Back In the Days
Shaggy & Rayvon Lyrics

Straight outta Flatbush
I'm from Flatbush

Always tek it back
I reminisce

(Whoa oh)

Fi yuh peeps
For your people

(Whoa whoa whoa oh)

Don't worry about it, it's been brought up
It's no big deal, I've already mentioned it

'Cause you never know what your gonna turn out to be
You never know what the future holds

(No oh ooh ooh)

Life has it's funny twist and turns yuh nah mean
Life can be unpredictable

(Yay yay)

Back in the days, tried and failed but look at me now
In the past, I was unsuccessful but now I've succeeded

How, things have changed, had no friends but look at me now
My circumstances have changed, I didn't have many friends but now I've made it

It, seems so strange, no one cared but look at me now
It's strange that nobody cared about me before but now I'm doing well

Fortune and fame, who would guess but look at me now
Who could have guessed that I would achieve fortune and fame

Friends, spend nuh time wid dem
I didn't waste my time with friends who didn't believe in me

I was the kid who never follow many trends
I was never very trendy

Used to wear the glasses with the soda bottle lens
I wore thick glasses

Girls didn't like me and a few would just pretend
Girls didn't like me and some pretended to be my friend

It's funny back in school the guys that were so cool
It's ironic that the guys who were popular in school

Are the very ones who wish them could a be walkin' inna mi shoes
Are the ones who envy my success

Now tell me whose the fool, them never have a clue
Now who's the fool? They didn't have a clue

That's why I'm here to dedicate this song to all of you, hey hey
That's why I'm dedicating this song to all of you

(The days)

(How things changed)

(So strange)

(Ooh wee)

I, never realized
I never knew

I could make reality di tings I fantasize
I could make my dreams a reality

Stuck to my plan and to everyone surprised
I stuck to my plan and surprised everyone

Even those who doubt a stand before mi mesmerized
Even those who doubted me are now amazed by me

I bloom delay a late, I couldn't get an eight
I succeeded later in life, I wasn't very successful before

Di cheerleadin' chicks grew up to all be overweight
The cheerleaders I knew are now overweight

See now I lookin' greta, I wonda what they ate
Now that I look great, I wonder what they ate

To that I'm really happy wid my supermodel date, hey hey
I'm really happy with my supermodel girlfriend

(I know)

(Shooby dooby doo, yeah)

(I know, I know)

(No no)

If you think you got it figured out well listen to me
If you think you have everything figured out, listen to me

Don't ever underestimate what people can be
Don't ever underestimate what people are capable of

Now whose the one that's most likely to succeed
Now who's most likely to succeed

It's usually the one's you don't see, hey
It's usually the ones you overlook

(Back in the days)

(How things have changed)

(So strange, hey)

Ooh, back in the days
In the past

How things have changed, said a rearranged, hey
How things have changed, and it's all different now

Back in the days
In the past

How things have changed, How things have turned, oh
How things have changed, it's a whole new world