[ Featuring None illa ]
Hook:
Mama said there'd be days like this
Never knew that I'd be raised like this
But now I know
Mama said there'd be days like this
But now I'm getting paid like this
Mama said there'd be days like this
Never knew that I'd be raised like this
But now I know
Mama said there'd be days like this
But now I'm getting paid like this
5 One Verse:
Mama said hold your head, there will be brighter days
But I just seen her crying to her Lord cuz the bills ain't paid
That Welfare, Manna food bank, and Jesus saves
Burns my memory when I decide hit my knees to pray
Appreciate her strength, shit was tougher than it look
She gave me books, said stay away from the crooks
As a child I looked up to the street niggas with the kids they shared they fortune
Heavy used to shoot me twenties and was always rocking Jordans
Can't talk about the mud if you never stepped in a little
Them niggas popping percs cuz they been stressed since they little
Guess you can say they life looking like Tekken a little
Flipping circles to a square wit a couple steps in the middle
Success ain't shit to them less they get a pack or it triple
Pay some bills and get some thrills feeling like they rap or they dribble
Salute my folk in the struggle getting this bread
And when it's tough, just button up, stand tall and hold ya head mama said
Hook:
Mama said there'd be days like this
Never knew that I'd be raised like this
But now I know
Mama said there'd be days like this
But now I'm getting paid like this
Mama said there'd be days like this
Never knew that I'd be raised like this
But now I know
Mama said there'd be days like this
But now I'm getting paid like this
None illa Verse:
I was taught be in the house before the street lights on
Now I grind 24 til the street lights gone
Cali summers, see them heat rays differently
Moms mad to see that her seed was raised differently
Cold hearted streets teach ya raise the heat differently
Had to let my ribs touch, now I can eat differently
You never know you truly learn until the lessons gone
At 24 you checking every corner cuz the blessings come
At 25 they say
But every time I look around being broke or being shot's the only time they pray
Dear God, that's how I started every prayer
Fear God, cuz I know the enemy was saying theirs
Hear God, I would hope that wasn't always the case
Plus the devil had a way of ending up in my face
But every day I send some words to the sky
And ask the Lord to use my voice before it's my time to fly, mama said
Hook
Mama said there'd be days like this
Never knew that I'd be raised like this
But now I know
Mama said there'd be days like this
But now I'm getting paid like this
Mama said there'd be days like this
Never knew that I'd be raised like this
But now I know
Mama said there'd be days like this
But now I'm getting paid like this
Tru7h Bridge:
Whatever it takes to make it
To the top even if you gotta fake it
Cuz the lions gotta eat, they dying in the street
And the block only playing for keeps, that's what mama said
