Nowadays - Intellectual

[Intro: Marinate & Maia Kamil]

You know say granny

Mi nuh know wah gwan with the yout them

But forward

Nowadays, Nowadays, Nowadays…

I don't know what to say

Yea

[Verse 1: Marinate]

Nowadays

What I find is

People who think they close

To death be the kindest

360 degrees I be X-ing out

Nowadays what

The message bout

Sex, drugs, and vexing out

Flexing out

Doing what you got to

To make sure that you are the best here now

Facing ya shortcomings

You lie to ya self

Man the truth is no lie

No surprise it helps

And depression ain’t real

It's just you in ya feelings

And get's the blame

When you making conscious decisions

To be who you want to be

Tell me what the cost is

Lying through ya teeth

Never counted as flossing

Yea

[Chorus: Marinate & Maia Kamil]

They saying we gon’ be

They saying we gon' be

Not sayin' that I got no confidence man

But we gonna see

They saying we gon' be

Not sayin' that I got no

[Verse 2: Marinate]

Learned the lesson

It's rejection before accept-ion

Pep in my step

To improve my work ethic

Real relate

That's what heals the hate

I want a deal to heaven

So lemme seal my fate

Favorite word, like “No-no”

Never mind we can’t afford it

But don’t use ya mind to hoard it

Ignore it, and

Use ya hindsight for

Better storage

Like knowledge, don't

Get lured into the garbage

Ya, in store

Yet you don’t see what's in store

Wanting more, seen eventually

It don't reach the morgue

And the horror

The devil adding one to the score

And the Lord got me occupied

On these chores for sure

Servant at war

Can't be consumed by the galore

Or let material things

Reach my core at all

Negative vibes

Get released, capisce

Preach love and peace

Let the anger cease

[Chorus: Marinate & Maia Kamil]

They saying we gon’ be

They saying we gon' be

Not sayin' that I got no confidence

But we gonna see

They saying we gon' be

Not sayin' that I got no confidence

[Verse 3: Marinate]

My temperament

Used to be losing my temper quick

Used the rhyme for venting it

Showing you where my mental is

Sending you all my sentiments

Hear these rhymes, hear these words

Hear how I be bending it

And when I spit

Man I spit with meaning

Spiritual healing

Momma said

Never spit in-descent

And I feel the scent

It's all up in my nose

I need to wring out

All my pain and worries

On my clothes

And this case need to close

Cause time is wasting

Time is money

I don't know how much of mine is vacant

And I see the vagrance

Man they say they pity me

They can't belittle me

I got creativity Lord

And it's gon' get me far

And I pray that y'all know

That this just the start

I said this just the

They try lean wit it

Stop wit it

I'm too clean it's on lock

And y'all might not get this

Anticipate

How I'm bout to go reciprocate

Reciprocals, could

Never tell me what to emulate

Off of theories

Getting dough like I'm Plato

But the flow never play tho

Zone, molding this whole like it's play-doh

What they say to me

Like this kid got steez

What he gon' be

Find out you gon' see

[Chorus: Marinate & Maia Kamil]

They saying we gon' be

Not sayin' that I got no confidence

But we gonna see

They saying we gon' be

Not sayin' that I got no

[Horn Solo: Paul Duhe]

[Flute Solo: Paul Marienthal]

[Bridge: Marinate]

Okay, yea

That's what you been saying

Mmhmm

It's becoming more clear now

Become so clear now

Let the wind of success

Blow through ya ears

Let it clear your consciousness

And evacuate your fears

[Chorus: Marinate & Maia Kamil]

They saying we gon' be

Not sayin' that I got no confidence man

But we gonna see

They saying we gon' be

Not sayin' that I got no confidence

Ay, Not saying that I got, Ay no confidence

[Outro: Marinate & Maia Kamil]

They saying we gon' be

So, guess we gon' see

Saying we gonna be

Saying we gonna be, so say it with me

We gonna be

Well we gon' see

They saying we gon' be

Yeaaaa

They saying we gon' be

So we gon' see

We gonna beeee

They saying we gon' be

Yea