Days Like This

Growin up in the 80's, I been thinkin' bout it lately

Was a lot that I missed, I was a star upon a wish
You know my pops, he didn't stay around too long
He was hangin in the studio, makin' them songs
Then my mother was yound and still sprung on life
I used to watch Diff'rent Strokes, I wanted that for life
The Jefferson's was a family, I dug it the most
Black folks tryin' to make it, to ya'll here's a toast
I used to, go to school with my moms on the bus
Downtown, so she could get a degree, and feed me
And my sister man, I can't thank her enough
She used to get high, and she stopped for us
We used to walk to the grocery store
And we if didn't have the money, we were at Grandma's door
God bless her life, and God bless her soul
That woman showed me love that noone will ever know
Yeah I wanted Transformers and the fresh turntables
And really didn't understand when they wasn't able
They had bills to pay, taking nickels from a dime
I just waited for my birthday, and Christmas time
Now those are days that passed, and me and Chris write rhymes
And until my last swisher, I'm a drop these lines
I love the women in my life, that kept me alive
And now I gotta keep myself alive

You see the thing you lose could be the things you miss
And no one could prepare you for the days like this
You can have a lost one, you could lose a loved one
Be thankful for what you got, and everybody have fun
You see the thing you lose could be the things you miss
And no one could prepare you for the days like this
You can have a lost one, you could lose a loved one
Be thankful for what you got, and everybody have fun

I got my music right here, my man right there
My family over there and everybody, know you're out there
I wake up, blessed with another day
To make the whereabouts better, give it up
Higher power, live it up
We're grown now, at the table,
Play the hand that we've been dealt
Have no choice, you ante up
All your chips are on the felt
And when the only thing thats left is faith
You maintain, the last defense against pain
I wish we could stop the thing, eatin' grandpa's brain
But all the same, who could I blame?
And how could I complain
We made it off the plane on September 10th
July 3rd I learned to pay another month of rent
Been gettin bent on guilt
The homey disappeared, I hope he's not killed
He could never know how my flow he helped build
How my dad sacrificed in the field, pickin' fruit
So his only son could grow up diggin' loops
Man it's mad deep, losin' sleep, over lost souls and brethren
For all my stillborn kin, I live for you and then some
But anyhow you know that we wouldn't let you go that easy
This family tree's a redwood, the roots are unreasonably tough
As the men in my life, I love you much
Thank you and I'll represent, everyday I give it up

Because the things you lose could be the things you miss
Noone could prepare you for the days like this
You can have a lost one, you could lose a loved one
Be thankful for what you got, and everybody have fun
Yo, the thing you lose could be the things you miss
No one could prepare you for the days like this
You can have a lost one, you could lose a loved one
Be thankful for what you got, and everybody have fun

Have fun ya'll, just have fun

-People Under The Stairs