[{"id":13247685,"name":"When I Was Young","trackName":"When I Was Young","artistName":"Jon Connor","albumName":"Unconscious State","duration":224.078367,"instrumental":false,"hasWordSync":false,"plainLyrics":"When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful...\nOh it was beautiful, magical...\nWhen I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful...\nOh it was beautiful, magical...\n\nRap was all I ever thought about, listened to, talked about\nBack before money was all they talked about, horse shit\nWhen I young, the rappers could really rap, kid\nNow they more concerned about they average\nListening to rappers like a student in a lecture\nMimicking the cadences and practicing the gestures\nEminem was rappin' 'bout pills, so I popped those\nSwinging my shirt in the air like Petey Pablo\nStudied the greats from Pun to 2Pac\nWalked around my private school with my tapes in a shoe box\nHanded my music out to people I sold weed to\nWatching MTV, tellin' myself \"that's gonna be you\"\nTapin' the radio and puttin' it on cassette\nNow I'm gettin' bombs dropped on my shit by Funk Flex\nIt's a trip, man – I just sit back and roll the purple\nNow watch this whole thing come around full circle\n\nWhen I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful...\nOh it was beautiful, magical...\nWhen I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful...\nOh it was beautiful, magical...\n\nYoung nigga, influenced by the TV heavy\nEatin' Little Debbies', tuned into Fab Five Freddy\nVids I watched 'em all, emulating applause\nI ain't fuck with Superman, my superhero was Biggie Smalls\nRappin' with my dawgs proudly, nobody was cold as me\nWishing somebody'd notice me\nDreams to get a deal 'cause the speech so sick\nNow they talkin' 'bout deals, and I'm like \"keep that shit\"\nWent through a lot of BS, lucky me\nTimes had me like \"this ain't what it's cracked up to be\"\nWhat's good for the goose is good for the gander\nIt's good for the blogs, it's good for the slander\nNowadays, they wishing it was how it was before\nBut that was back in the days when I was young\nI'm not a kid anymore\nThe OGs that I listened to, I'm friends with\nWhen I was younger, a nigga never would've thinked this\n\nWhen I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful...\nOh it was beautiful, magical...\nWhen I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful...\nOh it was beautiful, magical...\n\nWhen I was young nobody told us or showed us, crooked promoters\nFlint, Michigan, General Motors held the weight on our shoulders\nUntil the shops started closing, felt like ain't nobody want us\nOur parents worked to the bone, now they ain't got a bone to throw us\nNow see I'm in the kitchen daydreaming about a label\nYep, this rap shit is a bitch but the only one that was faithful\nMake it or die trying, at times it almost got fatal\nMy niggas was moving 'caine and at times they was barely able\nBrothers killin' brothers, shit goin' on all around me\nGenesee County would ground me and teachers would try to clown me\n'Cause I had heart that was bigger than my surroundings\nI got flooded with hate, but no way I could let 'em drown me\nPicture this one:\nI used to go to sleep at night listening to \"It Was Written\"\nThen fastforward, Nas is tellin' me \"nigga, you gifted\"\nIf you fall, just shake it off\nNow they sayin' it's my time, but time just caught up with my thoughts\n\nWhen I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful...\nOh it was beautiful, magical...\nWhen I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful...\nOh it was beautiful, magical...\n\nWhen I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful...\nOh it was beautiful, magical...","syncedLyrics":"[00:01.74] When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful...\n[00:05.34] Oh it was beautiful, magical...\n[00:10.81] When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful...\n[00:17.55] Oh it was beautiful, magical...