[Verse]

Raised by single mothers focused on self preservation

It's just an observation

Thinking bout our generation

All the degradation all the mass incarceration

The lack father figures probably cause a lack of patience

With men on general

I feel it on a minuscule level

With how some women be acting when they be in our faces

Want a man 6 feet wit a 6 fig

Wit a quick wit dress nice

And his dick big

Huh

They be asking a lot

They want a nigga that's complete right up out of the box

With the battеries included

No assembly rеquired not

Knowing the pursuit of all the status he's acquired

Gives that man a new perspective

Now he has direction

His peers all respect him

And them bitches out there checking for him

Lil bros getting lessons

And he understands

That if a nigga test him then

Then he might just have to throw them hands

Might just throw a couple grand on it

Cause big homie told me focus on my plan and stand on it

And find you a woman that can love u for your Innovation

And stay away from single mothers on self preservation

[Chrous]

She never told me it would be days like this

She never said it would be days like this

She never told me it would be days like this

She never said it would be days like this

[Verse]

Raised by single mothers focused on self preservation

It's just an observation

Thinking bout our generation

All the degradation all the mass incarceration

The lack father figures probably cause a lack of patience

On the part of women

Hypergamy and solipsism

Means you can never be with a man without a pot to piss in

Instagram Dm's make it seem like a pantheon

Of niggas with chrysanthemums

Some niggas that's some champions

And all it takes is just some self reflection

A nigga that's gonna lead u but not in the wrong direction

A man whose well respected

Maybe with a strong erection who'd

Help you raise a family provide you some protection

And I know it's not asking a lot

Don't need a nigga that's complete right up out of the box

No Batteries included

Some assembly required

You were there when he was timid

You remember he was quiet

And it wasn't cause you mothered him

Or smothered him

It was cause u loved him

You would understand when he was tired

And now u got a nigga u admire

And desire

A nigga who's the flyest of the flyest

And I know it's gonna take a bit of patience

We both came from single mothers

So we both have limitations

No type of illustrations

No type Demonstration

Just don't become another single mother

Focused on self preservation

[Chorus]

She never told me it would be days like this

She never said it would be days like this

She never told me it would be days like this

She never said it would be days like this