A Teen

Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah I was just a teen, a boy with a dream In love with the flow with a sight on the scene Not many know what it's like to be seen But I'm getting to know now, to know now Just a teen Lil' black boy with a dream With the craziest mind and the lowest esteem Trying to find what happens at the highest esteem So I had a dream and a couple called me extreme I was thinking about what could make me better 'Cause these terms at school never made me clever Too cool a fool to retain that error I was tryna be great they were telling me never So I got a craft, put the work in it A couple had a laugh when they saw me working it And I was trash at the start, and I stunk like a fart But the heart in my work had me murking it Now it's five years gone, I've been doing it strong Working night 'til dawn and they're singing my song Nobody telling me I'm doing it wrong 'Cause I was telling them that really I'm just a teen, a boy with a dream In love with the flow with a sight on the scene Not many know what it's like to be seen But I'm getting to know now, to know now Just a teen, a boy with a dream In love with the flow with a sight on the scene Not many know what it's like to be seen But I'm getting to know now, to know now Just a teen Lil' black bruddah with a dream That's faced and placed in a diabolic regime That made it seem like I was never part of the team But I was David, never let it ruin the dream 'Cause I was hitting up a giant that was bigger than most It's bigger than me, couldn't see the hell of a ghost that's living in me 'Cause I was just the relevant host To a degree you could say I was better than most 'Cause I kept on working, put the time in Though they hate, see, I kept on shining Now the flows dividing, ultra sounding And I will never stop trying, I'm tightening Until the flow get them shocked like lightning And make the smile on their face, excitement See, I was told that's my one assignment And now I'm telling them that really- I'm just a teen, a boy with a dream In love with the flow with a sight on the scene Not many know what it's like to be seen But I'm getting to know now, to know now Just a teen, a boy with a dream In love with the flow with a sight on the scene Not many know what it's like to be seen But I'm getting to know now, to know now (Just a teen) I'm just a teen, started at sixteen With a dream so big, no self esteem He's just a teen, started at sixteen He won't make it, but we have to watch him though See, I'm just a teen And now I'm getting bigger than ever I'm better and better and ready to take on whatever The people throw, 'cause it took five years of pressure And there were ties to sever, so many lines to better And I know (I know), I'ma get this grow (this grow) To a place where the people know, that my words don't play And until that day, I'ma rap this way Practice so they see a mad display Of a teen they claimed never rapped this way And it was true but, I dreamt I may Be the best of the rest in the words, I prayed I said that I'm just a teen, started at sixteen With a dream so big, no self esteem I'm just a teen, a boy with a dream In love with the flow with a sight on the scene Not many know what it's like to be seen But I'm getting to know now, to know now Just a teen Yeah, see, I'm just a teen I'm just a teen I'm just a teen, a boy with a dream In love with the flow with a sight on the scene Not many know what it's like to be seen But I'm getting to know now, yeah