16 @ War

Ain't no daddies where I'm from, it's just mad mothers And eyes that still seem they can't look past color Why am I disrespected by someone I should call brother? And why girls feelin' pretty and constantly hating each other? Bad air in my lungs, man I can't breathe My eyes burnin' from all the dirt and debris And it's third degree emotionless on the scene It's like a disease the way y'all killin' me I'm 16 and I shouldn't have to feel like this I'm 16, every young boy out here wanna kiss I'm 16, and me and my mama goin' through it 16 on the block 16 on the block 16, at war I'm 16, at war I'm 16, at war I'm 16, at war I'm 16, at war I'm 16, at war I'm 16 on the block 16 on the block Around here cool is another word for fool If he smoke then she smoke, I gotta smoke too Now what would I do if I didn't have a clue? I'm 16 why, oh, asking god oh why, oh If my clothes ain't tight then he ain't gone like me Eyes on the prize, so the next girl dress just like me I'm so full of promise, but why promise if I'ma just be rewarded by bad actions? To him, I'm just a transaction I'm 16 and I shouldn't have to feel like this I'm 16, every young boy out here wanna kiss I'm 16, and me and my mama goin' through it 16 on the block 16 on the block I'm 16 at war 16, at war 16, at war 16, at war (oh, oh) 16, at war 16, at war 16, on the block 16, on the block I want you to love my mind, my smile, my style I want you to know the best of me I want to belong without being treated like property Why does this seem like fantasy? I'm 16 and I shouldn't have to feel like this I'm 16, every young boy out here wanna kiss I'm 16, and me and my mama goin' through it 16 on the block 16 on the block I'm 16, at war, 16, at war 16, at war, 16, at war I'm 16, at war, 16, at war 16, on the block 16, on the block I'm 16