on the streets i never could realize what was the problem oh no why am i getting cut out this way oh i just couldn t see my leather coat or who s looking at me no i couldn t pull it off the world could stay looking just how it would like without looking left or right and it goes when i was young i only wanted to be black and i would have payed to weigh a word i won and still relax oh what s your plans for the night indeed up at the no i ll get on my face gear ah and purple or black ties your dressed just right for your decade true your dressed just right for your age what used to be a stage is just a phase now you re not going up through life yeah slowly just like changing channels on your tv that s not how its supposed to be oh oh oh oh oh oh oh and it goes when i was young i only wanted to be black and i woulda payed to weigh a word i won and still relax oh 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 a throw back i was the first one to prefer that everyone s making dance music true but we started in 2002 so what the future don t appeal to you well no one s supposed to enjoy the shoes when i was young yeah i wore em to school but i had em only like something to lose you got your eyes on an owl your fashionable goals you can never make it oh no anyway who could pull it off when everything casts as the future or retro i got beat up for my clothes oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh and it goes when i was young i only wanted to be black and i woulda payed to weigh a word i won and still relax oh and everyone at the time was only classic then only classic then and everyone at this time is only classic now only classic now