The Ways

[Intro: Big Sean] Doin' what I gotta do, doin’ what I gotta do This life is not for you Uhh, woah woah woah woah [Chorus: Big Sean & Jhené Aiko] That's just the ways, yeah I swear that's just the ways I can’t change how I was raised You know that's just the ways That's just the ways, that's just the ways That's just the ways, yeah yeah [Verse 1: Big Sean] I overthink too much, that's just how I was raised I'm dealin' with choices that no one around me ever had to make The result of going down the road less paved without ways That’s just the ways, that’s just the ways That's just the ways, yeah yeah Dad cheated on Mom, that’s how I was raised So how do you expect me to have different ways? Broken marriages somehow get inherited I'm embarrassed to say, but that's just the ways, that's just the ways, yeah So how do you expect me to be financial And manage the money that everyone ’round me can't handle? How do you expect me to be a leader If I never seen one? [Chorus: Big Sean & Jhené Aiko] Cause that's just the ways, yeah yeah That's just the ways, that's just the ways That's just the ways I can't change how I was raised Blowing weed, yellin' "Fuck the police" every other day Seen fiends to crack every day, that's just the ways That's just the ways, yeah yeah Cause that's just the ways That's just the ways, that's just the ways That's just the ways [Verse 2: Big Sean] At least I thought so until I got it from a different angle Back when the closest thing to Arizona was the much mucho mangos I was drained, though Going through life no strings attached, still gettin' tangled Before I knew I was the one that realized the strings was handled by angles Thinkin' I don't wanna have a kid in this world and it might go to waste Having a son with a gun on his waist Falling victim to the system that we can't escape Stuck in the city like a never ending maze Treating problems like they ain't problems and they a phase [?] raise cause he can't take advice I never gave, yeah yeah Cause if Dad treated Mom with a little respect, yeah Then he gon' grow up and find the right girl to protect Cause family businesses ands good marriages somehow get inherited When life give you that message, it's up to you to translate, yeah yeah [Chorus: Big Sean & Jhené Aiko] Cause that's just the ways, that's just the ways That's just the ways I realize I can't change how I was raised And give somebody something they never gave Cause that's just the ways, that's just the ways That's just the ways, yeah That's just the ways I ain't gotta be stuck in my ways That's just the ways, yeah yeah That's just the ways, that's just the ways That's just the ways [Outro: Big Sean & Jhené Aiko] Way, way It's like this for you Way, way That's just the ways, that's just the ways That's just the ways, yeah, yeah (ways) Oh ah Oh ah That's just the ways, that's just the ways That's just the ways, yeah, yeah