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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
John Legend
John Legend
Vocals
The Stephens Family
The Stephens Family
Vocals
Ted Chung
Ted Chung
Hand Claps
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
John Roger Stephens
John Roger Stephens
Songwriter
Dave Tozer
Dave Tozer
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
John Legend
John Legend
Producer
Matt Hueneman
Matt Hueneman
Recording Engineer
Andy Manganello
Andy Manganello
Recording Engineer
Anthony Kilhoffer
Anthony Kilhoffer
Recording Engineer
Pablo Arraya
Pablo Arraya
Assistant Recording Engineer
Mike Eleopoulis
Mike Eleopoulis
Assistant Recording Engineer
Manny Marroquin
Manny Marroquin
Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
(No stopping)
(Alright, everybody let's go, here we go)
[Verse 2]
Oh, do you remember
When the family was everything?
Oh, do you remember?
It was so long ago and so much has changed
[Verse 3]
I wanna go back
Wanna go back to those simple days
I wanna go back
But now we've grown and gone our separate ways
[Verse 4]
Times is hard and things are a-changin' (Times is hard)
I pray to God that we can remain the same
All I'm trying to say is our love don't have to change
No, it don't have to change
[Verse 5]
Do you remember
Back at Grannie's house on Christmas Day?
Help me sing, Do you remember
How we'd gather 'round and sing all day?
[Verse 6]
And I wanna go back
To playing basketball and football games
I wanna go back
To yesterday but it's not the same
[Verse 7]
Times is hard and things are a-changin' (Times is hard)
I pray to God that we can remain the same
All I'm trying to say is our love don't have to change
No, it don't have to change
[Verse 8]
(Times is hard)
Times is hard and things are a-changin'
So I pray to God that we can remain the same (Pray to God)
All I'm trying to say is our love don't have to change
(All my family, family, family is here)
No, it don't have to change, yeah
(And I love them all)
Written by: Dave Tozer, John Roger Stephens

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