VERSE 1
Now, when I was a young boy I vowed up and down that I’d never lose my youth; it was my joy. I had more chips on my shoulder than you’d find in Chips Ahoy! And little did I know that everything I had in life would be destroyed! It started when I thought that acting young was to be crazy; running around in circles, wild like a squirrel with rabies; drinking beer and smoking dope until my eyes were hazy; partied all the time and I never worked cuz I was lazy. Oh, I was a big baby living in a man’s world, backstabbing half my friends, hitting on my man’s girl. Didn’t give a flip for anyone but myself; looking out for number one, chasing status, girls and wealth. Thought that being young meant acting like a hooligan. Skinny dipping with women and swimming in a pool of sin got me into trouble, but because my fam was praying, your boy straightened up and now you hear me saying…
HOOK
BUMP being a kid if being a kid is
Running my mouth and flipping my lid, man
Caring only ‘bout my social business
Or how much I’ll get spoiled at Christmas, what is this?
BUMP being a kid if being a kid is
Running a race that I will never finish
Drinking and partying till I throw up
If that’s what being young is, then man, I’d rather grow up!
VERSE 2
I thought keeping my youth meant no responsibility. Living life to the fullest, on the edge; it was instilled in me. Influenced by what I saw on the TV, Hollywood was killing me. Country hometown fiend having knee slapping times like them hillbillies be! It was so silly, we’d imitate all the things we’d see from HBO to Comedy Central, MTV and BET. All them stars with fame and fortune where the ones that we envied even though half of them admitted in interviews that their lives still seemed empty. So then it came to be time to face reality; felt the REAL MAN locked inside break up out of me! Sobered up, shook off the lies with practicality…….stepped into the TRUTH, now demons backing down from me!
So I urge y’all to straighten your mentality. Take my advice and escape the fatality. Death is a price paid by sin’s salary so now allow me, to shout it out proudly…
E.Quipped’s Verse
I used to wish I could be forever young like Jay-Hov
(But now) Like his significant other I’m wanting a halo
(Man) will never last on a crusade for youth like Indiana Jones
‘Cause we’ll end up looking stupid just like “Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls”
(But) I too was one of them dudes not leaving my childish ways alone
I was stuck living in the past similar to Uncle Rico or the mom from Tangled
Could not let that thang go, like Nature Boy still chasing the gold
So to flee youthful lusts was not a thought or a topic that I entertained, no (2 timothy 2:22)
The liquor & chicks were the main goals, fitting back into that same mold
The rest of the world’s been squeezed into, the reason, without a King can’t gain control
Souls are being strangled by the devil, had to bounce like a logo Kangol
From sin to heaven, like window’s seven to the cloud’s what I aim for
Now that I know how to take a hold, of who I am & what He hanged for
To redeem, I’m out of my teenage dream you can tell Katy I’m staying awake, so
I can tell anybody on the same road trying to move ahead while only looking behind you’s fatal
Me and that cradle went our separate ways like Omarion & B2K, bump bump bump