[Verse 1:]
That was back then, throw it back like Thursday
Went from the worst case, now I'm feeling first place
Jersey got me that's my birthplace
Got me getting cake no I don't mean no birthday
Now I got a hundred thousand counting
Going hard n***a I can move a mountain
Sad thing I had to do this sh** without you
Cause I thought I couldn't do this sh** without you
But that was back then, this now
She be on the dick now
Now them little homies wanna take a flick now
n***as on the internet be talking sh** now
I ain't got the time, tell them n***as sit down
I been on my grind tell then n***as sit down
And I be so high up, high up
No I don't wanna come down
[Chorus:]
That was back then [x4]
Oh, baby there's now [x4]
[Verse 2:]
I be still waiting on respect
From some corny n***as I don't really f** with
And I be still waiting on the b**h
That I probably ain't even get the bucks with
And I be still struggling with the n***as
On the block that I fell outta touch with
And at the end a limo, get the memo
It's the same n***as that I caught the bus with
Riding with same young n***as
I be in the club and that's who I flex with
Bunch of young n***as nothing changed
But the lane, we ain't never hit the exit
Just getting started, every day I'm on the move
I just gotta pick the phone up
There's only seven stories in my project
n***as then sales bout to go up
That was back then I had hoes and my clothes was some bum sh**
That was back then I used to fight with my brother over dumb sh**
That was back then if one fight we all fight, you getting jumped quick
And that was back then my father used to hit my mother on some dumb sh**
We jumped to a**umptions
We still love him and we just knew it was some drunk sh**
And that was back then the black cop used to have a black jumper
And that was back then the Mayor crib used to look like a frat house
Throwing parties to pay the bills
It was real I just had to put the facts out
That was back then jay n***as got snatched by diapers
That was back then the dirty k**er used to go off on them ciphers
That was back then we had wristbands on with the visors
And that was back then me and Eggy we been homies since the diapers
And that was back then the old heads man you know they didn't like us
I mean respect us, we was grinding, we was tryna get the check up
Wasn't stepping on their hoes, nothing extra
They must've felt the pressure
sh** they used to keep the work in the dresser
Used to have grandma straight stressing
[Chorus:]
That was back then [x4]
Oh, baby there's now [x3]
Baby there's now
They f**ing with me now
But if this was back then