[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