[00:01.515][Hook] [00:02.595]I wish I was a kid again [00:03.874]Runnin' with my friends an' them, up n down the streets [00:07.491]Waitin' on a bell to ring [00:09.235]Ridin' on a school bus, drawin' on the seats [00:13.075]On the phone all night with a girl I like and she claim she a freak [00:17.564]It's straight, I could never go back [00:19.667]I would never go back, but it would be coo' to see [00:22.650][Verse 1] [00:22.858]Rise n Shine [00:23.970]Get up off my ass and mash fo cash [00:25.586]No time to procrastinate [00:27.818]Yeah I'd ratha' drink a 40, but that'll have to wait [00:30.371]I ride a bucket, kinda rusty, but I'll blast the bass [00:33.211]On the road again [00:34.787]For the pros within [00:36.003]The block used to be sunny but they snowed it in [00:38.235]Now tha junkies scrape change for tha dollar menu [00:41.026]That's what he said, but tha rock is what he really into [00:43.651]Gave him a dollar anyway, cause who knows? [00:46.595]Maybe tha? **** boy baby need some new clothes [00:49.051]Cause we all goin' thru it [00:50.676]No matter how you view it [00:52.291]Slice it, cut it, bring it back and screw it! [00:54.459]Hot as I've ever been, but I'm coolin' - out [00:57.386]AC neva works, so my windows - down [01:00.283]Not worried, kids scurry Saturdays [01:03.059]Reminiscing, Good Lord, how I used to run and play [01:05.706]Sometimes... [01:06.371][Hook] [01:06.571]I wish I was a kid again [01:08.499]Runnin' with my friends an' them, up n down the streets [01:12.275]Waitin' on a bell to ring [01:13.931]Ridin' on a school bus, drawin' on the seats [01:17.515]On the phone all night with a girl I like and she claim she a freak [01:22.042]It's straight, I could never go back [01:24.691]I would never go back, but it would be coo' to see [01:26.851][Verse 2] [01:27.411]Grandma Linnie on the go [01:31.459]Cookin' in the kitchen, somethin' good for my soul [01:32.323]G-I Joes all on her living room flo' [01:34.530]It seems like yesterday, but she passed so long ago, Good Heavens [01:38.268]I want to go to church, but ain't no good reverends [01:41.243]She prolly frownin' on me now, because I know betta [01:43.564]But I push on, searchin' for some cush-on [01:46.147]To pay the bills and responsibilities that I disown [01:48.387]Not a pot to piss in, a tree to piss on [01:51.578]The devil come around to much, I'm hollin' get gone [01:54.228]But its hard to get off, when you can't get on [01:57.107]I pour my life on this wax, nobody lis-ons [01:59.787]So I cruise, me and just my blues [02:02.323]Lookin' at the world through my broken rear view [02:05.187]Not worried, cuz I pray for betta days [02:07.540]Reminiscing, Good Lord, how I used to run and play [02:10.250]Sometimes... [02:10.874][Hook] [02:11.242]I wish I was a kid again [02:13.227]Runnin' with my friends an' them, up n down the streets [02:15.674]Waitin' on a bell to ring [02:18.908]Ridin' on a school bus, drawin' on the seats [02:21.970]On the phone all night with a girl I like and she claim she a freak [02:26.945]It's straight, I could never go back [02:29.055]I would never go back, but it would be coo' to see [02:32.639][Outro] [02:33.536]Miss Linney, outside in her garden [02:38.472]My brotha, his son, and his daughta [02:44.184]The rap game, before I was spitting [02:49.631]Back when Pac and Biggie were livin' [02:55.288]Oooooooh, It'd be coo' to go back [03:03.823]But now where we're at [03:08.298]No, no regress.. I'm waitin on what's next [03:15.560][Hook] [03:16.160]I wish I was a kid again [03:18.088]Runnin' with my friends an' them, up n down the streets [03:21.346]Waitin' on a bell to ring [03:23.352]Ridin' on a school bus, drawin' on the seats [03:26.754]On the phone all night with a girl I like and she claim she a freak [03:31.400]It's straight, I could never go back [03:33.864]I would never go back, but it would be coo' to see