Things Done Changed

Back in the day, things done changed on the side

Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?

Back in the day, things done changed on the side

Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?

Back in the day, things done changed on the side

Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?

Back in the day, things done changed on the side

Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?

Remember back in the days when **** had waves?

Gazelle shades and cornbraids

Pitchin' pennies, honeys had the high-top jellies

Shootin' skellys, ******** was all friendly

Loungin' at the barbecues, drinkin' brews

With the neighborhood crews, hangin' on the avenues

Turn your pages to 1993, just gettin' smoked, G, believe me

Talk slick, you get your neck slit quick

'Cause real street ain't having that ****

Totin' **** for rep, smokin' **** in the project hallways

Shootin' dice all day

Waitin' for **** to step up on some fightin' ****

We get hype and **** and start fightin' ****

So step away with your fistfight ways

**** this ain't back in the days

But you don't hear me, though

Back in the day, things done changed on the side

Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?

Back in the day, things done changed on the side

Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?

Back in the day, things done changed on the side

Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?

Back in the day, things done changed on the side

Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?

No more coco-levio, one, two, three

One, two, three, all of this to me is a mystery

I hear you **** talk about it

But I stay seein' bodies with the **** chalk around it

And I'm down with the **** too

But a stupid **** wanna try to use kung fu

Instead of a **** ten he tried scrappin'

Slugs in his back and that's what the **** happens

When you sleep on the street, little **** with heat

Wanna leave a **** six feet deep

And we comin' to the wake

To make sure the cryin' and commotion ain't a **** fake

Back in the days our parents used to take care of us

Look at 'em now, they even **** scared of us

Callin' the city for help because they can't maintain

Damn, **** done changed

Back in the day, things done changed on the side

Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?

Back in the day, things done changed on the side

Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?

Back in the day, things done changed on the side

Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?

Back in the day, things done changed on the side

Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?

If I wasn't in the rap game

I'd probably have a key, knee-deep in the crack game

Because the streets is a short stop

Either you slingin' crack rock or you got a wicked jump shot

And it's hard bein' young from the slums

Eatin' five cent gums, not knowin' where your meals comin' from

And now this **** is gettin' crazier and major

Kids younger than me, they got the Skygrand pagers

Goin' out of town, blowin' up

Six months later all the dead bodies showin' up

They make me wanna grab the 9 and the shotty

But I gotta go identify the body

Damn, what happened to the summertime cookouts?

Every time I turn around a **** gettin' took out

My mama got cancer in her breast

Don't ask me why I'm **** stressed

Things done changed

Back in the day, things done changed on the side

Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?

Back in the day, things done changed on the side

Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?

Back in the day, things done changed on the side

Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?

Back in the day, things done changed on the side

Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?

Back in the day, things done changed on the side

Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?

Back in the day, things done changed on the side

Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?

Back in the day, things done changed on the side

Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?

Back in the day, things done changed on the side

Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?