To me, "back in the day" was during the 90s (which is gonna be for almost all of us).
Back in the day is singing "Weak" from SWV to the top of your lungs (male or female, we ALL sung the hell outta that one).
Back in the day is playing Tecmo Bowl on the Super Nintendo until your fingers bled.
Back in the day is watching WWF Rasslin on Saturday mornings (after Muppet babies and Ninja Turtles went off)
Back in the day is playin outside ALL DAY LONG.
Back in the day was fussin for 20 minutes over who's gonna be Mario or Luigi
Hell yeah!
Back in the day is worrying about that ****-whippin you were gonna get when you got home from school after acting up at school
Back in the day (for me) was worrying about your lunch money (or lack thereof) getting you enough food to hold your appetite until dinner (I wasn't one of the spoiled **** rich kids)
Back in the day was getting happy as hell on Christmas Eve (or your birthday).
Back in the day was spending the night with my cousin because he got a Super Nintendo before I did.
back in the day when the neighborhood kids play football at one house, basketball at another, and kickball at another. And got fed at all 3 houses.
where every july 4th was a water fight and firecrackers, and a game of curb ball.
Back in the day is playin "Hide N Go Freak" and "Freaky Fridayz"
Back in the day is playin football and sayin you either Randall Cunningham or Bo Jackson
Back in the day is playin basketball and tryin to be Magic Johnson or Michael Jordan
Back in the day is gettin a whoopin then goin back outside to play and gettin clowned cuz u got beat
Back in the day is havin a girlfriend you shared your cookies with
Back in the day is....
playin house & gettin **** when u got stuck with being the baby, but happy as all get out when u was the momma or the daddy. Momma and daddy ran that ish
runnin folks ova in my barbie big wheel
laughin at crazy white folks gettin slimed on Nickelodeon. Yall remember Double Dare??
being too lazy to make a sandwhich so just eatin bologna straight out the pack instead. Then momma cussin u out when u didn't have any lunchmeat for school.
being mad when you woke up late on Saturday mornins...cuz u missed all the good cartoons
watchin X-men religiously and dyin to be Storm...cuz she was the only black chick.
Sega Genesis and being addicted to Sonic the Hedgehog and Mortal Combat. Scorpian was dat nucca..."GET OVER HEEEEERE!!"
Back in the day is playin "Hide N Go Freak" and "Freaky Fridayz"
Back in the day is playin basketball and tryin to be Magic Johnson or Michael Jordan
Back in the day is gettin a whoopin then goin back outside to play and gettin clowned cuz u got beat
Back in tha day is:
Playing hide and go get it
Playing Sonic Tha Hedgehog
Watching PowerRangers
Playing Church and pretending to fall out like we saw ppl do at church...
That's right Powerangers was off da HOOK!!! They only had two black people but it was cool.
Back in the day was watching TGIF:
-Family Matters, etc...
Back in the day was singing "Take Me There" by Mia and Blackstreet.
Back in the day was when you and your friend pick who was your boyfriend in Boys II Men.(I always had Shawn)
Back in the days was cheering to stuff like " My back is aching, and my bra to tight, my **** shaking from the laft and to the right..." or telephone.
-AND the best one of them ALL--" I, T-T-I, T-I, T-I BREAK IT DOWN."
Back in the day was doing the "Butterfly and Tootsie Roll"
Back in the day is playing Duckhunt and holding the gun sideways.
Back in the day is playing hide and go seek in a three bedroom house and never hiding in any of the rooms.
Back in the day is climbing trees.
Back in the day is riding the hell out of my scooter.
Back in the day is playing the track and field games on Atari/Nintendo and hitting the game pad with your hands so the guy would run faster...lol
Back in the day is waking up everybody in the house if my big brother ate up the last of the cereal or drank up my milk!
Back in the day is being broke any day of the year EXCEPT Christmas.
Back in the day is making tents outta sheets.
Back in the day is playing kickball in the field across the street from my house.
Back in the day is playing flag football with the fellas because my brother would kick some **** if someone tried to tackle me.
Back in the day is DRINKING FREEZEPOPS when you run out of QUARTER JUICES
Back in the day is callin the garage a "clubhouse"
Back in the day is boyz singing SHAI on Star Search
BACK IN THE DAY IS WEARING THOSE JEANS WITH THE LEATHER FRONTS AND "CROSS COLORS".....don't act like yall don't know
Back in the days was cheering to stuff like " My back is aching, and my bra to tight, my **** shaking from the laft and to the right..." or telephone.
-AND the best one of them ALL--" I, T-T-I, T-I, T-I BREAK IT DOWN."
Back in the day was doing the "Butterfly and Tootsie Roll"
