[Chorus]

If Mama said there would be days like this

I wouldn't have grown up

If Mama said there would be days like this

I wouldn't have grown up

[Bridge]

My ear's ringing, my mind's dope

My greatest gift is my instinct for survival

My ear's ringing, my mind's dope

My greatest gift is my instinct for survival

[Verse]

Listeners think I'm out here livin' the dream

But every day is like being kicked in the teeth

I'd rather live in my dreams but it's too late I'm grown up

I got a wife and seed so I'ma provide sho nuff..

Sometimes I feel like I chose the wrong profession

A 9 to 5 woulda been easier, that's not a lesson

I'm not a blessin', I'm on a precipice

Bring it on if pending war

Warding off depression and condescending the thoughts

Of convalescence, I'm torn

Between good and evil, no I don't love wicked things

But I'm love stricken by the blood trickling, ooh

The taste of iron gets me inspired and charged up

My heart sunk down, now covered in art gunk

That's my savior and major, but now it's all twisted

I can't enjoy music cos all I hear is processes

[Bridge]

My ear's ringing, my mind's dope

My greatest gift is my instinct for survival

My ear's ringing, my mind's dope

My greatest gift is my instinct for survival

Survival, survival's what life's all about

Now that I'm grown up, things are smaller now

But that don't mean I can forget all my troubles

Just cos I'm told that there's light at the end of the tunnel, no

[Chorus]

If Mama said there would be days like this

I wouldn't have grown up

If Mama said there would be days like this

I wouldn't have grown up