[Hook]
Back in the days I used to live without a care
But now it's different today
Because I know I'm not a kid anymore
But some days I sit back and get blazed
And flash back to the days, back to the daze
Because back in the days I used to live without a care
But now it's different today
'Cause I know I'm not a kid anymore
But some days I sit back and get blazed
And flash back to the days, back in the daze
[Verse 1]
Flipping through the channel searching for my entertainment
See nowadays that shit don't entertain me
My image of the world is tainted
It ain't the same I used to vision it being different
But hey, I can't complain 'cause I live in it
I'm living until I go, no I live like time is infinite
I know the plan the man has for me is far from unlimited
Some say that I'm gifted with a talent I should stick wit'
But I've been too focused on strategies I can get rich wit'
Wrong thing to do, I traded my happiness for this shit?
Bills, Miranda rights, being read on a random night
By some dickhead officer telling me he might have smelled something in the whip, now he's searching through my shit
f*ck around and find a clip, now he purposely insists
That this roach is worth a charge, so he gotta take me in
Damn, day in my life
Part I don't like, back to reality
Reality bites
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[Verse 2]
Searching through my pockets for a dollar
If I find then I'll take it to the store and cop a bottle
Forty ounces tend to drown me when there ain't too much around me
In the comfort of the crib, not a casket or the county, just me
Luckily I keep one rolled when the bullshit unfolds
Attacking it quickly, my baby always in clench mode
I sit back, relax, and observe from the front row
Drama free in my area, tell 'em leave it at the front door
Back when I used to only worry about throwing a fifty up
But now I worry about how to get my shit together
Know that I meant it when I said things are different
Many things to talk about but how many will listen?
I know this money got the world spinnin', that's why
Tax return season turn this world to Christmas
Just something to mention
No more games, I done changed no more being kid
'less I roll up and I go back to those things I done did
And then I'm right back in
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