Esham - Back In Da Day Lyrics
A thug changes, and love changesand best friends become strangersA thug changes, and love changes(yo, uh)Can it be, that i stayed away for too long?Did i leave your mind when i was gone?Baby ain't no need to pretend I aint actin liveI'm like a young-ass Michael from the Jackson Five (HEE HEEE)But you don't feel me, the industry for years been trying to kill meMe and my niggas stay in the cracks like roachesAlways runnin from the Raids when the cops approachesMan my style is just too ferociousBeen spitting potent dope for years, that's why I overdosesNow I'm gonna tell you how it all beganBefore EminemBefore all of themI'm a tell you how they tried to play meHow my city betrayed me, made me *****in go crazyMade me carry the AK in the back with my baseThis worlds so coldI'm a let you knowYou can't get away with tryin to steal my flowIn eighty-eight I set up shop before detroit had shockKid Rock never rode a bike down my blockRemember Homie the Clown?And thats about the time ICP put it downDetroits most wanted, K-Ice and Maistro and SmileyI was at the Disk, spendin' bank with Gregg RileyEven though we was movin units every dayStill gots no love or radio playMaybe because I won't pay payolaKnown in the streets for moving yoca colaMe and my brother, trying to get up out the ghettoTake care of my mother, cause I love herIt was no hip hop shops or freestyle battlesOnly a city full of snakes that rattleRemember "Sugar is sugar and salt is salt"If they didnt sell records, its not my faultI used to watch the scene with Natt MorrisI dedicate this to Detroit, now I'm a
