Like The Old Days

by Daryll Joseph

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lyrics

Woke up this morn to birds chirping and gold rays
Thanking God for the earth, and the soleil
Asking him perhaps if I was born late
Think I’m more fit for a game like in the old days
19 going on 20, now I’m 20 but I fear of dying of old age before old age
Back pain, the old ways weighing on me
Hands strained of countless writing okay?
Spent so much time on these now I got blisters on my fingers and thumbs
Some fool said that I guess I got bars when he heard of me, nah
He must be dumb
Guess this new age got ‘em numb
Fiascos but not Lupe, I call the bluff
My hand's a royal flush it’s time you pay up
If you still sleeping much it’s time you wake up
I put you on a poster let’s see if you say sumn now

I still believe lyrics matter
Not tryna listen to just 808s and empty chatter
My guy told me this one day, I was already sad
He said that Big wouldn’t make it today, it made me sadder
And I was mad at the fact it was partly true
I was resentful so I started to put him on mute
All the gems that he was dropping wasn’t coming through
He embodied the part of rap that was acute to me
But little did I know my senses skewed
I didn’t know all the things that I thought I knew
He showed me I got a long way to go
I have to be consistent, not lie back like a lazy boy
I thank him for pointing out the flaws in my flow
The thorn on my side was really tryna help my form
But I’m still the same guy, just a little grown
When I master this, just know it’s over