Back in the Day

               Remember back in the day, the music and how we danced
                   When "LL" wrote about needing love, and romance 
                       Run DMC was hot, Hammer and those pants 
            Door knocker earing, dookie chains, bracelets, rings on the hand

                        Back in those days, a wise man once told 
                Me to keep my feet on the ground, the streets were cold 
                To keep my enemies close, but my loved ones even more
                    Because they'd be the ones, to kick in your door 

               These were the days, when you had to know how to fight
                         Knuckle up, go hard, earn respect despite 
                         Of a win or a loss, you handles your own 
                        This is how it was, in the city I was grown 

                     Remember back in the day, sitting in the project
                 In the courtyard watching the B-Ball game, on the steps
                        Cops up and down, we could hear the sirens
                      Ice cream from the bodega, pop lids off hydrens 

                     So the water could spray, no beaches in my hood
                          But it didn't matter, things were all good
                          Old folks on the stoop, watching us run
                 Listening to oldies, drinking beer, that's how they had fun

                          Calling us for dinner, a little after dark
               Chasing the finest girl you knew, didn't want to have to part
                          Say goodnight, and go seperate ways
                 These are the things I remember, form back in the day