On rough streets I never could realize what was the problem Oh no Why am I getting called out this way I just couldn't see, my leather coat or who's looking at me now I couldn't pull it off To walk the street looking just how I would like With out looking left or right oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh and it goes When I was young I only wanted to be black And I would have paid to wear what I want and still relax. What's your plans for the night? Meet up at the No I'll get on my fixed gear In purple or black tights You're dressed just right foryour decade true You're dressed just right for your age What used to be a stage is just a phase now You're not going up through life It's only just like changing channels on your TV That's not how it's supposed to be oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh and it goes... When I was young I only wanted to be black And I would have paid to wear what I want and still relax. And everyone at the time Was only classic then, only classic then And everyone at this time, is only classic now, only classic now. What kind of accomplishment is through back? I was the first one to prefer that Everyone's making dance music true But we've been doing it since 2002 So what the future don't appeal to you Where no one's supposed to wear Jordan shoes When I was young yeah I wore them to school But I had them on only like something to lose. You got your eyes on it now Your fashionable goals you could never make it, oh no Anyway who could pull it off When everything cast as the future of retro I got beat up for my cloths oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh and it goes. When I was young I only wanted to be black And I would have paid to wear what I want and still relax. And everyone at the time Was only classic then, only classic then And everyone at this time, is only classic now, only classic now.