[Verse 1]
Twenty five years, twenty five years
Wasn't 'posed to make it past twenty five years
That's how long they say the black man lifespan
Like, damn, time to kick it into high gear
Had a fair share of times had to dry tears
Put it all in the rhymes make the vibes clear
Friends and family, you always know I'm right here
I can't see no others succumb to the nightmare
Life don't fight fair, no it'll sucker punch you
Yelling WorldStar while it laugh and uppercut you
Throwing hands, it'll hit you with the duck and one, two
Till you slumping in the gutter looking bloodied and bruised
I hit the blunt with my crew until we up in the moon
Until I'm paranoid, uncomfortable too
Feel like I'm stuck in a loop, soul sucking the new black
The shucking for others and all the fuckery due
[Chorus]
Word, Kanye, we still alive
We wasn't 'posed to make it past twenty five
But we here
But we here
Word, Kanye, we still alive
We wasn't 'posed to make it past twenty five
But we here
But we here
[Verse 2]
Twenty five years, twenty five years
Wasn't 'posed to make it past twenty five years
Grateful that I've lasted to arrive here
Thankful to my parents to and my fine peers
I used to drink until I'd black out
And wake up to puddle of my vomit like, what's that 'bout
Until one of my homies told me that's the way you die
I guess I'm glad that I'm alive and I ain't pass to other sides
I ain't bachelored up or smashed as much as actually I'd like
But I been passionate 'bout rapping damn near half of my whole life
That's why I'm crafting in the lab and why I'm crafty on the mic
Until the ceiling it is cracking and I'm basking in the light
I been strapped up for the fight, but I'm still waiting now
Pacing, formulating ways to make it to the sacred ground
Like why it take so fucking long to get my name out?
That's M.A.D.I.C., it's MADic, let it rang out
[Chorus]
Word, Kanye, we still alive
We wasn't 'posed to make it past twenty five
But we here
But we here
Word, Kanye, we still alive
We wasn't 'posed to make it past twenty five
But we here
But we here
[Verse 3]
Twenty five years, twenty five years
Now I'm twenty seven looking in the rear view mirror
Gotta clear peer, like why you did that shit?
Why you ain't do that? Why you stayed through this?
Sometimes I wonder if I may have wasted
My place at NYU by being lazy and complacent
Staying with the same chick and keeping in my bubble
'Stead of dating and embracing the freedom of the struggle
Second guessing every thing I ever done
Like was it worth it in the end or it's a curse that I have brung
I loved the church when I was young until I grew into my own man
They said God the only way, I had my own plans
I keep it dolo on the low been thinking deeper
Roll tobacco with the reefer, light it up for Wiz Khalifa
I'm a chiefer, weed leaf dealers in my beeper
Hi, my name is MADic, peace seeker, nice to meet ya
[Chorus]
Word, Kanye, we still alive
We wasn't 'posed to make it past twenty five
But we here
But we here
Word, Kanye, we still alive
We wasn't 'posed to make it past twenty five
But we here
But we here
Word, Kanye, we still alive
We wasn't 'posed to make it past twenty five
But we here
But we here
Word, Kanye, we still alive
We wasn't 'posed to make it past twenty five
But we here
But we here
credits
released November 1, 2019
Written by MADic
Produced by MADic
Recorded by Chris Gibney at Big Yellow Duck
Mixed by MADic
Mastered by Brian Newell (benewmusic.com)
Artwork by Elizabeth Bello (elizabethbello.com)
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