Back in the day, when it was a dream
Nobody believed in what I could be
But now I´m laughin´ at ´em like, "Ha-ha-ha"
´Cause I´ma be okay
Back in the day, when it was a dream

Nobody believed in what I could be
But now I´m laughin´ at ´em like, "Ha-ha-ha"
´Cause I´ma be okay

I used to have a dream, now it seem that I´ma live it in real life
Gettin´ free jeans, good weed, feelin´ real nice
Used to think that I was too short or too dumb
Just a newcomer to the game tryna do somethin´
Used to runnin´ after ice cream trucks
But now I just stroll, lacе my Nikes up
I´m a nice, clean cut, good lookin´ individual
Fillin´ up a notebook with rhymes when I be in the school
Learn quick that nobody here invincible
We feel big, but in reality, we minuscule
Try and make a million bucks before I reach my pinnacle

Supernova status from basically invisible
Growin´ up thinkin´ it was cool to be a criminal
Until I saw a couple homies go down
See, now that isn´t me or anything I´m finna be
I want the money, cars, hoes, clothes, a kid can dream
I used to talk to girls that wasn´t even into me
Now they hit me up wantin´ intimacy
But nah, I got a girl and she down for me
My little Juliet chillin´ on the balcony
If I need it, she gon´ run a hundred miles for me
Love me for me, not who I´m ´bout to be
And if they didn´t believe, then I can do without ´em
´Cause at the end of the day I´m just Malcolm

Back in the day, when it was a dream
Nobody believed in what I could be

But now I´m laughin´ at ´em like, "Ha-ha-ha"
´Cause I´ma be okay
Back in the day, when it was a dream
Nobody believed in what I could be
But now I´m laughin´ at ´em like, "Ha-ha-ha" (Yeah)
´Cause I´ma be okay (Hey, hey)

Just a little snotty nose tryna find his pot of gold
Stayin´ up late on the phone, always callin´ hoes
Never thought I´d blow, no one took me serious
Now they see me walkin´ down the street like, "Oh, there he is"
As a kid, anything was possible
But mama knows the hottest flow don´t put me on the honor roll
Grades started slippin´, the classes I be skippin´

Tried to tell me that I was a fool, I wouldn´t listen, no
As a youngin´ I was playin´ pretend
My wonder years, never woulda thought they could end
Back, back in my glory days, way before the haze
A good night sleep had me energized for the day
When I would look up at the planets in they orbit
Before this life got distorted
Before the money was a plan
Before I ever thought that I would need to be a man
Somethin´ like a Peter Pan, nah, I ain´t tryna grow up
´Cause bein´ old sucks, I just wanna go nuts
Before I drank a beer or ever took a hit of weed
When entertainment was my mom´s readin´ mysteries
Takin´ you back to them nursery rhymes

When I thought the world just deserved to be mine
Said I´m takin´ you back to them nursery rhymes
Back to the beginning, put the verse in rewind

Back in the day, when it was a dream
Nobody believed in what I could be
But now I´m laughin´ at ´em like, "Ha-ha-ha"
´Cause I´ma be okay
Back in the day, when it was a dream
Nobody believed in what I could be
But now I´m laughin´ at ´em like, "Ha-ha-ha"
´Cause I´ma be okay

Back in the day, when it was a dream
Nobody believed in what I could be
But now I´m laughin´ at ´em like, "Ha-ha-ha"
I´m laughin´ at ´em like, "Ha-ha-ha"

Haha, yeah
So this goes out to
Any of y´all, haha
That ain´t tryna get old, haha