Lyrics
When I was seven years old
Nobody told me that
Everyone you with ain't your homies
When I was seven years old
Look, life goin' fast, but we kids and we thinkin'
It'll be that way forever, so we waste time
Roam in the hood as a kid singing B8
'Cause we never went across the state line
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 nigga seein'
It was hard tryna walk in a straight line
By 13, we was smokin' weed and poppin' the Perkys
At that time, I didn't even know what a Perc' mean
I was gettin' beatings, my mama would hurt me
So I had to cope, numbin' myself from the pain I was told
13 when my first song, I wrote, 13 when my lil' heart got broke
Wishin' that I wasn't born, but I didn't have a vote
14 when I first seen
What 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's strugglin', battlin' in life
That could've been me on a regular night
That's 'posed to been me, but I put up a fight
Despite what I was told, knew my future was bright
15 when I first met Steph
Thank God I was all by myself
Heaven-sent, God knew I needed help
Love really do it for you when there ain't nothin' left
I was 'bout to give up and put my heart on a shelf
Wasn't gettin' locked up, wasn't good on my health
Even though I had it hard growin' up, there was Steph
It's priceless, I promise the memories kept
Once I was 20 years old
I knew that I'd be great
Even though they did me wrong for so motherfuckin' long
It feel good to put a smile on they face
'Cause I knew damn well, I'd do everything that I dream
It just showed up late (showed up late)
But God timin' is real, there's a reason He made me wait
Oh, once I was 20 years old
Life finally showed me that