slayed

A lot of money got saved

And every player had it made, indeed

We was slaves before then

Boys are made before then

Way before them, raising poor men

With no choice way before then

But now shit done changed

A million **** done came

You done took our name, we don't peep y'all game

You'd overlooked our pain, mane

And we ain't tryna be friends

Ya wasn't trying back then

Had a problem with my skin, got together with your Klan

And send a young poor black man straight to the pen

You had beef with the blacks

But now them blacks got the gats

So if a cracker talks slick, his ass gon' get whacked

And you can bet that, see ****

Back in the days

I was young and afraid

So dumb, in a way, I was trapped in a maze

Locked up in a cage, so hey

See, back in the days

It wasn't no AIDS, it wasn't no AK's

More afros than braids

Wasn't nothing for a boy to get a straight fade

But not no more, **** done twist up the fro

Let it loc and grow

Quick to go to gunplay 'bout that flow

****, you don't know

See, back in the days

It wasn't no AIDS, it wasn't no AK's

More afros than braids

Wasn't nothing for a boy to get a straight fade

But not no more, **** done twist up the fro

Let it loc and grow

Quick to go to gunplay 'bout that flow

What, ****, you don't know

See, back in the days

In the days, in the days

It wasn't no AK's

Back in the days

In the days, in the days

It wasn't no AIDS

See, back in the days

It wasn't no AK's

Way back in the days, in the days...