Yesterday

Woo! Let me bring y'all back
No Lazarus! Q-Dog! Halfway House
Oww!

Wish I could go back (Yeah, yeah)
Ten times to the old days (Yeah, yeah)
When everything was simple (Yeah, yeah)

Now I think I'm going mental (Oh, yeah)
'Cause the world is going crazy (Yeah, yeah)

Got babies killing babies (Yeah, yeah)

Got a virus on a rampage (Yeah, yeah)
Everybody so offended (Oh, yeah)
And the rent so expensive (Yeah, yeah)
Have we lost our senses? (Yeah, yeah)
Got more than two sexes (Yeah, yeah)
Some might say that's sexist (Oh, yeah)
Well, I used to cut school and hang (Oh, yeah)
Hooky parties with the gang (Oh, yeah)
All I needed was my gang (Oh, yeah)
Money was not a thing

I shine, you shine, summertime
I'm fine, you're fine, we good
And we grew up in the hood

So take me back in the day (Yeah, yeah)
When it was all so easy (Yeah, yeah)
Back to yesterday (Yeah, yeah)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Oh, yeah)
So take me back in the day (Yeah, yeah)
When it was all so easy (Yeah, yeah)
Back to yesterday (Yeah, yeah)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Oh, yeah, yeah)

Order waters, pizzeria, dollar slice, it was nice
Queens, New York, hopped the train, laughing 'til the cops came
Put me in cuffs, then my mama picked me up
But the station said, "Said the next time I'ma leave you there"

I was just a rebel without a cause
I kicked it with the homies and I ain't talking Muay Thai

Hated being Asian 'cause I was just different
In front of other kids, I denied my own heritage
Uncle Willie told me, "Never start a fight, but stand your ground
Never back down, never let nobody put you down"
Fist fights, riding bikes through the city every day
We punch each other in the face and be friends the next day

RIP to Ivan, a horse hit by a stray bullet
I carry on the lessons you taught me, I just keep pushing
Shovel snow in the winter, bringing ice
21 Games, who cared if it was freezing?
Gotta live it, gotta love it, it never felt low budget
Used to dream of the day that I travel the world
Like Indiana Jones when I picked up the microphone
That's when I transformed into King Kong, rah

I shine, you shine, summertime
I'm fine, you're fine, we good
And we grew up in the hood

So take me back in the day (Yeah, yeah)
When it was all so easy (Yeah, yeah)
Back to yesterday (Yeah, yeah)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Oh, yeah)
So take me back in the day (Yeah, yeah)
When it was all so easy (Yeah, yeah)
Back to yesterday (Yeah, yeah)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Oh, yeah, yeah)

Yesterday, yesterday, yesterday, yesterday
Yesterday, yesterday, bring me back (Yeah, yeah)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yesterday, yesterday, yesterday, yesterday
Yesterday, yesterday, bring me back (Oh, yeah, yeah)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Halfway House, you know what I mean?