Things Done Changed

(Back in the day)
(Things done changed on this side)
(Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?) uh
(Back in the day)
(Things done changed on this side)
(Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?)

(Back in the day)
(Things done changed on this side) yeah
(Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?)
(Back in the day)
(Things done changed on this side) yeah
(Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?)

Remember back in the days when - had waves
Cazal shades and corn braids?
Pitching pennies, honeys had the high-top jellies
Shooting skelly, mother- was all friendly
Lounging at the barbecues, drinking brews
With the neighborhood crews hanging on the avenues (avenues)
Turn your pages to 1993
- is getting smoked, G, believe me

Talk slick, you get your neck slit quick
'Cause real street - ain't having that -
Totin' - for rep
Smoking - in the project hallways
Shooting dice all day

Waitin' for - to step up on some fightin' -
We get hype and - and start lightin' -
So step away with your fistfight ways
Mother-, this ain't back in the days
But you don't hear me though

(Back in the day)
(Things done changed on this side)
(Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?)
(Back in the day)
(Things done changed on this side)
(Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?)

(Back in the day)
(Things done changed on this side)
(Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?)
(Back in the day)
(Things done changed on this side)
(Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?)

No more coco-levio one, two, three
One, two, three, all it is to me is a mystery
I hear you mother- talk about it
But I stay seeing bodies with the mother- chalk around it
And I'm down with the -, too
For the stupid motherfuckers want to try to use Kung-Fu
Instead of a - 10, he tried scrappin'
Slugs in his back and that's what the - happens

When you sleep on the street
Little mother- with heat wanna leave a - six feet deep
And we coming to the wake
To make sure the crying and commotion ain't a mother- fake
Back in the days, our parents used to take care of us
Look at 'em now, they even - scared of us
Calling the city for help because they can't maintain
Damn, - done changed

(Back in the day)
(Things done changed on this side)
(Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?)
(Back in the day)
(Things done changed on this side)
(Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?)

(Back in the day)
(Things done changed on this side)
(Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?)
(Back in the day)
(Things done changed on this side)
(Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?)

If I wasn't in the rap game
I'd probably have a ki, knee-deep in the crack game
Because the streets is a short stop
Either you're slingin' crack rock or you got a wicked jump shot
-, it's hard being young from the slums
Eatin' five cent gums, not knowing where your meal's coming from
And now the -'s getting crazier and major
Kids younger than me, they got the Sky brand pagers

Goin' out of town, blowing up
Six months later, all the dead bodies showing up
It make me wanna grab the .9 and the shotty (shotty)
But I gotta go identify the body
Damn, what happened to the summertime cookouts?
Every time I turn around, a - gettin' took out
-, my mama got cancer in her breast
Don't ask me why I'm mother- stressed, things done changed

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(Back in the day)
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(Back in the day)
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(Back in the day)
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(Back in the day)
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(Back in the day)
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(Back in the day)
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