Nah It Ain't The Same

Nah, it ain't the same Being a man today Nah, it ain't the same, nah, it ain't the same Being a man today Nah, it ain't the same Waking up to this disarray This uncertainness only seems to serve the misery Maya place on me, mother take from me All of this false shit, I do not need it I believe in magic because I've seen it Nothing new, the ego, you know already how it goes I've got a strong mind, strong girl From my head to my toe, back to my ego These earthly habits, they've got to gеt going I've let go of desirеs, but I have truly let go of the fires That burn them and fuel them It's so hard to be human With a battling mind I have lost all devotion over time I'm on the path of remembrance And I'm remembering fine, having nothing that's mine Only borrowing time, my kind Chatting to God, unworthy of His time With all these doubts in my mind Cannot cast aside, left to struggle in my rhymes Nah, it ain't the same being a man today Nah, it ain't the same, nah, it ain't the same Being a man today Nah, it ain't the same (nah, it ain't the same) Being a man today (being a man today) Inner battles dwell like city kids beneath the poverty line I'm feeding my senses Food for thought is money well spent-ed 'Cause most of our so-called knowledge is rented, invented Depends-es on flippant friends-es Social scenarios, hollow like Cheerios You hear me though Never thought I'd be coming out your stereo But there we go, maktub, y'all It's written, you know Nah, it ain't the same Being a man today Nah, it ain't the same, nah, it ain't the same Being a man today Nah, it ain't the same (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) Being a man today (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) No, it ain't the same Being a man today No, it ain't the same No, it ain't the same No, it ain't the same (I say man, I mean human and woman) (And you man and you man) (And me man, said, we man, yeah, we man, yeah) (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Being a man today Being a man today Being a man today (Yeah, man, yeah, man) Being a man today (yeah, man, yeah, man) Being a man today (yeah, man, yeah, man) Being a man today Being a man today It ain't the same, nah, it ain't the same, yeah No, it ain't the same Being a man today No, it ain't the same (Man made, man made) Being a man today Inner battles dwell like city kids beneath the poverty line I'm feeding my senses