When I Was Young Lyrics - Jon Connor

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 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 2Pac 

Walked around my private school with my tapes in a shoe box 

Handed my music out to people I sold weed to 

Watching MTV, tellin' myself "that's gonna be you" 

Tapin' the radio and puttin' it on cassette 

Now I'm gettin' bombs dropped on my shit by Funk Flex 

It's a trip, man - I just sit back and roll the purple 

Now watch this whole thing come around full circle 

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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 

Eatin' Little Debbies', tuned into Fab Five Freddy 

Vids I watched 'em all, emulating applause 

I ain't fuck with Superman, my superhero was Biggie Smalls 

Rappin' with my dawgs proudly, nobody was cold as me 

Wishing somebody'd notice me 

Dreams to get a deal 'cause the speech so sick 

Now they talkin' 'bout 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 

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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 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 I'm in the kitchen 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 and at times they was barely able 

Brothers killin' brothers, shit goin' 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 fastforward, Nas is tellin' me "nigga, you gifted" 

If you fall, just shake it off 

Now they sayin' 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...