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 nuttin' for a boy to get a straight fade But not no mo, niggaz done twist up the fro Let it lock and grow, quick to go to gun play Bout that fro, nigga you don't know And I'm thinkin' 'bout when round the time I was ten And way before the pen, the worst thing I ever Remember seein' was a boy get his whole head bashed in But now they gettin' blown off, whole chest torn off Whole block roped off, two clips in his house For fuckin' round, runnin' off at his damn mouth Yep, 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 nigga and do the rest of ya life in the chain gang But na shit done changed and I know it seem strange But I'm a maintain, so I'm a stack my flow And say, "Fuck you hoes", stay the fuck out the chain gang, nigga See back in the days, it wasn't no AIDS It wasn't no AK's, more Afros than braids Wasn't nuttin' for a boy to get a straight fade But not no mo, niggaz done twist up the fro Let it lock and grow, quick to go to gun play 'Bout that fro, nigga 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 nuttin' for a boy to get a straight fade But not no mo, niggaz done twist up the fro Let it lock and grow, quick to go to gun play 'Bout that fro, nigga you don't know Some hoes no shame, other hoes play games See they'll fuck ya for the fame and when the heat is on And they can't hang, they'll give them crackers yo name They'll say it under oath and swear to tell the truth Run down what ya do, how ya clown wit ya crew Along with that a list of shit like who fucked the who Tell a ho about ya spot, where ya threw away the glock But every bitch that ya shot, every key that ya caught And every car that ya drop, the ninety seven drop tops And them 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 muthafuckin' guilt Yep, back in the days It wasn't none a this Ya couldn't pay a bitch to snitch, It just goes to show that Fuck niggaz and slimy hoes, make the world flip the script Back in the days, it wasn't no AK's Back in the days, in the days back in the days Day, day, days, in the days, there was no AK's Back in the days, see back in the days, in the days In the days, it wasn't no AK's, in the days In the days, in the days, hey See back in the days, all pimps got paid And all hoes got slayed, a lotta money got saved And every playa had it made in dade We was slayed before then boys was made Before then, way before them raisin poor men With no choice, way before them But na shit done changed, I mean a nigga done came Ya done took our name, we done peeped y'all game Ya ova looked our pain man, and we ain't tryin' to be friends Ya wasn't tryin' back then, had a problem with my skin Got together with ya clan and send a young poor Black man straight to the pen Ya had beef with the blacks but na the blacks got the gats So if a cracker talk slick, his ass gon get whacked And you can bet that, see nigga back in the days I was young and afraid, so dumb in a way I was trapped in a maze, looked up in 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 nuttin' for a boy to get a straight fade But not no mo, niggaz done twist up the fro Let it lock and grow, quick to go to gun play 'Bout that fro, nigga 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 nuttin' for a boy to get a straight fade But not no mo, niggaz done twist up the fro Let it lock and grow, quick to go to gun play 'Bout that fro, nigga you don't kno See back in the days, in the days It wasn't no AK's, in the days It wasn't no A's, it wasn't no AK's In the days, in the days, in the days It wasn't no A's, back in the days It wasn't no A's, it wasn't no AK's In the days, it wasn't no A's It wasn't no AK's, in the days But na a lotta shit done changed A lotta shit done changed