These Days

[Intro]
Alright, it's ya boy Brahman (Brahman)
Back from the dead, made it out alive lets bring it back to the roots take one (Take one)
Alright

[Chorus]
And I ain't ever been a no one before (Before)
And I ain't never been a no one (Been a no one)
And I ain't ever been a no one before
But these days, these days, nigga
And I ain't ever been a no one before (Before)
And I ain't never been a no one (Been a no one)
And I ain't ever been a no one before
But these days, these days

[Verse 1]
These days been hard on my joy
But I've been fighting like Achilles in Troy
And I've been tying up loose ends and tucking my shirt in
To show you the new boy
The boy rose from the ash like a phoenix
In the words of my mother holding a Kleenex
My weakness, the feelings of other people
Never feeble
The heel to your boy
Warrior, genius (Hey that shit rhymes with penis)
I'm still not mature in every single way
But I mean this
The realness I bring to the mic
The message I bring
Expressions my thesis nigga
Graduated from the penitentiary
All these mother fuckers know
That they never meant to me
Anything besides giving me another beast to slay
Go hard, kill 'em with your bars on These Days

[Chorus]
And I ain't ever been a no one before (Before)
And I ain't never been a no one (Been a no one, okay)
And I ain't ever been a no one before
But these days, these days, nigga
And I ain't ever been a no one before (Before)
And I ain't never been a no one (Okay)
And I ain't ever been a no one before
But these days, these days

[Verse 2]
I was raised hella lonely
Ignore the baloney
Baby girl hold me
They ain't ready for the change up
I'mma keep my change up
Coming home banged up
Brained up
With the same cup
Sipping on some punch
While I keep my crew strained up
Green giving me the same luck
And I ain't dropping your flow
Or robbing your dough
Or knock on the door
You wanna open a show?
Like, woah
And I ain't seen you befo'
I ain't need another reason to light up another "Yo"
Mama never raised no foo'
Imma crack a boy's skull if he step in the room
Bitch I'm blowing up Imma end with a boom
One more bomb threat and I'm leaving the school, yuh
Give up nigga, run yo ass away
Don't listen what the teachers say
Imma mixed race boy from [?] bay
Turn up quick to the scene of the fray
And I slaughter that shit with a prejudice
Ya hating is evident
I don't need no evidence to prove that you menacing
To everyone but me
I'm taking a small fee
Cuz killing the shit that I've written and spitting is not free
Uh, uh, uh, uh, let's go

[Verse 3]
You see these days shit'll change on a dime
And I ain't looking back till I get what's mine
You see, Imma pour margarita with lime and Imma put you on the rocks if you killing my vibe
I ain't fucking with these sus bitches
And I ain't fucking with these fake friends
And I ain't talking to these evil women
And it's hard to find an honest man
(On these days, these days, these days, these days, these days)
These days been hard on my joy
(On these days, these days, these days, these days, these days)
So I've been getting high
(These days, these days, these days, these days, these days)
I've been fighting like Achilles in Troy
(On these days, these days, these days, these days, these days)
So I've been getting by
I put all my thoughts in the safety deposit
I lay in my bed and the spit in the closet
I turn on my phone and then wait till' you call it (Shout-out [?])
Matches and thumbtacks wait till' they call back
Boil some water and open my third pack
Hope that you realize the feelings you lack
Cause I've been feeling fucked up to the max
(But I've been tryna cope)
And I've been finding it hard to relax
(I ain't tryna mope)
I've been missing my real friends and making art
(Damn this is dope)
And right when I find that I lose my good friend to a rope

[Outro]
Ah, rest in peace bud
Uh, this is completely off the dome uh, I can't even begin to imagine, what you must have been going through, uh
You were a good scout, a good friend and a good man
And uh
Maybe I'll see you again someday

(?) <- can some genius admin remove this please