Mama Told Me

[Chorus]

Mama told me it'd be days like this

But I ain't never, ever think it'd be a day like this (naw)

Not now, not ever

And now until forever you will never need another (nigga)

Mama told me it'd be days like this

But I ain't never, ever think it'd be a day like this (naw)

Not now, not ever

And now until forever you will never need another (nigga)

[Verse 1]

Sorry hip hop, it took me so long to get on

But so long that I'm on it, it's on

I'm rappin' for the scholars and the hustlers, meanwhile

Showin' mama I ain't dropped out for nothin'

I swear these dolla's gon' add up

And I ain't shallow, material things suppress bad luck

That's why I shine like I does

It's pain in my eyes but these Yves Saints blind you to look

Binded between, carryin' the flag for an area that drag

Whoever tried to gravitate

G told me it's a city full of crabs

I'm feelin' like a platter at Phillip's when I rap

As much as I wanted to be minuscule, the fact is

They'd only be happy with a minstrel actor

Sorry, Mr. Charlie won't chap dance

And fuck the radio for tellin' me to snap jam

I'm just expectin' the spectator's respect here

My net is from jet setters to cab fares

Hip-hop's unbalances got out of hand

Ain't have to see-saw, I'm already scared

I been called the heir apparent to guide us

Not DC, this whole fuckin' genre

And I ain't in it for them O's or them comma's

But more or less the hope for dope niggas to prosper

Yessir

[Chorus]

Mama told me it'd be days like this

But I ain't never, ever think it'd be a day like this (naw)

Not now, not ever

And now until forever you will never need another (nigga)

Mama told me it'd be days like this

But I ain't never, ever think it'd be a day like this (naw)

Not now, not ever

And now until forever you will never need another (nigga)

[Verse 2]

The future is now

I lead on record's dedicaton for makin' better music is now

Dope niggas locked out, 4 year rap drought

It's rainin' now and somehow the fugitive's out

I would invest in a poncho

'Cause I ain't finna punch out like Glass Joe (Naw!)

I'ma go until my arm's sore

Fuck it! I go until my 40 millionth encore

Hip-hop's dead, yeah, that's what Nas said to me

I guess us hip-hop heads are celery

We vegetables, on them record labels

Who's next to release? We guillotine them

Niggas braggin' but everybody stagnant

Everybody broke except the nigga on the track (Shit!)

And mama why you throw away my drums?

A hundred for a deal, they made a hundred on the song

Nigga, I'm a hundred miles far

I'm feelin' Chris Childs, you lookin' like Kobe Bryant jaw

It's lonely at the top so I waited, but ain't nobody take it

Now I'm playin' solitaire, patient

Crucifix pieces, necklace with Jesus

See me as blasphemous for I don't need them

God give me strength, Allah give me patience

I am only a man and I don't know what to think

[Chorus]

Mama told me it'd be days like this

But I ain't never, ever think it'd be a day like this (naw)

Not now, not ever

And now until forever you will never need another (nigga)

Mama told me it'd be days like this

But I ain't never, ever think it'd be a day like this (naw)

Not now, not ever

And now until forever you will never need another (nigga)