Once a Man, Twice a Child

If you lucky, you get old

Oldtimer told me (yeah)

You ain't gon' be able to fuck the same

Drink the same

Hang out the same

I'm like, once a man, twice a child

Yeah, once a man, twice a child

It's like a baby again

Strong motherfucker when you're young

I ducked a razor, ducked some punches

Even ducked a gun, Nintendo Duck Hunt

I ducked police, I had to run

Meanwhile, when you get old you might become futile

My old style is a rough of my new style

My old girl dope, but I love my new girl

So when I'ma slow down this merry go round called life

I was a youngster with a fever, moms brought cold ice

And I was young, scared

She ain't care, she made me fight

Fifty-two sweep you, haymaker right

When I get old ,I hope that I can stay this fly

Once a man, twice a child

From mama's boy to preschool to college to now employed

Now you on, got your first crib, she's having your firstborn

Went from buying the finer toys with your boys

To buying toys for your boy

It's crazy how fast he's growing for sure

Grandpops he told me 'bout his days of old

One day I'll be him on the porch, sippin' on something cold

And it stuck with my soul

I been divided at the road

Hot-headed as a youngster, confronted I might unload

Now listen, knowledge I received as a seed, as a G

That would feed my personal frequency

Transcends through all, travel through walls

My ministry, we ain't know we was livin' hazardous

Savages, first niggas in New York with Bentleys

Tyson, Kedar, Puff, Stoute and then me

Before "Many Men" was out, we went on tour and took 50

Live while you got the strength to

Health you should tend to

Look all of ain't gon' get old, I hope this message hits you

For real

Strong motherfucker when you're young

I ducked a razor, ducked some punches

Even ducked a gun, Nintendo Duck Hunt

I ducked police, I had to run

Meanwhile, when you get old, you might become futile

My old style is a rough of my new style

My old girl dope, but I love my new girl

So when I'ma slow down this merry go round called life

I was a youngster with a fever, moms brought cold ice

I'm tryin' to expand the pineal gland

The world ain't our home, just temporary, please understand

You die tomorrow then you born again, so life is deathless

Respect and balance, human dignity that's the perspective

Aimé Leon Dore New Balance when I'm steppin'

Time is precious

One day I might need my diaper changed inside a convalescent

The soul is different than the flesh is

Life is teachin' me more, wisdom and ignorance is kin

To have peace, you need war

By the time you see the stars in the skies, they already burnt out

Same way these dudes be shinin' but been burnt out

But we don't change, as we get stuck in our ways

We just act like we agree so we can end the exchange

What's meant for you is sent to you

But you could be the problem, it's not always them, my dude

Was she crazy before you met her or you made her crazy?

Possibly, she gonna be a nurse when you back to a baby

Once a man, twice a child

Strong motherfucker when you're young

I ducked a razor, ducked some punches

Even ducked a gun, Nintendo Duck Hunt

I ducked police, I had to run

Meanwhile, when you get old, you might become futile

My old style is a rough of my new style

My old girl dope, but I love my new girl

So when I'ma slow down this merry go round called life

I was a youngster with a fever, moms brought cold ice

And in the streets I had agility, was quick to strike

My fear's not seeing it coming, got too rich for that sight

So take advantage of your youth before you elderly

'Cause today is the youngest that you will ever be