[Verse 1]
[Bm]
On rough [F#]street[G]s I never could [F#]realize
What was the pr[Bm]oblem, oh [F#]no
Why am [G]I getting [F#]called out this [Bm]way?
Oh, I [F#]just couldn't see[G] my leather c[F#]oat
Or who's looking [Bm]at me n[F#]ow
I couldn't pull it [G]off
To walk the [F#]street looking just how I would [Bm]like
Without looking left or right
[F#]Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh and it [G]goes
[Chorus]
When I [D]was young I [F#]only wanted to be [Bm]blac[A]k[G]
And I would have [D]paid to wear [F#]what I want and still re[Bm]lax[A][Bm]
[Verse 2]
What's your [F#]plans for the night?[G]
Meet up at the, [F#]no, I'll get on my [Bm]fixed gear[F#]
In purple or black [G]tights
You're dressed just [F#]right for your decade [Bm]true
You're dressed just [F#]right for your age[G]
What used to be a [F#]stage is just a [Bm]phase now[F#]
You're not going up through [G]life
It's only [F#]just like changing channels on your [Bm]TV
That's not how it's supposed to be
[F#]Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh and it [G]goes
[Chorus]
When I [D]was young I [F#]only wanted to be [Bm]blac[A]k[G]
And I would have [D]paid to wear [F#]what I want and still re[Bm]lax[A][G]
And every[D]one at the time
[F#]Was only classic [Bm]then, only [A]classic [G]then
And every[D]one at this time
[F#]Is only classic [Bm]now, only [A]classic [Bm]now
[Bridge]
What kind of accomplishment is throw [F#]back?
I was the first one to prefer that[G]
Everyone's making dance music true[F#]
But we started 200[Bm]2
So what the future don't appeal to you
Where [F#]no one's supposed to wear Jordan shoes[G]
When I was young yeah I wore them to school
But I [F#]had them on only like something to lose[Bm]
[Verse 3]
You got your [F#]eyes on it now[G]
Your fashionable [F#]goals you could never [Bm]make it, oh [F#]no
Anyway who could pull it [G]off
When every[F#]thing cast as the future of [Bm]retro
I got beat up for my cloths, [F#]oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh and it [G]goes
[Chorus]
When I [D]was young I [F#]only wanted to be [Bm]blac[A]k[G]
And I would have [D]paid to wear [F#]what I want and still re[Bm]lax[A][G]
And every[D]one at the time
[F#]Was only classic [Bm]then, only [A]classic [G]then
And every[D]one at this time
[F#]Is only classic [Bm]now, only [A]classic [D]now
[Bm]
On rough [F#]street[G]s I never could [F#]realize
What was the pr[Bm]oblem, oh [F#]no
Why am [G]I getting [F#]called out this [Bm]way?
Oh, I [F#]just couldn't see[G] my leather c[F#]oat
Or who's looking [Bm]at me n[F#]ow
I couldn't pull it [G]off
To walk the [F#]street looking just how I would [Bm]like
Without looking left or right
[F#]Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh and it [G]goes
[Chorus]
When I [D]was young I [F#]only wanted to be [Bm]blac[A]k[G]
And I would have [D]paid to wear [F#]what I want and still re[Bm]lax[A][Bm]
[Verse 2]
What's your [F#]plans for the night?[G]
Meet up at the, [F#]no, I'll get on my [Bm]fixed gear[F#]
In purple or black [G]tights
You're dressed just [F#]right for your decade [Bm]true
You're dressed just [F#]right for your age[G]
What used to be a [F#]stage is just a [Bm]phase now[F#]
You're not going up through [G]life
It's only [F#]just like changing channels on your [Bm]TV
That's not how it's supposed to be
[F#]Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh and it [G]goes
[Chorus]
When I [D]was young I [F#]only wanted to be [Bm]blac[A]k[G]
And I would have [D]paid to wear [F#]what I want and still re[Bm]lax[A][G]
And every[D]one at the time
[F#]Was only classic [Bm]then, only [A]classic [G]then
And every[D]one at this time
[F#]Is only classic [Bm]now, only [A]classic [Bm]now
[Bridge]
What kind of accomplishment is throw [F#]back?
I was the first one to prefer that[G]
Everyone's making dance music true[F#]
But we started 200[Bm]2
So what the future don't appeal to you
Where [F#]no one's supposed to wear Jordan shoes[G]
When I was young yeah I wore them to school
But I [F#]had them on only like something to lose[Bm]
[Verse 3]
You got your [F#]eyes on it now[G]
Your fashionable [F#]goals you could never [Bm]make it, oh [F#]no
Anyway who could pull it [G]off
When every[F#]thing cast as the future of [Bm]retro
I got beat up for my cloths, [F#]oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh and it [G]goes
[Chorus]
When I [D]was young I [F#]only wanted to be [Bm]blac[A]k[G]
And I would have [D]paid to wear [F#]what I want and still re[Bm]lax[A][G]
And every[D]one at the time
[F#]Was only classic [Bm]then, only [A]classic [G]then
And every[D]one at this time
[F#]Is only classic [Bm]now, only [A]classic [D]now
