Whale - Way Back When lyrics

[Verse 1: Whale] Skip, pause, rewind to way back when Back when I didn't know pain, only wanted to play again Life was so simple, it simply moved on Like the girl I loved that seemed to do wrong Used to think I'd know everything when I got older Easier said than done an understatement said over Time caught up with me and I barely know what I'm doing The future's ready to get me, so I remain humble in my mooing Humility in the cow words, raps are turning into lions Humility is a now word, even though we were divine Now it's too quick, life is speeding like a soaring blur Starts to make me sick, it is always speeding up like more and more Slow down, eagle, you're simply taking it too fast Put me back as an eagle in DeBary, city of my past And make that moment last So it never seems to pa** Lemme watch my mistakes, so I can sit back, learn, watch and laugh [Hook: John Legend] I cannot forget, what brought me here I can't regret, all the laughter, love, pain and fear I remember growing up with my dad I remember all that we had Way back when, way back when Way back when, way back when Way back when, way back when I remember like it's way back when [Verse 2: Whale] Way back when, use the knowledge that I know today Way back when, fix the crap that held me in disarray Way back when, applied current lessons to events pa**ed Way back when, could've know what led me to be dead last That's why they call it, grow from your mistakes, learn from it Cause if you don't learn, you're only option is to burn from it That's why true pain is difficult for me to feel Every little hurt, is a lesson that can help me heal Help me take it back, learn from the fact, remember where you at Back into the time, we were at our prime, and did it differently Callin it mentally, got to make it drag Rapping on medley, only spit it half When I say it 50-50, I mean I'm only half as good As the verse from the Louve, Paris jealous of his hood Chi-town meets the subs, way back when we were young n' black Watch us reminisce, as we recall it all and keep our lungs intact [Hook: John Legend] [Verse 3: Lupe Fiasco] Hey, Chicago! That would be my city man, grew up there, I was a little man I know what I'm saying, it's hard when you deliver choices UPS and downs, Chi-town, FedEx will take ya to employment My daddy was good man, I loved him from all my heart How to be a BLACK MAN, he taught me that right from the start Time is moving on, look up suddenly you old Up there is your son, he's a father, let the truth be told You don't appreciate it until they gone, then you know you need em It's there whenever you walk home That's help when I was cut & bleeding I will never forget you, you're a Legend in my land I evolved from you, ordinary peeps like John will understand I rose like bread in the hood of prostitutes and d** Will's here from the hood of 'whiches in the subs A backstabber's black magic and guns they all hurt like hell Remember where we came from, see that's what kept us well Them kids got it overgood today, don't they guys? Pride before a crash, haughty before the overdemise Way back when, sometimes you really just gotta go back Travel to the past, speed of light, we beamin' while its all black Terminator style, I'll be back before you know it Whale watch the form, my function is exactly where I drove it [Hook: John Legend]