Shaft - On a day like this Lyrics

On a day like this, I could be open-minded, less pessimistic
Used to roll with misfits, I let them go, now I go the distance
Now if you blink, I'm gone in a flash, kinda like an instant
Former high school students. I knew them, they was my biggest critics
Now I let the world judge me through my two to three minutes
But they already got an opinion off my look, off my image
I mean, if it was or wasn't
I mean, either is or isn't
Can you really tell the difference through the hype and superstitions
On a day like this, they would want me in front the television
Stop and listen to they politics or all they f*ck religions
I ain't sayin', I ain't prayin'
No, the stance that I've been takin' is it's been lost in translation
Need an author, let me take it
Tongue is sword and word is bond
Every boundary, every line
I cross it every single time
Cause I'm still human, f*ck am I doin'
If I don't learn from that
Took the offer ain't lookin' back
Don't wanna waste a second
Cause on a day like this, you know every minute's precious
Every minute's precious

Now I feel like I got the whole room judging me
Life looks good on you
Yeah
Motivation from goals that grew from the seeds of poverty
Now I got them watchin' the
Profit with the prophecy

Look
On a day like this, I could go outside and probably fall in love, I already did
Thought about a ring, you know the wife and kids
I'm scared she'll split
Dip out with half of my shit
No, I'm not
Truth be told, I'm scared I can't settle down
No, I won't commit
Especially once I go legit
The music biz is full of vices
To the woman from the foreign countries and the fancy prices
Different foods and body shapes
How could I forget the accents
Tropical locations damn, I'm leavin' my girl in the past tense
Now I'm movin' backwards
And reunions awkward
Like damn, how many more times can I re-meet the same father
I'm shakin' his hand, he lookin' at me like, why bother
Cause on this day, I'm certain I could go and love your daughter
Till tomorrow, there's no sorrow
In the morning, there's a shift
The bipolar take him over like a switch
That's not him
He can't help himself no more
Yet his patience runnin' thin
Cause even on a day like this, you could have nothing left to give
Nothing left to give

I know, I know
I'm just picky
Life looks good on me
Motivation from goals that grew from the seeds of poverty

Now I got him watchin' the
Profit with the prophecy
Yeah, yeah
That's pretty much like, kinda like a walk in the park, bro

Like, I was thinkin' about rappin' it like that
What do you think
Like that
You think so

Appreciate it, bro
Thank you, thank you