[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