Jon Connor - When I Was Young текст песни

When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful
Oh, it was beautiful, magical
When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful
Oh, it was beautiful, magical

Rap was all I ever thought about, listened to, talked about
Back before money was all they talked about, horse shit
When I was young the rappers could really rap, kid
Now they more concerned about they average
Listening to rappers like a student in a lecture
Mimicking the cadences and practicing the gestures
Eminem was rappin' 'bout pills so I popped those
Swinging my shirt in the air like Petey Pablo
Studied the greats from Pun to Tupac
Walked around my private school with my tapes in a shoe box
Handed my music out to people I sold weed to
Watching MTV, telling myself “that's gonna be you”
Taping the radio and putting it on cassette
Now I'm getting bombs after my shit by Funk Flex
It's a trick, man, I just sit back and roll the purple
Now watch this whole thing come around full circle

When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful
Oh, it was beautiful, magical
When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful
Oh, it was beautiful, magical

Young nigga, influenced by the TV heavy
Eating Little Debbies, tuned into Fab Five Freddy
Vids I watched 'em all, emulating applause
I ain't fuck with Superman, my super hero was Biggie Smalls
Rapping' with my dogs proudly, nobody was cold as me
Wishing somebody notice me
Dreams to get a deal 'cause the speech so sick
Now they talking about deals and I'm like “keep that shit”
Went through a lot of BS, lucky me
Times had me like “this ain't what it's cracked up to be”
What's good for the goose is good for the gander

It's good for the blogs, it's good for the slander
Nowadays, they wishing it was how it was before
But that was back in the days when I was young
I'm not a kid anymore
The OGs that I listened to I'm friends with
When I was younger, a nigga never would've thinked this

When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful
Oh, it was beautiful, magical
When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful
Oh, it was beautiful, magical

When I was younger nobody told us or showed us, crooked promoters
Flint, Michigan, General Motors held the weight on our shoulders
Until the shops started closing, felt like ain't nobody want us
Our parents worked to the bone, now they ain't got a bone to throw us
Now see how many kids is daydreaming about a label
Yep, this rap shit is a bitch but the only one that was faithful
Make it or die trying, at times it almost got fatal
My niggas was moving 'caine in the times they was barely able
Brothers killing brothers, shit going on all around me
Genesee County would ground me and teachers would try to clown me
'Cause I had heart that was bigger than my surroundings
I got flooded with hate, but no way I could let 'em drown me
Picture this one:
I used to go to sleep at night listening to “It Was Written”
Then fast forward, Nas is telling me “nigga, you gifted
If you fall, just shake it off”
Now they saying it's my time, but time just caught up with my thoughts

When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful
Oh, it was beautiful, magical
When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful
Oh, it was beautiful, magical

When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful
Oh, it was beautiful, magical