I Remember

I remember when I was young

Watchin' the risin' sun

Wishin' that I was someone else

I remember when the nights were long

Singin' my mama's songs

Pickin' the pieces off the ground, mm

Pack a lunch of tuna sandwhich in a brown paper bag

Shop at Ross to cut the cost before the first day of class

Anything to save a dollar, dollar

Yeah, I got it from my mama, mama

Ain't nobody lookin' like me when I walked into math

Half the teachers treatin' me different, made me hate bein' Black

Feelings I ain't even acknowledge, acknowledge

'Til I finally got to college, college

And I was only age twelve when my first friend had died

Jumpin' off the same bridge we'd later cross drunken drivin'

Through the fog or even pourin', pourin'

Anything to escape the boredom

I remember when I was young

Watchin' the risin' sun

Wishin' that I was someone else

I remember when the nights were long

Singin' my mama's songs

Pickin' the pieces off the ground

Do you believe me now?

Do you believe me now?

Traded the monsters in my closet

For childish dreams and hopeless nonsense

Do you believe me now?

Do you believe me now?

Dealin' with issues I've been dodgin'

Just give me some time, I'll shake 'em off me

Do you believe me now?

Do you believe me now?

Traded the monsters in my closet

For childish dreams and hopeless nonsense

Do you believe me now?

Do you believe me now?

Dealin' with issues I've been dodgin'

Just give me some time, I'll shake 'em off me, mm