| Ahmad의 싱글 | ||||
| "Who Can?" (1993) | → | Back in the Day (1994) | → | "You Gotta Be..." (1994) |
| Back in the Day | ||||
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| 수록 음반 | <colbgcolor=#fff,#1f2023> Ahmad | |||
| 아티스트 | Ahmad | |||
| B-Side | "Back in the Day (Remix)" (카세트 싱글) | |||
| 발매일 | 1994년 3월 29일 | |||
| 녹음 기간 | 1993년 ~ 1994년 | |||
| 스튜디오 | 윈소닉 프로세스 & 레코딩 스튜디오[1] | |||
| 장르 | 웨스트 코스트 힙합 | |||
| 재생 시간 | 5:18 (앨범 버전) 5:03 (리믹스) 5:15 (Jeep Mix) | |||
| 레이블 | Giant, Reprise | |||
| 송라이터 | Ahmad Ali Lewis, Stefan Kendal Gordy | |||
| 프로듀서 | Kendal, Ahmad (앨범 버전) Maurice Thompson, Jay Supreme, Ahmad (리믹스, Jeep Mix) | |||
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1. 개요
미국의 힙합 래퍼 Ahmad의 싱글이며 그의 데뷔 앨범 Ahmad의 첫 싱글로 1994년 3월 29일에 발매되었다.2. 오디오/뮤직 비디오
| 오디오 (리믹스) |
| 오디오 (Jeep Mix) |
| 오디오 (앨범 버전) |
| 뮤직 비디오 (리믹스) |
3. 가사
| [Hook] Back in the days when I was young I'm not a kid anymore But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again Back in the days when I was young I'm not a kid anymore But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again Back in the days when I was young I'm not a kid anymore But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again Back in the days when I was young I'm not a kid anymore But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again [Verse 1] I remember (back in the days) When I just a little niggarole I looked up to my bigger bro Begged if I could kick it so When he went out with girls I could go tagging along Nagging if she had a sis maybe could mack a baby hoodrat Y'all remember way back then, when it was 1985 All the way live, I think I was about ten One of those happy little niggas singing the blues That be always trying to bag with the shag and karate shoes Sayin "Yo momma black; his momma this, his momma that" Then he get mad and wanna scrap We stay mad about, ten minutes then it's like back on the bike To play hide and go get it with the younger hoes by the bungalows Then switch to playing ding dong ditch, when that gets Old and too cold to hack it, threw on a bomber jacket You could tell the ballers cuz they bell wearing Gazelles And if they really had money raised be sporting BK's And, all the girls had they turkish link If it broke then they made earrings to it, like they meant to do it But, sometimes, I still sit and reminisce Then, think about the years I was raised, back in the days [Hook] Back in the days when I was young I'm not a kid anymore But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again Back in the days when I was young I'm not a kid anymore But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again Back in the days when I was young I'm not a kid anymore But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again Back in the days when I was young I'm not a kid anymore But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again [Reprise] And everybody say (I remember way back when) And everybody say (I remember way back when) And everybody say (I remember way back when) What? (back in the day) When? (back in the day) [Verse 2] I'm still back in the days, but now the year is '87 '88 that's when my crew and I were in junior high In 7th grade, I hated school (wish it'd blown up) No doubt I couldn't wait to get out (and be a grownup) But let me finish this reminiscing and telling 'Bout when girls was belling tight corduroys like for the boys Basket weaves, Nike Cortez, and footsie socks And eating pickles, with tootsie pops And it don't stop, I'm glad cause when J.J. Fad hit Supersonic It was kinda like a sport to wear biker shorts Or to wear jeans and it seemed like the masses Of hoochies had Poison airbrushed on they asses Dudes had on Nike suits, and the Pumas with The fat laces cause it was either that or K-Swiss I miss those days and so I pout like a grown jerk Wishing all I had to do now, was finish homework It's true, you don't realize really what you got til it's gone And I'm not, gonna sing another sad song, but Sometimes I do sit and reminisce then Think about the years I was raised, back in the days [Hook] Back in the days when I was young I'm not a kid anymore But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again Back in the days when I was young I'm not a kid anymore But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again Back in the days when I was young I'm not a kid anymore But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again Back in the days when I was young I'm not a kid anymore But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again [Reprise] And everybody say (I remember way back when) And everybody say (I remember way back when) And everybody say (I remember way back when) What? (back in the day) When? (back in the day) [Verse 3] Well, it's the niggarole, I figure that now I'm all grown up Because I'm eighteen years old, and guess you could say I'm holding Down a steady job and crew steady mobbing You steady bobbing your head and I'm paid, so I got it made But, didn't always have clout, used to live in South Central L.A That's where I stayed and figured a way out I gave it all I had so for what it's worth I went from rags to riches which is a drag but now I'm first So Ahmad and The Jones' is on our way up Yup, we said that we was gonna make it since a kid And we finally did, but Sometimes I still sit and reminisce then Think about the years I was raised, back in the days [Hook] Back in the days when I was young I'm not a kid anymore But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again Back in the days when I was young I'm not a kid anymore But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again Back in the days when I was young I'm not a kid anymore But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again Back in the days when I was young I'm not a kid anymore But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again [Reprise] And everybody say (I remember way back when) And everybody say (I remember way back when) And everybody say (I remember way back when) What? (back in the day) When? (back in the day) |
4. 차트 성적
빌보드 R&B 차트에서 19위, 빌보드 핫 100에서 1994년 8월 첫째 주부터 셋째 주까지 3주 연속 26위를 기록했고 12주 연속 40위권에 머물러 있었다.[2]1994년 빌보드 R&B 연말 차트에서 92위, 1994년 빌보드 핫 100 연말 차트에선 93위에 올랐다.