\n[00:21.08] Rap was all I ever thought about, listened to, talked about\n[00:22.63] Back before money was all they talked about, horse shit\n[00:26.86] When I young, the rappers could really rap, kid\n[00:29.95] Now they more concerned about they average\n[00:32.19] Listening to rappers like a student in a lecture\n[00:34.62] Mimicking the cadences and practicing the gestures\n[00:37.86] Eminem was rappin' 'bout pills, so I popped those\n[00:40.27] Swinging my shirt in the air like Petey Pablo\n[00:42.85] Studied the greats from Pun to 2Pac\n[00:45.06] Walked around my private school with my tapes in a shoe box\n[00:47.10] Handed my music out to people I sold weed to\n[00:50.67] Watching MTV, tellin' myself \"that's gonna be you\"\n[00:53.53] Tapin' the radio and puttin' it on cassette\n[00:55.70] Now I'm gettin' bombs dropped on my shit by Funk Flex\n[00:58.47] It's a trip, man – I just sit back and roll the purple\n[01:01.25] Now watch this whole thing come around full circle\n[01:04.02] When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful...\n[01:10.60] Oh it was beautiful, magical...\n[01:14.25] When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful...\n[01:20.51] Oh it was beautiful, magical...\n[01:25.17] Young nigga, influenced by the TV heavy\n[01:27.71] Eatin' Little Debbies', tuned into Fab Five Freddy\n[01:30.26] Vids I watched 'em all, emulating applause\n[01:33.18] I ain't fuck with Superman, my superhero was Biggie Smalls\n[01:35.09] Rappin' with my dawgs proudly, nobody was cold as me\n[01:39.27] Wishing somebody'd notice me\n[01:41.30] Dreams to get a deal 'cause the speech so sick\n[01:43.83] Now they talkin' 'bout deals, and I'm like \"keep that shit\"\n[01:45.81] Went through a lot of BS, lucky me\n[01:49.11] Times had me like \"this ain't what it's cracked up to be\"\n[01:52.28] What's good for the goose is good for the gander\n[01:54.90] It's good for the blogs, it's good for the slander\n[01:57.25] Nowadays, they wishing it was how it was before\n[01:59.65] But that was back in the days when I was young\n[02:01.65] I'm not a kid anymore\n[02:03.05] The OGs that I listened to, I'm friends with\n[02:05.68] When I was younger, a nigga never would've thinked this\n[02:07.52] When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful...\n[02:14.63] Oh it was beautiful, magical...\n[02:19.23] When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful...\n[02:24.78] Oh it was beautiful, magical...\n[02:28.94] When I was young nobody told us or showed us, crooked promoters\n[02:31.70] Flint, Michigan, General Motors held the weight on our shoulders\n[02:34.42] Until the shops started closing, felt like ain't nobody want us\n[02:37.14] Our parents worked to the bone, now they ain't got a bone to throw us\n[02:39.78] Now see I'm in the kitchen daydreaming about a label\n[02:42.48] Yep, this rap shit is a bitch but the only one that was faithful\n[02:45.25] Make it or die trying, at times it almost got fatal\n[02:47.79] My niggas was moving 'caine and at times they was barely able\n[02:50.73] Brothers killin' brothers, shit goin' on all around me\n[02:53.17] Genesee County would ground me and teachers would try to clown me\n[02:56.16] 'Cause I had heart that was bigger than my surroundings\n[02:58.65] I got flooded with hate, but no way I could let 'em drown me\n[03:01.23] Picture this one:\n[03:02.25] I used to go to sleep at night listening to \"It Was Written\"\n[03:04.84] Then fastforward, Nas is tellin' me \"nigga, you gifted\"\n[03:07.70] If you fall, just shake it off\n[03:09.06] Now they sayin' it's my time, but time just caught up with my thoughts\n[03:11.77] When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful...\n[03:18.11] Oh it was beautiful, magical...\n[03:21.78] When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful...\n[03:29.05] Oh it was beautiful, magical...\n[03:33.41] When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful...\n[03:40.43] Oh it was beautiful, magical...\n[03:43.21] ","lyricsfile":"version: '1.0'\nmetadata:\n  title: 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I'm gettin' bombs dropped on my shit by Funk Flex\nIt's a trip, man – I just sit back and roll the purple\nNow watch this whole thing come around full circle\n\nWhen I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful...