Life & Times
Just a day in these life and times,
Just a page in this life in ah-na-na-nah,
Yeye,
M.A.D., huh,
We Move,
Chyeah,
I was just a young brown boy tryna make it through the systemic oppression,
A peacekeeper tryna break the cycle of aggression,
I made a few mistakes along the way I didn't mention,
But the way that makes you look at me is up to your discretion,
Tryna make a way would leave a younging mad disgruntled,
Back when baby mama used to send a pic, full frontal,
Send the nudes,
But that was just for me and not for you,
I guess I used to be a very different dude,
But take it to the present where my thoughts are going out to people stuck,
And outta luck because society don't really give a fuck about the culture,
Vulturous fiends, killing a dream,
Like the dreamtime but,
In the meantime,
Imma pull the curtain back on how they treat minorities again,
At the risk of painting targets on my head, with the lyrics that I pen,
I know they want a youngin' to conform to societal norms but I was born in a sworn revolution,
But I am not after no retribution,
I'm just tryna make a contribution,
A positive for brothers they be locking up inside the institutions,
We gots to find a resolution,
So take a second wait a minute what's the best solution,
Said what we doing, what's the vision when it come to music,
I think we need a new frame, new state of mind,
I'm talking bout another day up in this life of mine,
Just a day in these life and times,
Just a page in this life of mine,
(Just a day Darlin', baby),
Just a day in these life and times,
Just a page in this life of mine,
Just a day in these life and times,
Just a page in this life of mine,
Just a day in these life and times,
Just a page in this life of mine,
Yeah,
Young creole, uh,
I'm moving too man,
Look, yeah,
If only I knew back then
What I knew now
If what they said was true back then
What would I do now?
Where would I be?
If I knew the only thing I had to worry bout was me
For all my dreams to come true
All I needed was belief
Not a diploma
Or a recommendation
Just hard work, and trust in the patience
And to stay with the plan
I did some women wrong
But long before I was a man
I rolled wit bad crews
Just to try to be the man
But when you grow up in a place
Where they tell you to yo face
That you don't belong
And if you choose to speak about it
You still in the wrong
So now you all alone
But all you wanted was to be like them just all along
So you lie to yourself
To try to be somebody else
Just fit on the shelf
Then all you dreams and aspirations come distorted
Because acceptance was the only thing you ever wanted
But my pops taught me to never settle
You want the best, you can have it
Just because your arms can't reach it
Doesn't mean that you can't grab it
You can find a way
And if you get the things you want
Your problems fly away
And you ain't gotta wait for no one
You can fly today
We all waiting for someone to tell us
Hatin, cause we jealous
Why we always turn to malice
Make the tables turn
So if you came to bump this track
I hope you came to learn
In the present that's my mission
No one ever taught me music
It's all intuition
I was born to do it
Born to make the people listen
It's been flowing through my veins
From my mama and my pops
A path that I could never change
And I never plan to stop,
Just a day in these life and times,
Just a page in this life of mine,
(Just a day Darlin', baby),
Just a day in these life and times,
Just a page in this life of mine,
Just a day in these life and times,
Just a page in this life of mine,
Just a day in these life and times,
Just a page in this life of mine,