Sonray - Back When I lyrics

[SON:] Being black man in the north Is tough to cope with Every winter imma soccer team, running back and forth But that was back when I wore gla**es to see Before you and me When I loved you from sea to shining sea I can never compare love and war The sun, the beach, the love It all became a bore But dat was back when I was young I would slip off the ladder to success, rung Get back up a began rapping for y'all, sung My girls act like trucks so they back it up Then they picked the world up, and dropped it on each other's heads Wayne told me and them how to do it, lead My life's a race so I'm drifting off, sleep Talk to me like a man, treat me like a king My h••s think they my love, want me to get them all a ring I only do dat with my phones I watch over them like drones I copy my own moves like imma clone I play solitaire but don't like to be alone I pace like I'm on the phone I will fetch girls out of poverty like they my bones Dis area is forbidden like the Area 51 zone Last week at a party as Son, changed my name, back when I was better known I stay at the top no one else has grown I don't give money, so no loans My girl fell down on my D, groans I will stay in touch with n•••as and music, radiotelephone The sun had set on his life, shone My life was full of football watching the ball getting thrown I am the king and don't step to the throne They wanted us to be together, join I can smell her pheromone Because it was windblown Loud like a megaphone To others dat smells unknown Two b•tches of opposite races make a roan The hood genie is well known but unshown We play music dat makes sad glad, uptone Pop him in his chest, breastbone But dat was back when I… [HOOK:] Back when I was old All the young seemed headstrong Back when I was young Thought all parents had to be wrong But dat was back back back when I-I-I-I Was young or old, when it was acceptable for a man to cry Wouldn't get k**ed for a lie But dat was back when I, dreamt I could fly a mile high But let's continue… [T.RAY:] Once upon I time there was a black man performing for y'all He got a slip when he got that call That he was going to hollywood Be he thought the would, should, couldas Once they struck he was gone Left em behind, turned that light-switch on Went from Barbados to the Bay, from the Bay to Cali He wanted everything like the Dali I'm not dat tall bit I sure as h•ll is fast Moving on through with a DeLoren, get dat blast from the past Skipping cla** like rocks My girls are wet so I need to find the docks Lost out at sea for a dime I had just prematurely finished my time Just to come here and rhyme I blow up like Fuji Thrive in Tokyo like Akuji I'm man that hunts Godzilla I'm the terrible lizard k**er People see blood in my eyes but I see knives in they're throats When they cry, they cry hard nuff to flip a boat Bravo and Presley talk alike But me and Bugsy rap nothing alike Some people will fall for y'all But I will ball for y'all Just give me that call I will keep the game goin Even when on pause I'mma beast, no hands only paws The day they released me, was on the 21st of December back in twenty-twelve I store my girls for all to see up on the shelves I'mma keep this goin… [HOOK:] Back when I was old All the young seemed headstrong Back when I was young Thought all parents had to be wrong But dat was back back back when I-I-I-I Was young or old, when it was acceptable for a man to cry Wouldn't get k**ed for a lie But dat was back when I, dreamt I could fly a mile high But let's continue… [SON:] I kept all my worries up on a shelf So I ne'er had any Watching over my girls like the elf He just shot up in front of a cop, can he? Throwing back to the 90s, that's when Will ruled I'm now the Prince of rap I own the court where he was schooled The flat top and hat could've gotten him a cap Chillin' was my job, then the Slush Puppie arrived…