Jon Connor - When I Was Young Lyrics
[Hook]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…[Verse 1: Chris Webby]Rap was all I ever thought about, listened to, talked aboutBack before money was all they talked about, horse shitWhen I young, the rappers could really rap, kidNow they more concerned about they averageListening to rappers like a student in a lectureMimicking the cadences and practicing the gesturesEminem was rappin’ ’bout pills, so I popped thoseSwinging my shirt in the air like Petey PabloStudied the greats from Pun to TupacWalked around my private school with my tapes in a shoe boxHanded my music out to people I sold weed toWatching MTV, tellin’ myself “that’s gonna be you”Tapin’ the radio and puttin’ it on cassetteNow I’m gettin’ bombs after my shit by Funk FlexIt’s a trip, man – I just sit back and roll the purpleNow watch this whole thing come around full circle[Hook][Verse 2: Smoke DZA]Young nigga, influenced by the TV heavyEatin’ Little Debbies’, tuned into Fab Five FreddyVids I watched ‘em all, emulating applauseI ain’t ***** with Superman, my super hero was Biggie SmallsRappin’ with my dawgs proudly, nobody was cold as meWishing somebody’d notice meDreams to get a deal ’cause the speech so sickNow they talkin’ ’bout deals, and I’m like “keep that shit”Went through a lot of BS, lucky meTimes had me like “this ain’t what it’s cracked up to be”What’s good for the goose is good for the ganderIt’s good for the blogs, it’s good for the slanderNowadays, they wishing it was how it was beforeBut that was back in the days when I was youngI’m not a kid anymoreThe OGs that I listened to, I’m friends withWhen I was younger, a nigga never would’ve thinked this[Hook][Verse 3: Jon Connor]When I was younger nobody told us or showed us, crooked promotersFlint, Michigan, General Motors held the weight on our shouldersUntil the shops started closing, felt like ain’t nobody want usOur parents worked to the bone, now they ain’t got a bone to throw usNow see how many kids is daydreaming about a labelYep, this rap shit is a ***** but the only one that was faithfulMake it or die trying, at times it almost got fatalMy niggas was moving ‘caine in the times they was barely ableBrothers killin’ brothers, shit goin’ on all around meGenesee County would ground me and teachers would try to clown me‘Cause I had heart that was bigger than my surroundingsI got flooded with hate, but no way I could let ‘em drown mePicture this one:I used to go to sleep at night listening to “It Was Written”Then fastforward, Nas is tellin’ me “nigga, you gifted”If you fall, just shake it offNow they sayin’ it’s my time, but time just caught up with my thoughts[Hook][Outro]When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful…Oh it was beautiful, magical…
