[00:00.00]Dark days (Clean) – 21 Savage/Mariah the Scientist
[00:03.12]Lyrics by:Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph/Mariah Buckles/Atia Boggs/Yousef Sameh/Yakki Davis/Ahmar Bailey/Jonas Lee/Kavi Lybarger
[00:10.93]Composed by:Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph/Mariah Buckles/Atia Boggs/Yousef Sameh/Yakki Davis/Ahmar Bailey/Jonas Lee/Kavi Lybarger
[00:18.74]Produced by:Kid Hazel/JONAS LEE
[00:21.30]21 Savage:
[00:22.01]I finally got the fame and fortune that I prayed for
[00:24.96]Who would have thought I would emerge from all that gun smoke
[00:27.96]This for all the teenagers that wanna gun tote
[00:30.81]’Cause they cheaper in the hood than in the gun store on God
[00:33.85]You gon’ lose a lot of your friends and that’s what hurt the most
[00:36.60]You can’t do nothin’ but reminisce about y’all crackin’ jokes
[00:39.66]You feelin’ like nobody love you I know how that go
[00:42.31]You gotta love yourself lil’ that’s gon’ help you glow on God
[00:45.54]I know it might sound lame but just stay in school 21
[00:48.44]They got a place that they put people who don’t follow rules yeah
[00:51.10]You probably got your mama scared don’t wanna watch the news
[00:53.97]Ready to risk your life and freedom for a pair of shoes
[00:57.11]Yeah you say you love your switch but they don’t love you back
[00:59.96]You can hug that block all night it ain’t gon’ hug you back facts
[01:02.93]Some of your friends gon’ reincarnate and come back as rats pussy
[01:05.84]And after your candlelight they ain’t gon’ give your mama jack
[01:08.76]Now your brother kids askin’ where they daddy at
[01:11.62]So you gotta lie and tell ’em he just took a nap damn
[01:14.47]You done failed in the streets so now you tryna rap
[01:17.37]But that ain’t really workin’ for you so it’s back to trap damn
[01:19.90]Mariah the Scientist:
[01:20.23]When it’s all said and done
[01:23.21]There’s some things you can’t run from
[01:26.95]It’s hard to decide
[01:29.20]Either live or you die
[01:32.13]I I ask myself was it all worth the risk
[01:38.61]’Cause I can’t pretend yeah
[01:40.63]I can’t stand the thought of losing you
[01:44.88]Both:
[01:45.03]I know how it feel to see your dawgs stretched out on God
[01:47.58]And watch him struggle tryna let his last breath out damn
[01:50.55]You don’t wanna do it
[01:51.71]But you lost some real that you gotta step out
[01:54.79]One more seat left in the car you gotta help out yeah
[01:58.13]Stressed out yeah
[01:59.54]Probably why I tell the kids to put the guns down oh facts
[02:02.47]Gangsta but I still cry when nobody around
[02:05.16]Tryna numb the pain drinkin’ bottles ’til I drown ’til I drown 21
[02:08.16]Never do no suicide
[02:09.82]But I’d be lyin’ if I said it hadn’t crossed my mind
[02:12.62]I hurt on the inside and I still act like I’m fine
[02:15.63]Why the judge give my Paul all that time
[02:18.15]Free Paul hey
[02:18.65]Heard they lockin’ up for what they put in rhymes
[02:21.40]Standin’ on this **** oh **** it I’m still writin’ mine **** ’em oh
[02:24.47]This what growth look like no more committin’ crimes 21
[02:27.26]I stayed out the way and made a way for us to grind 21 21
[02:30.15]Mariah the Scientist:
[02:30.29]When it’s all said and done all said and done
[02:33.26]There’s some things you can’t run from
[02:36.75]It’s hard to decide
[02:38.81]Either live or you die live
[02:41.86]I I ask myself ask myself was it all worth the risk was it all
[02:48.37]’Cause I can’t pretend yeah
[02:50.54]I can’t stand the thought of losing you
[02:59.08]All my dawgs too
[03:05.50]Both:
[03:05.73]Forever-ever Eastside Eastside
[03:08.89]This **** ‘posed to be for life supposed to be for life 4L
[03:11.72]Jumpin’ **** since we was five 21 five
[03:14.37]We got that fire we was nine nine
[03:17.20]Even though I’m up up
[03:18.72]You can see the pain in my eyes
[03:20.45]I mean like **** love on God
[03:22.05]But either way I’m still gon’ try
[03:23.53]Got me ****** up 21
[03:24.64]Seein’ my twin on Channel 5
[03:26.70]I ’cause even gangsters cry
[03:30.85]I I I
[03:32.28]Gangsters cry
[03:33.73]Even gangsters cry
[03:36.68]I I I
[03:39.21]Even gangsters cry
[03:44.39]21 21
[04:05.00]My son this is your time
[04:09.47]I know your heart
[04:12.15]And I’ve watched you rise above many challenges
[04:15.22]And you have made me so proud
[04:19.31]I pray for many more fulfilling experiences
[04:22.58]As you elevate to new levels of growth purpose and success
[04:28.38]Dreams really do come true
[04:32.33]By the grace of the source of life
[04:35.87]So be it