Growing Pains

Uh I been focused that's just how I'm living Ima go and get what's mine I don't need no permission The kid bout to act up I'm guessing I need detention Tryna get my fam a crib As lofty as my ambitions Moms got a mortgage I'm tryna pay it off Tryna make life a movie It could get crazy dawg Moving like a G Making plays like a PG Can't play at all Since 13 Held the goal down Nobody raided our Determination I been humble Focused and patient For my turn been waiting Turbulently turning the pages Of every chapter I write Only right I lap all the races Playing with the hand I'm dealt I turn every card into aces Looking at the faces Of my loved ones Is motivation I gotta chase greatness I gotta be more than basic This for everyone counting on me To be the one to make it Ima go and find the bar And ima raise it I know what I gotta be I know what I gotta be Now and forever for me I'm on this grind And I never could leave It's in my mind What I gotta achieve It's just me and my team Just a couple youngings following dreams Never fold never broke or leaned I know the journey get mean But I got us and that's on me Said I got us and that's on me At 10 years old I put the pen to the page At 16 I really understood that I could be great At 17 I dropped Eventually I started my race And now I'm 19 Guess this is my coming of age Cuz through the years I had to grow Felt pain That you wouldn't know Feeling like Terrance Howard I put hustle into my flow Times where I felt like quitting Made me stronger than most So I'm a shoe in for success This passion deep in my soul Woah Any doubt I never mind that Seen myself falling off wondering where my mind at Mentally I'm good but I ain't satisfied where I'm at I've always seen the bigger picture Like I'm up at iMax I ain't tryna step back I ain't tryna find that I made it to the end Still wondering where my time at I gotta get it know I'm so committed I can't hide that I'm 10 toes down I ain't never turning my back I know what I gotta be I know what I gotta be Now and forever for me I'm on this grind And I never could leave It's in my mind What I gotta achieve It's just me and my team Just a couple youngings following dreams Never fold never broke or leaned I know the journey get mean But I got us and that's on me Said I got us and that's on me This a open letter to my closest I can't lie I've had the moments Where I felt as hopeless Like what if I go my hardest And nobody notice Like what if I ain't the artist They deliver the roses But I'm chosen By the most high There's no limit There's no sky Ain't a leap I won't take Ain't a level I won't fly To get to where I'm headed My path illuminated When I think of all of y'all That's when I chase it I know what I gotta be I know what I gotta be Now and forever for me I'm on this grind And I never could leave It's in my mind What I gotta achieve It's just me and my team Just a couple youngings following dreams Never fold never broke or leaned I know the journey get mean But I got us and that's on me Said I got us and that's on me