Back Then Lyrics

I done spent a lot of time

Getting nothing chasing patience

I've been around the world twice

And I've done seen million faces

I'm tryna' get in where I fit in

Going hard so I can't fake it

God whispered in me ear

Said this your chance so imma' take it

Got no hate back then

Had it made back then

I ain't had no Audemar

Had no Maybach then

We had to pray back then

Them girls was fake back then

I remember days in college kept the faith back then

Lately I've been cold

I've been colder than a freezer

Tryna' raise the bar

Tryna' simplify the meter

Put down my rifle became a disciple

And really I just started fishing

Pick up my Bible and burning my idols

And really I just started living

I'm just tryna' change the culture come one soul at a time

I'm sitting back writing my rhymes

I promise when granny had died

That I was dead inside

But I had to just hold back the fire

Jesus is king and Jehovah can witness it

I'm going harder than Chinese arithmetic

You want a problem you start it I finish it

I want the hardest Bentley at the dealership

I'm going dummy you thought it was funny

When my hair was long

And then my nose was runny

I jumped out the trap

And went straight to the temple

I started to blow and I popped like a pimple

I'm going crowd surfing on the beat

Spirit is strong but the flesh it be weak

I'm moving too fast and they saying my name

I trusting in Jesus and stay in His lane

Got no hate back then

Had it made back then

I ain't had no Audemar

Had no Maybach then

We had to pray back then

Them girls was fake back then

I remember days in college kept the faith back then

I remember times when I was praying for a dub

I remember times when I was praying just for love

And I remember times when I was begging to above

Then I learned how to trust

Came from the dust

Had to drop off the lust

And lil' Danny in the Phantom

And lil' shawty in the cut

I ain't had no money I just prayed for the dough

Always had a buck for food but never picked back up the four

And I had a broken heart but God done brought me from the low

I'm not the one who paves the way that's something they don't even know

I ain't never been the type to have the grades to pay the teacher

But imma' pay tuition and put this beat on a t-shirt

Got no hate back then

Had it made back then

I ain't had no Audemar

Had no Maybach then

We had to pray back then

Them girls was fake back then

I remember days in college kept the faith back then