Back In Da Days

Back in the days, it used to be so clear
Everybody was hustlin', but the hustlers disappeared
Now the shots ring out, and everybody lives in fear
Down goes a homie, watch 'em all just disappear

Street lights, roof tops
Ghetto pains and rain drops, yeah
All the things I remember, oh, so clear, oh, baby
Block parties, ooh, flat tops, yeah
1-2-5 Was the hot spot
It was so live, ooh, tell me why did those days
Ever have to go away, yeah

Back in the days, it used to be so clear
Everybody was hustlin', but the hustlers disappeared
Now the shots ring out, and everybody lives in fear
Down goes a homie, watch 'em all just disappear

Spray paint, subways
Name plates and earrings, yeah
Young love under the boardwalk in the summertime
Short-ass jeans and big jellies
It was our world, me and that girl going steady
No, I wouldn't change a thing
If I could do it once again, whoa, whoa

Back in the days, it used to be so clear
Everybody was hustlin', but the hustlers disappeared
Now the shots ring out, and everybody lives in fear
Down goes a homie, watch 'em all just disappear
Back in the days, it used to be so clear
Everybody was hustlin', but the hustlers disappeared
Now the shots ring out, and everybody lives in fear
Down goes a homie, watch 'em all just disappear

It's not as bad as it seems
No, tomorrow's not far
Little children, you can make it wherever you are
Don't let go of your dreams
Never lose sight of your star
Can't nobody tell you what to be
You were born to be free, baby

Back in the days, it used to be so clear
Everybody was hustlin', but the hustlers disappeared
Now the shots ring out, and everybody lives in fear
Down goes a homie, watch 'em all just disappear
Back in the days, it used to be so clear
Everybody was hustlin', but the hustlers disappeared
Now the shots ring out, and everybody lives in fear
Down goes a homie, watch 'em all just disappear