Back in the Day

[Chorus]

Back in the day, when it was a dream

Nobody believed in what I could be

But now I'm laughin' at 'em like, "Ha-ha-ha"

'Cause I'ma be okay

Back in the day, when it was a dream

Nobody believed in what I could be

But now I'm laughin' at 'em like, "Ha-ha-ha"

'Cause I'ma be okay

[Verse 1]

I used to have a dream, now it seem that I'ma live it in real life

Gettin' free jeans, good weed, feelin' real nice

Used to think that I was too short or too dumb

Just a newcomer to the game tryna do somethin'

Used to runnin' after ice cream trucks

But now I just stroll, lacе my Nikes up

I'm a nice, clean cut, good lookin' individual

Fillin' up a notebook with rhymes when I be in the school

Learn quick that nobody here invincible

We feel big, but in reality, we minuscule

Try and make a million bucks before I reach my pinnacle

Supernova status from basically invisible

Growin' up thinkin' it was cool to be a criminal

Until I saw a couple homies go down

See, now that isn't me or anything I'm finna be

I want the money, cars, hoes, clothes, a kid can dream

I used to talk to girls that wasn't even into me

Now they hit me up wantin' intimacy

But nah, I got a girl and she down for me

My little Juliet chillin' on the balcony

If I need it, she gon' run a hundred miles for me

Love me for me, not who I'm 'bout to be

And if they didn't believe, then I can do without 'em

'Cause at the end of the day I'm just Malcolm

[Chorus]

Back in the day, when it was a dream

Nobody believed in what I could be

But now I'm laughin' at 'em like, "Ha-ha-ha"

'Cause I'ma be okay

Back in the day, when it was a dream

Nobody believed in what I could be

But now I'm laughin' at 'em like, "Ha-ha-ha" (Yeah)

'Cause I'ma be okay (Hey, hey)

[Verse 2]

Just a little snotty nose tryna find his pot of gold

Stayin' up late on the phone, always callin' hoes

Never thought I'd blow, no one took me serious

Now they see me walkin' down the street like, "Oh, there he is"

As a kid, anything was possible

But mama knows the hottest flow don't put me on the honor roll

Grades started slippin', the classes I be skippin'

Tried to tell me that I was a fool, I wouldn't listen, no

As a youngin' I was playin' pretend

My wonder years, never woulda thought they could end

Back, back in my glory days, way before the haze

A good night sleep had me energized for the day

When I would look up at the planets in they orbit

Before this life got distorted

Before the money was a plan

Before I ever thought that I would need to be a man

Somethin' like a Peter Pan, nah, I ain't tryna grow up

'Cause bein' old sucks, I just wanna go nuts

Before I drank a beer or ever took a hit of weed

When entertainment was my mom's readin' mysteries

Takin' you back to them nursery rhymes

When I thought the world just deserved to be mine

Said I'm takin' you back to them nursery rhymes

Back to the beginning, put the verse in rewind

[Chorus]

Back in the day, when it was a dream

Nobody believed in what I could be

But now I'm laughin' at 'em like, "Ha-ha-ha"

'Cause I'ma be okay

Back in the day, when it was a dream

Nobody believed in what I could be

But now I'm laughin' at 'em like, "Ha-ha-ha"

'Cause I'ma be okay

[Post-Chorus]

Back in the day, when it was a dream

Nobody believed in what I could be

But now I'm laughin' at 'em like, "Ha-ha-ha"

I'm laughin' at 'em like, "Ha-ha-ha"

[Outro]

Haha, yeah

So this goes out to

Any of y'all, haha

That ain't tryna get old, haha