Back Then to Right Now by BigZ - Zona

Back Then to Right Now

Track · Dec 26, 2025 · English

Back Then to Right Now

BigZ

Duration

3:02

Language

English

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Used to ride four deep in a car with a donut tire

Twenty in my pocket

thought we owned the whole empire

Skipping every class

chasing every bad idea

Mama blowing up my phone

I’d turn it off, disappear

We were young

talking big like we knew the math

Couldn’t see the future

only what was in the glass

You pulled me from a fight

shirt ripped, bloody lip

Said, "You got too much to lose"

I just laughed and took a sip

[Chorus]

But you had my back

when I had no sense

When the world felt cold

you were my defense

From the late-night calls

to the long fall down

From the kids we were

to the ones now around

Yeah, we messed up bad

still you never ran

Now there’s little hands

holding on to mine again

Through the ups, the downs

every wrong, every right

You had my back

and you still hold tight

[Verse 2]

Now it’s diapers on the couch

toys under my feet

Alarm clock screaming

I’m still half asleep

But I see my kid smile

and the whole room flips

All those reckless nights

feel like distant clips

I remember when the cops

had us lined on the curb

You took the charge on a thing

I ain’t even deserve

Said, "If one of us goes

then we both gonna learn"

Now we sit at the grill

watch the burgers burn

Talking ‘bout mortgages

health plans, credit scores

Same crew, new shoes

same heart at the core

You still look at me and say

"Yo, I’m proud you changed"

I say, "You saw that in me

before I knew my own name"

[Chorus]

[Bridge]

We were broke, but we still broke bread

Now we pray over meals instead

Same jokes, but the stakes got high

Little faces watching every move we try

You were there when I almost gave in

When the job fell through, when I lost that friend

Now you’re uncle to my kids

I’m godparent to yours

We built something solid

out of cracked old floors

[Chorus]

Style

rapwarm boom-bap with subtle trap swing; dusty piano loop and laid-back drumsbass gliding under a storytelling flow. verses start intimate and conversationalthen stack ad-libs and doubles on key phrases. hook opens up with big gang-vocal chants and simpleanthemic melodyplus subtle choir pads to lift the “family” moments. male vocalssteady head-nod groove throughout.

Prompt

Write me a rap song about your friends having your back and about the ups and downs. Being young a stupid and messing up to having a family now.

Credits

Prompt by

BigZ

GeneratedDec 26, 2025

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