When I Was Young

Lyrics for When I Was Young

Father figured he didn't wanna be a figure no more But mama made sure as a kid I'd never knew we was poor No worries about the bills and all the rigmarole The food stamps were paper and they spent in the store If the Kool-Aid was sweet then so was my life And the life my friends lived was of a similar type But as Mike Jack's face changed so did my needs Let the Osh Kosh be gone now I needed some Lees And when I fucked em' up she ironed patches on knees And if it didn't bother her it wasn't bothering me I thought cartoons came through the TV for free But now that I'm grown I know every fee And think back to how strong she had to be Cus I was into everything like vitamin C And I thought it was unlikely to come back to bite me Til the Lord blessed me with a son just like me Those holes in my clothes, didn't think nothin of it Huh, fuck ya'll we was broke and I loved it Nothing but hopes and dreams off in the cupboard Fresh baked humble pie, throw it in the oven Income been much lower than the others Grandmas boy cus I didn't know my mother Didn't know my father, at least not sober Forgive and forget though, now that its over And now that I'm older, I look at the past like Rich folks look at dashboard cams on a Rover Tryina back up like data on ya Motorola While I'm dialin up the past Living in the present like a puppy in a box The Best I Ever Had was my stomach tied in knots Hopin that my pops copped me some folded socks And brand new draws, thanks Santa Claus, aw First it was all about Anime, Kung Fu, Hide & Go Get It Anything's possible the sky's no limit Plan to be an MC athlete and architect So you could see a player in the building cold rockin' it See me copping shit like comics & cards Long before I rocked watches times was hard Before I had to find a job or been places I was 11 pounds 10 ounces, Glenn Davis 'Fore I saw pops being put in a grave I had broken heart before I murmured a phrase Had my first fight Grabbed my first mic Before my man Ti said "Dag that verse tight!" Like LL I grew to be bigger and deffer No frontin' I'm Ben Button I only get better Made hand me down sweaters look sharp as cheddar A shame that them days didn't last forever!