Grotus

Back in the Day

by Grotus

on Mass (1996)

[Verse 1]
Well it was back in the day
Back in the 1920s
Selling hooch for the gang
Just meant large cash money
Splatter papa glamor, guns and the ledger
Post office poster star
Around them times the pay the best
To be had

[Chorus]
It's never as sweet as when it's not in the open
Special secrets hold such a promise of...

[Verse 2]
They spilled the wine in the raids
And that thirst found morning
And taking out of the head
Just meant a line was forming
Contraband Nero, toast of the nation
Playing while his city burned
Til they found the best way to deal was
Knowing when to say when

[Chorus]
It's never as sweet as when it's not in the open
Special secrets hold such a promise of...

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