Seven Years

When I was seven years old, nobody told me

That everyone you with, they ain't your homies

When I was seven years old

Life goin' fast, but we kids and we thinkin' it'll be that way forever so we waste time

Roamin' the hood as a kid, seem big, yeah, 'cause we never went across the stateline

Had to go outside just to talk to each other back then 'cause we didn't have FaceTime

I was gettin' off track, seein' what a **** seen, it was hard tryna walk in a straight line

By thirteen, we was smokin' weed and poppin' them Perkys

At that time, I didn't even know what a perk mean

I was gettin' beatings, my momma would hurt me

So I had to cope, numbin' myself from the pain I would tote

Thirteen when my first song got wrote

Thirteen when my lil' heart got broke

Wishin' that I wasn't born, but I didn't have a vote

Fourteen, when I first seen what's it's like with no support or no team

Prone to givin' up on yo' dreams, I learned the definition of a dope fiend

Just somebody who strugglin', battlin' life

That could've been me on a regular night

That's supposed to been me but I put up fight

Despite what I was told, knew my future was bright, and

Fifteen when I first met Steff

Thank God, I was all by myself

Heaven-sent, God knew I needed help, love really do it for you when it ain't nothin' left

I was 'bout to give up and put my heart on a shelf, Juan gettin' locked up wasn't good on my health

Even though I had it hard growin' up, every step, it's priceless, I promise them memories kept

Once I was twenty years old, I

Knew that I'll be great

Even though they did me wrong for so motherfuckin' long, it feels good to put a smile on they face

'Cause I knew damn well I'll do everything that I dreamed, it just showed up late

But God timin' is real, it's a reason He made me wait

Oh, once I was twenty years old, life finally showed me

That some of those around wasn't my homies

Once I was twenty years old

Soon I'll be thirty years old

Some went platinum, some went gold

Everything I said I'd do I finally finished

Soon I'll be thirty years old

When I was seven years old