Spectac & Amiri - I Grew Up lyrics
rate mefeat. Najee
Hey yo, I grew up on cookie, a new Jack not Snookie
Rappers smelling dooky go against me on the loose sleeve
My hero was Bruce Lee until I got my ass whipped
Starting making classics in there with the asteroid
Words from my mouth to the pen, back to the plastic
Too many of my friends in prison, up in the casket
When I hit the studio it’s magic, when I turn the news on it’s tragic
Murder rates, bad traffic, bad habits dying slowly, I’m laughing at it
Now you know GI Joe and that’s half the battle
Green arrow hit the target, our boys in peril and the father at home
Only four black superheroes?
Black Panther, Luke Cage, Black Falcon, a president named Barack but who’s counting?
He’s 25 and he ain’t lived enough, all they giving us
Is instructions for destructions and giving up
Not enough today, you can feel some things
Shouldn’t have to, need to slow down
Slow down, moving too fast
There are too many distractions
What happened to simple life, simple past?
Hey yo, I grew up on the Crosby
Kids now they eat the brown
Fourth graders getting beat down because they’re skin brown
And then you wonder why they frown when they walk around
Time with them passing them down, quoting rap songs
Don’t believe me, just watch, I’ve seen them shot
Arrested by cops up in their homes, out on the block
Up in their church, driving their cars and where they work
They’re ball hit the jerks, if they got dressed, they worse
Shit, I be the first to put it out there, let you think about it
They said I couldn’t sell records ‘cause I finished college
Talk about it, be about it, be the proudest, be the loudest
Even if you be in doubt, you shouldn’t be discouraged
Have the courage, find your purpose, find the time is worth it
I find myself creating verses when I’m feeling worthless
It’s just the surface, inside I’m really bugging
You know what we’re headed for y’all, self-distraction
Not enough today, you can feel some things
Shouldn’t have to, need to slow down
Slow down, moving too fast
There are too many distractions
What happened to simple life, simple past?
I grew up listening to old folk telling jokes
When I was spoken to, y’all, that’s when I spoke
Otherwise I kept my mouth shut and talk about just
Staying in the shadows with my runners while they doubted us
It’s difficult like calculus to read us, homie
I turn the hardest MC’s back into tender ronies
You and your ponies know you up against the one and only
I’m underground but get my play on stations, dance on me
World renowned, you’d think I won a Tony
An Oscar or Grammy, front row in Miami
From jazz festivals to the essence, no telling
And even God knows I’m smart ‘cause I can count my blessings
And you should take heat, kid, we driving through the scene
So when shit hits the fan, you don’t ask who to blame
I gotta call names, make no assumptions
Pray that we’re not headed for self-destruction
Not enough today, you can feel some things
Shouldn’t have to, need to slow down
Slow down, moving too fast
There are too many distractions
What happened to simple life, simple past?
Not enough today, you can feel some things
Shouldn’t have to, need to slow down
Slow down, moving too fast
There are too many distractions
What happened to simple life, simple past?
