Happy Simples - KnowMads

An' I was just thinkin' back on… ya know when I was growin' up

When I was like 8 or 9 years old an'

The whole mind-state was just like eat, sleep, n' breathe

You know… it.

it’s changed

Well I landed in the summer up on 26th ave.

when there was very little

stressin' and it wasn’t so bad

When I was more concerned with my yo yo and the chess club than how to get some

more dro and the next buzz

Shells from koopas, shrooms for extra lives, cannons got you high and a nine

was just my bedtime

Coke was cola, an' parties meant slumber mary jane was just a name and a 40 was

just a number

When I went to parks often and not to get drunk and if I needed a sack it was

just for lunch

When 7 am poppin' flintstone vitamins instead of my friends on ecstasy and

Vicodin

And life has been… well its just so hectic with all the precious tryna fit

into the tetris

But if I could then I’d change my ways cause it was all so great just back in

the days

An' it was all all all so great just back back back in the day

An' it was all all all so great just back back back in the day

An' it was all all all so great just back back back in the day

An' it was all all all so great but I can’t go back and I wish it would change

Everyday livin' just another adolescent confessin' my ability the second that I

stepped in

Fightin' out my mothers womb exercisin' my fists with dad and brother in the

room cryin' an' shit whatever

Skip a couple and jump over the sandbox thought to go an' top what I learned

just how a man talk

Wasn’t for the tight training wheels on my bike tryna be like the elders amin'

for a new life

I should have told myself slow down you’re movin' towards hell proof is in the

puddin once my brotha seen a jail cell

As my innocence extorted with the sentiment we acted devilish feel adrenaline

like illegal immigrants

Over borders of obsession from sports to the sess an' from 2 friends to fake

ones I must’ve missed the message

But that’s life and that’s right after all that’s left is still a kid as far as

I’m concerned holdin' my breath

Word…

An' it was all all all so great just back back back in the day

An' it was all all all so great just back back back in the day

An' it was all all all so great just back back back in the day

An' it was all all all so great but I can’t go back and I wish it would change

What up man yo I know you only 3 and you gotta get back to watchin' sesame

street but please

Take a second to listen to my advice cause there’s gonna be a lot of bull shit

in your life

Like when your friends be trippin' tryna jack ya spot an' all you wanna do is

build a city with blocks

Yo you gotta understand and be the bigger man sometimes you gotta chill and

think about the bigger plan

So don’t be yellin' at moms over lunch cause she let you stay in her stomach

for a couple of months for real

And I’ll be there for you if you need just know you can change the world with

these ABCs so

I’ma leave I got some dreams to follow keep your mind on your soul and hold it

till tomorrow an'

If nothin' else we still got each other whatever through any weather forever

your big brother ya know

Hey… Hey!

Can you say hip hop?

Hip hop

What do you wanna be when you grow up?

Uh… I dunno… I wanna be a football player

Can you can you beat box?

I can do

An' it was all all all so great just back back back in the day

An' it was all all all so great just back back back in the day

An' it was all all all so great just back back back in the day

An' it was all all all so great but I can’t go back and I wish it would change