[Chorus] This is my back in the day alla-sing-song Sing along back in the day song Remember way back in the day y'all This is my back in the day song, back in the day [Verse 1] Back when Cool J was on the radio And DMC and Aerosmith was Walking This Way I had a mixtape,with Rye Base Sugar Hill Gang, Slick Rick, Public Enemy and NWA I played it every day [?]taught me to know the me myself and I I always knew the time because of KRS' rhymes Digital Underground always elected different methods And it was effective Made me want to buy a Funkadelic record I always thought I kinda knew what it was all about Until 2pacalypse Now came out [Chorus] This is my back in the day alla-sing-song Sing along back in the day song Remember way back in the day y'all This is my back in the day song, back in the day This is my back in the day alla-sing-song Sing along back in the day song Remember way back in the day y'all This is my back in the day song, back in the day- Song A Make-you-feel-that-way- Song [Verse 2] Walking to school from my mother's house, I go through the park Where we spray graffiti after it gets dark, I would walk Down to the pavilion just to slap a couple daps And maybe pa** a little hash before I had to be to cla** Lunch was freestyle time- Tables were percussion By the end of it we had the entire cafeteria jumpin' Digable planets, they was always on my stereo
But that's only because my Fujis tape was broken So when I roll, when I'm walking it slow I keep a roll of tape my pocket to keep my walkman closed It goes [Chorus] This is my back in the day alla-sing-song Sing along back in the day song Remember way back in the day y'all This is my back in the day song, back in the day This is my back in the day alla-sing-song Sing along back in the day song Remember way back in the day y'all This is my back in the day song, back in the day [Verse 3] Barbecue-scented summers and Love is in full bloom Dinner with the Johnson family was a full room You had to hand it to us then cause it was outlandish The way the last minute fusion would always rock the blue planet Me and Nathaniel always sang our little harmonies Darnell and Jerome would rap along to almost all of these Gold chains and spades games and nicknames Became a catalyst of battling for quick fame Me and my girl on a low-ride Through the countryside Getting high watching scenery roll by [Chorus] This is my back in the day alla-sing-song Sing along back in the day song Remember way back in the day y'all This is my back in the day song, back in the day This is my back in the day alla-sing-song Sing along back in the day song Remember way back in the day y'all This is my back in the day song, back in the day- Song A Make-you-feel-that-way- Song