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 momma's songs pickin' the pieces off the ground mm-hmm

Pack a lunch a 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 momma momma

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

Had the teachers treat me different made me hate bein' black

Feelings I ain't even acknowledge acknowledge

Till I finally got to college college

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

Jumpin' off the same bridge we laid the stuck in drive

Through the foggy even pourin' pourin'

And he ain't escaped 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 momma's songs pickin' the pieces off the ground mm-hmm

Do you believe me now

Do you believe me now

Traded the monsters in my closetf or 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-hm