Back in the Day

This track here is dedicated to the real ones 'Cuz nowadays everything seems to be so fake We don't know reality, we don't know right from wrong So this song's for y'all, let's go You couldn't pay me enough for my soul to be sold You couldn't pay me enough for my soul to be sold Started writing my rhymes back in '98 Didn't see it back then but I'm kinda great I grew up in a time when you couldn't be fake My real ones showing real love, never no hate No social media, Wikipedia N*ggaz couldn't slide up in my DM And if a muthafucka talked slick better believe The next day we would go out and go see them Nowadays they be like: 'pull up to what?' You be sitting somewhere way across the country With a durag on and a bag of Cheetos, Fake jewelry, listening to Migos Y'all ain't emcees though, I'm back in beast mode I got my homies and y'all gon' need mo Heat to compete, I do it for my people None my equal, it's on now Always on my own I am growing but got my homies back I'm back in my zone Thought I told you I'd get that focus back Now I know that absolutely nobody can hold me back I've noticed that there's no going back Please don't hold me back Remember back in the day When you had to be real I can't relate To people nowadays, I just don't Get it, I'll never be fake And everything's plastic I can't relate To people nowadays, I just can't Remember back in the day When you had to be real I can't relate To people nowadays, I just don't Get it, I'll never be fake And everything's plastic I can't relate To people nowadays, I just can't I just can't relate Try to sit back and meditate 'Cuz I see they depressed all day All they do is self-medicate I have to stay true to myself I cannot pay the consequences of your actions Sorry, baby, but I have to get on stage No, you can't get backstage You don't have to ask every day You didn't have my back from day one So don't act like family, nah Please don't exacerbate the situation Set it straight or let the pain Take you away and get the hell out of my face Always on my own I am growing but got my homies back I'm back in my zone Thought I told you I'd get that focus back Now I know that absolutely nobody can hold me back I've noticed that there's no going back Please don't hold me back Remember back in the day When you had to be real I can't relate To people nowadays, I just don't Get it, I'll never be fake And everything's plastic I can't relate To people nowadays, I just can't Remember back in the day When you had to be real I can't relate To people nowadays, I just don't Get it, I'll never be fake And everything's plastic I can't relate To people nowadays, I just can't You couldn't pay me enough for my soul to be sold You couldn't pay me enough for my soul to be sold For all the day ones