Back Then

I went to public school When I was a kid I did most of the stuff Other Kids did Now I was raised on the South side of being poor Weren't no fancy cars Out my back door If Sammy Joe Had ever gave me the chance I'd have taken her out For some wild romance They didn't like my name Or my games My money wasn't green enough They didn't like my car Or my clothes They never seemed clean enough And now that money rolls in And I'm richer than sin All I ever do is grin Cause, Back then they didn't want me Now I'm hot their all on me Back then they didn't want me Now I'm hot their all on me I was 17 thought I was cool Was burning rubber behind the school And bout the time I popped the clutch I left that school in a cloud of dust Barney pulled me over and he called my pa Locked me in the slammer for disobeying the law I couldn't have no fun in the sun I couldn't wait to finish school So I worked real hard to get far My Daddy didn't raise no fool And now that money rolls in And I'm richer than sin All I ever do is grin Cause, Back then they didn't want me Now I'm hot their all on me Back then they didn't want me Now I'm hot their all on me They didn't like my name Or my games My money wasn't green enough They didn't like my car Or my clothes They never seemed clean enough And now that money rolls in And I'm richer than sin All I ever do is grin Cause, Back then they didn't want me Now I'm hot their all on me Back then they didn't want me Now I'm hot their all on me