Focus…, Little Brother - Back When lyrics

Bout to bring you back, way back
Back into timehah let's have fun with it

("Sound without focus, is just noise")

I miss back when times were innocent
Dudes would knuckle up when it's
Time to get into it only ice we rock
Was Italian Icee's Lemon with
The little wooden spoons
A bowl of Captain Crunch
With your favorite cartoons
We all went in the living room
And had the biggest TV momma playin records
There were no iTunes or CDs
Uh, but we still love the way it sound
Got the speaker out the window
For kids at the playground
You better listen up and do
What "Simon Say" now
Then we'll cop a couple quart of
Waters in the corner store
Couple Now & Laters too, cap guns, water guns
Tag you're it
Better run - bases on the front stoop
Hydrant on, ev'rybody on the block havin fun
And the only thing we play ("Hip-Hop")
Back when it was just rhyme and
Just drums and a REAL DJ
Red light, green light, 1-2-3 mic -
Check in the park
Gettin power from the streetlight
Breakdance battle was our version
Of street fights pop locks to floor works
Graffiti was our work
And we go to the whole hood
All blocks - Lawn Ave
East Main to Con Ave when CT was all GOOD!

Uhyo, moms was broke, we ain't have no credit
So we just moved to the hood
Where all the kids would
Play "Hide and Go-Get-It"
I think that was the makings
Of my back-girl fetish
Usta mess around wit this chick Tameeka
5th Grade
Already had titties big as the teacher's
First day of school
Niggas starched they knees up
And wouldn't shoot ball so they
Ain't scratch they sneaks up
Blow Pops a nick away and on picture day
Niggas wear the same suit they got for Easter
Summer vacation we would go to The Spot
Or go down to the park
And get that good free "Lunch-in-the-Box"
Wit our shorts on extra loose
Gettin good wit the lunch lady
Try to get a extra juice
When I say them was the days - it's true!

I got my play clothes on, school clothes off
Streetlights made everybody run home
Goin through puberty, every young boy grown
And chase down girls that we wanted to hump
If the swimming pool's closed
Then we runnin the pump
Jungle Juice, quart of water
Drinks already drunk
Went bowling, went skating
Went go-kart ridin
Mama had just enough when it came to providin
SPAM in the can, welfare cheese
No name peanut butter, "Can we borrow bread
PLEASE?"
Never had a need or a want for anythang
New school year came
That's when we got fresh
Only a few times where we try to impress
Cause after two weeks, we all lookin a mess
Medallions and stop watches I will rock
On my chest - YES!