Gewesen / Been Schon seit / Since
I'm an R.E.M. nerd and have been since I was 14.
I've been tired since I was 15.
I've been rapping since 1979.
I've been writing since I was 19.
I haven't been hit since Leon Spinks hit me in '92.
I've been rapping since I was 13.
I like Ben Carson.
I refuse to be silenced.
Hell, have I been a hell-raiser!