[Chorus]
Sometime life be getting kinda ill
remember on the younger days and hope it stay still
cross my heart and hope I stay trill
until they come and get me
it's 1990 till' (x2)

Shimmy shimmy yah
Shimmy yay shimmy nuh
Shit bring me back when I was 18
Still believed life beyond the hearse was a sure thing
I was bumpin' Carter 3 that shirt birthed me aye

Hoop all day hit the China spot,
eggs rolls by the row till they close the door on my little ass
hit the barber shop, get the fade, discuss the pays
now im lookin' a lil paid, minimum wage with my lil ass
dope boys didn't fuck with me
I was hooping too hard, they say boy you might be NBA
6'5 pull-up looking kinda hell mean, post game straight amphetamines
I'm Durant with that lean
Scholarship was in my pocket
Thotties on the court was the only thing that could stop me
Give the Penny cross, than I drive up in the paint
Went for the dunk, my knee cracked like a fucking plank

[Chorus]
Sometime life be getting kinda ill
remember on the younger days and hope it stay still
cross my heart and hope I stay trill
until they come and get me
it's 1990 till' (x2)

25 lighters on my dresser, ain't no better
Shit bring me back to 21, I was tryna stunt
I got my first apartment, it was blunt after blunt
It was XXX month after month

Straight A's through all my classes with my smart ass
Thick girls all on my line like whats up
Liquor pouring every day, boy i made some vices
Never mind that shit, this is college send it up
Black boys dont go to school that often,
Maintain and crack them brews, Steve Austin
Hoe I'm a year from my bachelors, back for my masters,
finna stack my money to the rafters
Aye I graduated
Mama stood up clapping,
can't believe this happened, I came from bologna sandwiches
Got the liquor pouring, shorty blunt rolling
then I went to interviews and the shit start showing..

Ooooh shit.
You mean that degree wasn't shit?
I guess Kanye wasn't lying on the College Dropout huh...shit...

[Outro]
Throw it back!
Throw it back. (x8)