Mama's Song

As we close out this 40 Below I really hope y'all enjoyed this album 'Cause I really put my all into it Let's go Who you see comin' up, you see coming down Mama told me since I was a child It's true, I see it The circle of life Who you see comin' up, you see coming down Mama told me since I was a child It's true, I see it The circle of life 'Round we go like a merry-go Up and down like a seesaw To illustrate how life goes You can be up big tomorrow Frown on those who beg or borrow Lose everything over night And your favorite vice couldn't rid your sorrow I drank more than a pod of whales When I lost my first job out school Damn near dropped out of life 'Cause the shame weighed on me like a nuke Fast forward four short years The Collective Ep we'd bring to you Mustard Seed Pre-Purgatory The Mockingbird 40 Below None of these would have come to pass Back in my past if I'd let go My mom's words that I memorized Are immortalized as I make a song 25 years that it took To get the full meaning shared with her son Who you see comin' up You see coming down That bar stuck Who you see comin' up, you see coming down Mama told me since I was a child It's true, I see it The circle of life Who you see comin' up, you see coming down Mama told me since I was a child It's true, I see it The circle of life In this world there are people who'll look down on you Judging you like you on trial Guilty verdict coming down from 'em They be sitting high and mighty now A few years down the road from 'em Walking up to you in your car Tryna get some spare change from you Watched them as they rose and fell From their glory to their current shell As the world watches you, too With Or Without You knowing well Who you see comin' up You see coming down This is a dual tale It just dawned on me recently This sayin' in its simplicity Is a lesson in humility To kick a person when they down and out You lose a foot, 'cause you know you wrong My mom's words I memorized Are immortalized as I make a song 25 years that it took To get the full meaning shared with her son Damn Who you see comin' up, you see coming down Mama told me since I was a child It's true, I see it The circle of life Who you see comin' up, you see coming down Mama told me since I was a child It's true, I see it The circle of life The circle of life The circle of life It's true, I see it The circle of life I need y'all to understand How hardbody a bar is that It go over your head a whole 25, 30 sumn years Who you see coming up You see coming down And it's in that moment it dawned on me My mama could have been a rapper Yea, yea Circle of life