Two decades & half Lyrics

Growing up I felt life was some bed of roses

Though I had my dreams but in dreams I was still a novice

All I did was play kid games then and get some bruises

Only problems that I had was how to wash the dishes

Now I've grown up, things fall apart and life is different

Adulthood a scam they never told us all the things we seeing

Thinking everyday cos of bills and we live in fears

Wish I could go back in my 10s and be a kid for ever

Be a kid forever ?

Never worry about life

Do the dishes with a smile and then ask for more works

Sleep from 9 till morning

Forced to do my laundry

Do some crazy stuffs and get grounded when I fuck up

Forced to sleep at noon

Blunt without remorse

Eat when I'm hungry without savings or current

Worry less of people

Worry more about me

And now these are wishes

That'll never get to happen

Tough times, good times

Started few years back

When I woke up and discovered I only ghat my back

What shit is going on cos everything I needed lacked

Life at its peak and still I need to speak

I prayed hard and worked hard but still everything slacked

Is there God up there was the question that I asked

Which remained unanswered,

So I gathered my sorrows and zipped up in iron bag

But before I get to that

Let's take a little ride back to January 22nd 2000

Damn…

na where the matter start

fuck…

Late night on Saturday

Unusual like the other days

Mom was in pains,

Every birthday should be Mother's Day

Pulling through the labor stage

Dad was in waiting room

Health center Obollo-Afor

Thank God it's a baby boy

Wow,

I wish I had a grown sense to know what it felt like

when I saw my first light

The joy after pain and the cry of a new born

Welcome to the war-ld is exactly how I see that

I'm speaking to you now in the body of an infant

The faces that I saw filled with happiness and big smiles

I was taken to the church dedicated to the spirit, to the son and to the father in the most high

Welcome pack di pleasing and childhood was really fun

For my little mind na so life sweet on default

As a last born in a home built with pure love

I never felt alone or worried about the future

Though at a little age I already had the love for money

Doing casual works, packing sand to sell for money

And popsy didn't like that for his son and for his own name

But neither did I stop I just did it on a low key

I no come from poor home I'm just not one of those kids with innumerable choices

Went to the best primary school in my neighborhood back in the days when SISO was SISO

Wrote my first story book and poems in my Pace 4

I was amongst the best 3 in my set I was a big force

Till Adaobi broke my heart and reality checked in like boy "your welcome pack is over"

At first it was priesthood I enrolled into St.John Cross

Ose dey with me, we be like twins till I change choice

I moved unto the next school to Konigin des friedens

I've been in love with art but my parents didn't want that

Stubborn as a kid but this time I couldn't do much

Considering they paid a lot of money for my tuition

Just because they had a lab and things that I needed

I had to fit in science and still came off with the best grades it's nothing

Back like I never left I'm done with my sec now

No passion for medicals but na wetin my popsy want

I got into Esut and I made a choice they didn't like

I changed to psychology instead of to med-lab

But before I enter school things and things been go down

Economy was hard and life was getting tougher

As a small boy with big dreams I no dey fit in proper

Na so person go dey? Na the question I just ask

I met mom and complained I'm tired of all these,

Everyday we keep working not even a day for feast,

Mom felt bad I could see it in her face

I'm sorry mom but this exactly how I feel,

It is what it is but we can't keep it mute

And shits getting real and it's tougher everyday

She gave me her blessings and told me son,

You born to be great so never give up on your dreams

I took up to my heels motivated to the peak,

I went into the field ready to fight the beast,

So I met dad and told him

I need to hustle dad and I'm leaving home tomorrow

This is just to let you know

He gave me tfare and told me good luck my son

I packed up my bags all road leads to park

I swear I had a plan and with this plan I go guide

Obinna left home, he's out for the grind

For Mount Enugu na where me and my guys mount

For South crib cos em parents dey for south

Repair phone for railway do car wash for ezikwo

Ability na hustler so works dey to grind on

But life no dey smooth, one or two things must rough am

Cos hustle been dey pay but we wanted it in big way

Visuals na our savings live bet na our investment

We stake all our income with hope for higher income

I Gamble till I loose my phone

Gamble till I loose my belt

Gamble till I loose my shoes

I Gamble till I loose my card

Gamble till then employ me for bet9ja shop

For Maryland na where the matter cast

One day after work I just stroll dey go house

I see my guys for outside Marcelo, John, Arinze

Tendency dey with BC

Why all man dey for outside?

Na wetin I wan ask

But the answer don begin drop

Omo South papa don come back

Na back door we follow X

As at right now, all your things dey for Nnenna shop

Nnenna shop? The Nnenna wey I dey chyke?

Fuck! una don go freeze my steeze

I put myself together, enter shop pick my stuffs

With my school bag for back and side bag for hand

I stand for bus stop with no clue of where I'm heading to

Na so I change from hustler to a homeless hustler

At least I dey night today I go crash inside bet shop

But what about tomorrow? The next and the next day

Na so I end for street taking strolls every night

From one church to another, join them dey do night worship

I no fit lap ability cos em auntie no dey smile

Plenty questions I dey throw upon myself as I stand

I just dey 17 why I dey go through all these

Man I swallowed my pride, this hustler headed home.

And couple years later I reconnect with my homeboys

Swaggzy & Maino we together dey find update

Abule dey with me when armed robbers come drive us

And Milli na my tight G we dey school dey observe babes

Shoutout to Maleek, killz, Loxy and Romcy

Fuckupman and vinzshoes, Adamu na my OG

And Steve na my boss, Jvbal dey studio with Alex

And to you all my Gs I love you all "no diddy"

Cheers to the living and a toast to the dead,

Thumbs up to niggas out there hustling from their ends

Haven't made it yet but on God, I'm so grateful

At 19 I was 6, let the future add to that

You know as life be, money need dey man pocket

And setbacks go dey come but who give up na em loose pass

I recall in the past when this age was a far spot

And now here it is, just like play next na old age

It's 2 decades and half

Yesterday I was 20 and now I'm 25

Days just dey fly and the bag still dey run

But we keep up with the grind till the day we alright

These are just some histories

Light up like my weed in riz

Life is full of storms I wish I had a cam to picture them

So that years to come I can show them to my new babies

How the boy hustled hard to get the BAR

And their mama too

Omo..

Na so e be

Next thing now na 30,40,50

Person go just dey sleep dey wake up till the day em sleep no wake up

Funny thing is I don't really like my birthdays

Cos I don't know exactly how to feel

But then…let's say it feels good to be alive

So all thanks to whoever that giveth life

Man don show be say man don show

And man go rugged am till show finish

So see you'll next year

Of course if life permits me

Ciao