Things Done Changed

## Song by The Notorious B.I.G.

"**Things Done Changed**" is a song by American rapper The Notorious B.I.G., released as the second track from his debut studio album, *Ready to Die* (1994). It samples the songs "California My Way" by The Main Ingredient (1974), "Lil' Ghetto Boy" by Dr. Dre (1992), and "U Don't Hear Me Tho' (Street Mix)" by Rodney O and Joe Cooley (1993).

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Chorus]

Back in the day

Things done changed on this side

Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right? (Uh)

Back in the day

Things done changed on this side

Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?

Back in the day

Things done changed on this side (Yeah)

Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?

Back in the day

Things done changed on this side (Yeah)

Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?

[Verse 1]

Remember back in the days when n\*\*\*as had waves

Cazal shades and corn braids?

Pitching pennies, honeys had the high-top jellies

Shooting skelly, motherfuckers was all friendly

Lounging at the barbecues, drinking brews

With the neighborhood crews hanging on the avenues

Turn your pages to 1993

N\*\*\*as is getting smoked, G, believe me

Talk slick, you get your neck slit quick

'Cause real street n\*\*\*as ain't having that shit

Totin' TECs for rep

Smoking blunts in the project hallways

Shooting dice all day

Waitin' for n\*\*\*as to step up on some fightin' shit

We get hype and shit and start lightin' shit

So step away with your fistfight ways

Motherfucker, this ain't back in the days

But you don't hear me though

[Chorus]

Back in the day

Things done changed on this side

Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?

Back in the day

Things done changed on this side

Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?

Back in the day

Things done changed on this side

Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?

Back in the day

Things done changed on this side

Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?

[Verse 2]

No more coco-levio one, two, three

One, two, three, all it is to me is a mystery

I hear you motherfuckers talk about it

But I stay seeing bodies with the motherfuckin' chalk around it

And I'm down with the shit, too

For the stupid motherfuckers want to try to use Kung-Fu

Instead of a MAC-10, he tried scrappin'

Slugs in his back and that's what the fuck happens

When you sleep on the street

Little motherfuckers with heat wanna leave a n\*\*\*a six feet deep

And we coming to the wake

To make sure the crying and commotion ain't a motherfucking fake

Back in the days our parents used to take care of us

Look at 'em now, they even fuckin' scared of us

Calling the city for help because they can't maintain

Damn, shit done changed

[Chorus]

Back in the day

Things done changed on this side

Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?

Back in the day

Things done changed on this side

Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?

Back in the day

Things done changed on this side

Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?

Back in the day

Things done changed on this side

Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?

[Verse 3]

If I wasn't in the rap game

I'd probably have a ki, knee-deep in the crack game

Because the streets is a short stop

Either you're slingin' crack rock or you got a wicked jump shot

Shit, it's hard being young from the slums

Eatin' five cent gums, not knowing where your meal's coming from

And now the shit's getting crazier and major

Kids younger than me, they got the Sky brand pagers

Goin' out of town, blowing up

Six months later, all the dead bodies showing up

It make me wanna grab the nine and the shotty

But I gotta go identify the body

Damn, what happened to the summertime cookouts?

Every time I turn around, a n\*\*\*a gettin' took out

Shit, my mama got cancer in her breast

Don't ask me why I'm motherfucking stressed, things done changed

[Chorus]

Back in the day

Things done changed on this side

Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?

Back in the day

Things done changed on this side

Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?

Back in the day

Things done changed on this side

Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?

Back in the day

Things done changed on this side

Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?

[Outro]

Back in the day

Things done changed on this side

Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?

Back in the day

Things done changed on this side

Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?

Back in the day

Things done changed on this side

Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?

Back in the day

Things done changed on this side

Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?

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