\nOh it was beautiful, magical...\nWhen I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful...\nOh it was beautiful, magical...\n\nYoung nigga, influenced by the TV heavy\nEatin' Little Debbies', tuned into Fab Five Freddy\nVids I watched 'em all, emulating applause\nI ain't fuck with Superman, my superhero was Biggie Smalls\nRappin' with my dawgs proudly, nobody was cold as me\nWishing somebody'd notice me\nDreams to get a deal 'cause the speech so sick\nNow they talkin' 'bout deals, and I'm like \"keep that shit\"\nWent through a lot of BS, lucky me\nTimes had me like \"this ain't what it's cracked up to be\"\nWhat's good for the goose is good for the gander\nIt's good for the blogs, it's good for the slander\nNowadays, they wishing it was how it was before\nBut that was 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shit\n[00:26.86] When I young, the rappers could really rap, kid\n[00:29.95] Now they more concerned about they average\n[00:32.19] Listening to rappers like a student in a lecture\n[00:34.62] Mimicking the cadences and practicing the gestures\n[00:37.86] Eminem was rappin' 'bout pills, so I popped those\n[00:40.27] Swinging my shirt in the air like Petey Pablo\n[00:42.85] Studied the greats from Pun to 2Pac\n[00:45.06] Walked around my private school with my tapes in a shoe box\n[00:47.10] Handed my music out to people I sold weed to\n[00:50.67] Watching MTV, tellin' myself \"that's gonna be you\"\n[00:53.53] Tapin' the radio and puttin' it on cassette\n[00:55.70] Now I'm gettin' bombs dropped on my shit by Funk Flex\n[00:58.47] It's a trip, man – I just sit back and roll the purple\n[01:01.25] Now watch this whole thing come around full circle\n[01:04.02] When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful...\n[01:10.60] Oh it was beautiful, magical...\n[01:14.25] When I was 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tuned into Fab Five Freddy\n  Vids I watched 'em all, emulating applause\n  I ain't fuck with Superman, my superhero was Biggie Smalls\n  Rappin' with my dawgs proudly, nobody was cold as me\n  Wishing somebody'd notice me\n  Dreams to get a deal 'cause the speech so sick\n  Now they talkin' 'bout deals, and I'm like \"keep that shit\"\n  Went through a lot of BS, lucky me\n  Times had me like \"this ain't what it's cracked up to be\"\n  What's good for the goose is good for the gander\n  It's good for the blogs, it's good for the slander\n  Nowadays, they wishing it was how it was before\n  But that was back in the days when I was young\n  I'm not a kid anymore\n  The OGs that I listened to, I'm friends with\n  When I was younger, a nigga never would've thinked this\n\n  When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful...\n  Oh it was beautiful, magical...\n  When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful...\n  Oh it was beautiful, magical...\n\n  When I was young nobody told us or showed us, crooked promoters\n  Flint, Michigan, General Motors held the weight on our shoulders\n  Until the shops started closing, felt like ain't nobody want us\n  Our parents worked to the bone, now they ain't got a bone to throw us\n  Now see I'm in the kitchen daydreaming about a label\n  Yep, this rap shit is a bitch but the only one that was faithful\n  Make it or die trying, at times it almost got fatal\n  My niggas was moving 'caine and at times they was barely able\n  Brothers killin' brothers, shit goin' on all around me\n  Genesee County would ground me and teachers would try to clown me\n  'Cause I had heart that was bigger than my surroundings\n  I got flooded with hate, but no way I could let 'em drown me\n  Picture this one:\n  I used to go to sleep at night listening to \"It Was Written\"\n  Then fastforward, Nas is tellin' me \"nigga, you gifted\"\n  If you fall, just shake it off\n  Now they sayin' it's my time, but time just caught up with my 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