Those Were the Days

It was the king of the rim or the king of the swing

That was back then so boy don't mock it
I wasn't indoors playing with Barbie's or dollies

Yo those were the days
Yo those were the days I will never forget
Knock down ginger, knock knock then shift
Yo those were the days I could never regret
Remember naf naf jackets and spliffy jeans
Just to race to it on our bikes
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yo those were the days I will never forget
But less was much better 'cause it saved a lot of stress
Those were the days I will never forget
Yo those were the days
Been chased by the mad man, gotta get back
We used to race down the hill in old safe way trolleys
Yo those were the days
Yo those were the days I will never forget
We played the first Mortal Kombat on the Sega
Two minutes later we got locked in the lift
Those were the days
Those days are missin', those days were alright
Yeah, yeah

Sprayed my name on concrete slabs

Laughin' when we got out, got into silly arguments
Yo those were the days I will never forget
And playin' basketball in the cage, those were the days
My parents way of tellin' us to get our backs in
In the places you wouldn't be in if you stuck to your packs
Yeah, yeah
I hung out in Coffers community center
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
A soldier marched back up to Radcliffe Walk
I was outside jumpin' off walls or playin' football

Yo those were the days I could never regret
Chalk hill Estate don't exist no more, it's just talk
So I can catch joke with my next door neighbor
About who found the pound on the ground
They've knocked it down and replaced it with an Asda
I remember them water fights, the tap outside
Was them sounding some old f***ing klaxon
Yeah, yeah
Yo those were the days I will never forget
Yeah, yeah
And I never got b**** slapped
Yeah, yeah

Or getting chased by the local pit bull
Grinnin' with two front teeth missin', we did what we like
Stayed out till it was pitch black
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Adidas campus, them things were in

Yo those were the days I could never regret

Back then playing the latest jungle tunes we had on cassette

Back then, well, I kind has less
It wasn't about the king of the bling
The weather was hot so they melted in our pockets
Used to carry my belongings in them McDonald's bum bags
The places you wouldn't wanna see when you're on your jacks

Mad Phillip, Ginger beard or Mad Max
Bopped to the shops bought about ten ice pops

Back in the day, riding our bikes around the estate
Seen a couple of mans get stabbed
The odd character that every borough had
Yo those were the days I will never forget