[Intro]

Ugh, ugh

Yeah, yeah

What it is is what it is

(Mutations)

Yo, yo

[Verse 1]

Let me get into my zone

Time, forever takes toll

Explore roads, I find gems in hidden scrolls

Rock shows expose gold, we lay low

You can find me in the city eating sushi cold rolls

Time, heavy on my mind these days (these days)

I let hope float and ride these waves

No time for hiatus, kill time with kindness

Dismantle my timeline and stimulate the paradigm

This understanding microphone mathematics

Rapping fanatic on that slow flow status

(Dagnabbit)

Headphones and a snapback

The long walk home makes it harder to back track

That’s how I get (how I get), that’s just how I get (that's how I get)

A lonely vagabond vibing with the sunset

Yep – it don’t stop ‘til the finals

Commit another foul just to get a timeout

[Chorus]

I boom and I bang and I bang and I boom

(And I boom)

This is the rhythm of a modern-day blues

(Modern-day blues)

The world keeps turning, burning

I’m going through changes

That's cool

It's hard to define these days (that's cool)

I've got mountains to climb these days (that's cool)

So heavy on my mind these days

(Don’t Scandalize Mine, I Spent Too Much Time)

[Verse 2]

Ok my day’s on shuffle, got no time, whatever (yeah)

Pieces of a dream I need to piece together

I get no peace I’m gone, I can’t sleep, it’s stupid

Tossin’ & turn, kick push like Lupe

Time as commodity (okay), time as currency

Buy time, spend time, impossible to save time

I hold weight, still contemplating my day grind

I must be running on West Indian time (ooh)

Tardy

Pick it up back where I started

Coming up from the bottom, late bloomer, heavy hearted

We all find the fault line apparent in the quarry (huh)

What takes a man far too long to say “sorry” (yeah)

Ooh! It’s so hot when the clock ticks

Time will negotiate, I’m just a humble hostage

I got this and it don’t stop

I’m putting numbers on the board with no time on the clock

(Oohhh)

[Chorus]

I boom and I bang and I bang and I boom

(And I boom)

This is the rhythm of a modern-day blues

(Modern-day blues)

The world keeps turning, burning

I’m going through changes

That's cool

It's hard to define these days (that's cool)

I've got mountains to climb these days (that's cool)

So heavy on my mind these days

(Don’t Scandalize Mine, I Spent Too Much Time)

[Verse 3]

I watch the little hand and the big hand

Move me further from little boy to big man

Time to go to bed became time to pay the bills

So I spent time paying dues on rhymes to make a mill

Not for the bank account but for the plate, lyrical food

A discerning time in the lyrical debates

Candidate for top five scrutiny

Never made it in yet, my blend holds the mutiny

Paradise claimed any names I knew

We didn’t get enough time before they left the crew

Lost some from growing up in the crime side, the New York time side

A sum from a health issue

So we left trying to get it until the clock ran out

15 mins of time for fame to sprout

And my name no doubt will stand amongst the best

With words detached from time to remain timeless

[Chorus]

I boom and I bang and I bang and I boom

(And I boom)

This is the rhythm of a modern-day blues

(Modern-day blues)

The world keeps turning, burning

I’m going through changes

That's cool

It's hard to define these days (that's cool)

I've got mountains to climb these days (that's cool)

So heavy on my mind these days

(Don’t Scandalize Mine, I Spent Too Much Time)

[Outro]

It's hard to define these days (that's cool)

I've got mountains to climb these days (that's cool)

So heavy on my mind these days

(Don’t Scandalize Mine, I Spent Too Much Time)