(It aint the same no mo cause it ain't the same no mo It ain't the same no mo No it ain't the same) Back in the day, we were the kids in trouble, home-sliced, school skipping Me and my brother, breakdancin' duels, dirt clod fightin' fools Like two dogs scrappin' over the bone, we were fightin' over the telephone Now we don't take calls... Used to climbs the walls, juiced up on kool-aid, caffiene Running wild, and pumpin' through our veins It just ain't the same, it just ain't the same It ain't like it used to be It ain't like it used to be around here no mo' If I didn't have my memories I'd be so broke down po' It ain't like it used to be around here no mo' (It aint the same no mo Cause it ain't the same no mo It ain't the same no mo No it ain't the same) Once upon a one, two, three Music was a mystery When I was young it fascinated me I didn't know how to play back in the day Headphones, had my Silvertone Tuned to open E Reel-to-reel rollin' Hey Bo Diddley flowing
This is all I ever wanted to do Now here I am, 32, I got it goin' on Gonna continue, got it good, knock on wood I can't complain, but thinkin' back on the old days It just ain't the same, it just ain't the same It ain't like it used to be It ain't like it used to be It ain't like it used to be around here no mo, no mo (It aint the same no mo Cause it ain't the same no mo It ain't the same no mo No it ain't the same) Big city used to be a forest long gone Progress went wrong Should've let it alone, blood bath, buffalo bones America is bloody, the white man was wrong America is bloody, the white man was wrong Indian, African, man, it ain't nothin' but some skin The Mississippi delta was a jungle before the white man came It just ain't the same It ain't like it used to be It ain't like it used to be It ain't like it used to be around here no mo' (It aint the same no mo Cause it ain't the same no mo It ain't the same no mo No it ain't the same)