Back Then ft. 35Dev Lyrics

We ain't have much back then

Sleeping on the floor, cold hard floor

Yea

Can't go back again, won't go back again

I did what I had to do

Moved on, and I moved past you

I did what I had to do

I'm sorry if I hurt you

This life is so complex, never been the one in school to get no award for best dressed

But now I'm rocking Hermes, I went from cursed to blessed

I went from living in debt, to writing personal checks

This feeling so perplexed, look what we rose up against

A power so damn immense, it switched up most of my friends

I learned that life is intense, just gotta go through the steps

So if don't make cents, then it don't make sense

Uh, look

So tell me, how would you feel

We went from eating oatmeal, to mashed potatoes and veal

My destination my creation, so my hands on the wheel

Be in my presence is a blessing, better learn how to kneel, for real

Cuz if you wanna run the game, you better learn to take notes

Cuz there ain't no playbooks that could teach you how to coach

Better watch your own manners , learn to watch your own approach

Cuz they'll throw you in that water, without caring if you float

We ain't have much back then

Sleeping on the floor, cold hard floor

Yea

Can't go back again, won't go back again

I did what I had to do

Moved on, and I moved past you

I did what I had to do

I'm sorry if I hurt you

This talent is offensive, they don't want me to mention

Overly obsessive, before I make my exit

Labeled me a sped kid, with Saturday detentions

Sat on park benches, with thoughts to make your head spin

Those are my blessings, divine intervention

From the spirit lenses, behavior is eccentric

Open up my senses, to factual perspectives

Body is a template, talk about ascension

Did what I had to do

Did what I had to do

Remember when they thought it was over

Just a few years ago, I was looking for closure

Two years off of drugs, from those, I'm sober

Those that know me the best, tend to call me a soldier

And it's honorable as hell that you ain't ever folded

Still wonder how I easily keep the composure

Out the mud, watch me go and bloom like a lotus

Unguarded to these fools, my hearts fully open

They be dazed, and confused, cuz nothing is bogus

Workaholic, come and take a look at the total

You could never in your life, reach this much focus

Just trust homie, guaranteed to reap if we sowed it

Songs serve as a token, for the time I was broken

All this truth, that I get to go an indulge in

We ain't have much back then

Sleeping on the floor, cold hard floor

Yea

Can't go back again, won't go back again

I did what I had to do

Moved on, and I moved past you

I did what I had to do

I'm sorry if I hurt you

Yeah, they think it's sweet all because my skin tone

Plus my names known, in the place I call home

No handouts, I went and set my own goals

Dad taught me I was different from our kinfolk So I rose, told me that I had to take control

Perfected my flow, starting hitting studios

Asked me to change , as I swore that I won't

Share the life story with my kids while they grow

Did what I had to do

Did what I had to do

Did what I had to do

Yeah, what I had to do

Late nights , long days, still drinking Bombay

Mix it with the lemonade, tapping into old ways

Try suppressing all the pain, a lot of me has changed

Still look at me sideways , but fuck what they say

Keep giving me the gaze, they see me un phased

Don't you know that I pray

Relentless, I stay making raps always

I say take a break, but my soul can't wait

Gonna make me keep going, till I'm completely drained

Been receiving more praise, since I dropped ole

Streams start to raise, I'm forever getting played

Strangers know my name in this underground lane

We ain't have much back then

Sleeping on the floor, cold hard floor

Yea

Can't go back again, won't go back again

I did what I had to do

Moved on, and I moved past you

I did what I had to do

I'm sorry if I hurt you

I done took some losses, but I ain't ever panicking

See life done got hard , but I figured how to manage

Cuz if you don't take chances, well then there's no advancing

My mind was on the money, bigger house, find me a mansion

See I don't like the drugs, but when I'm on em, I'm a champion

I smoke a little weed, and then my problems seem to vanish

My words can paint the picture, use my music as my canvas

I know that all y'all hate me, but my self esteem ain't damaged

We ain't have much back then

Sleeping on the floor, cold hard floor

Yea

Can't go back again, won't go back again

I did what I had to do