Days Of My Youth - Rashad, Confidence

A young shorty, intrigued by the rap artist image

Couldn’t let grandmoms catch me reciting lyrics

If she did she got upset and gave me a lecture

Told me rap was for hoodlums that didn’t really impress her

They just a bunch of thugs that keep TEC’s on their dresser

Out of respect for her I used to hide my tapes

Quietly recording shows up at nights real late

Stuffing papers in cassettes if I ain’t had no blanks

From maxillae TV case that didn’t’t matter what the tape was

The favorite show back in the days was probably Future Flavors

Marley Marl and Pete Rock playing the exclusives

Nothing but new hits, the one show that I refused to miss

That was the era that gave me the most influences

When rap was in its prime and the streets were damaged from crime

I was in the lab drafting a rhyme

Bumping 50 MC’s by Tony Touch while every track would rewind

Late night video souls

Those were the days of my youth

Yeah, those were the days of my youth

I used to rock a triple goose when it was cold

Those were the days of my youth

Yeah, those were the days of my youth

Running around chasing skirts in the summer

Those were the days of my youth

Yeah, those were the days of my youth

Being raised up by a single mother

Those were the days of my youth

Damn, what happened to the days of my youth

Just a little kid who fiend to be placed on the TV screen

Listening to Billie Jean smiling and dancing

With tube socks and church shoes, acting like Michael Jackson

That was way back when, Michael who my idol was

Black mittens on my hands ‘cause I ain’t had no white gloves

After that phase started admiring the thugs

Letting my pants sag glow over my (Huarache) kicks

Life to me was all about hip hop and comic strips

Fighting with my television while my chick karate flicks

Always taken care of, can’t say I was impoverished

Sneaky little child always behaving suspicious

Devious type flirting with the baby sitters

Thank God for moms discipline, that made a difference

Could’ve ended up being a problem child facing a sentence

Instead I chose a path with limitations and restrictions

On being and listening when no time was giving wisdom

Getting bad grades at school

Those were the days of my youth

Yeah, those were the days of my youth

Rocking Jordan’s made me feel a little cool

Those were the days of my youth

Yeah, those were the days of my youth

Rap City in the basement

Those were the days of my youth

Yeah, those were the days of my youth

Damn, I wonder where them days went

Those were the days of my youth

Damn, what happened to the days of my youth

You could find me on the block chasing the ice cream truck

A cooling out waiting for the fire hydrants to erupt

Spraying water guns at everybody while I run and duck

You know the younging, that came across as being mad shy and coy

Nickname back in the day used to be shotty boy

Liked a few sports but b-ball was one of my favorites

Naive like every kid thinking I could make the Majors

Found a new hobby which was putting pencils to pages

Infected with a love for hip hop that got contagious

First album on tape was 36 Chambers

Started watching YO!

MTV Raps with Dre and Ed

Taping hot 97 in night before I lay in bed

Black Moon 'Who's Got The Props' forever playing in my head

Blasting my speakers when I heard Angie Martinez

Battle of the beats, one of my favorite features

Influenced by the music, so I switched up the dress-code

Thinking I’m the man now because I rock fresh clothes

From Hilfiger to Helly Hansen when the weather was cold

Negro need catching grand hills on my feet

Those memories are forever that I remember and keep

From Jo Clear to Big Les

Those were the days of my youth

Yeah, those were the days of my youth

Stocking cabs with a fitted on my head

Those were the days of my youth

Yeah, those were the days of my youth

Yes, farmers and shirts by Tommy Hill

Those were the days of my youth

Yeah, those were the days of my youth

Those times are long gone but still wear ‘em

Those were the days of my youth

Damn, what happened to the days of my youth?