A Teen

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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 gettin' to know now, to know now

Just a teen

Lil' black boy with a dream

With the, craziest mind and the lowest esteem

Tryin' to find what happens at the highest esteem

So I had a dream and a couple called me extreme

I was thinkin' 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 tellin' me never, so

I got a craft, put the work in it

A couple had a laugh when they saw me workin' it

And I was trash at the start and I stunk like a fart

But the heart in my work had me murkin' it

And now it's five years gone, I've been doin' it strong

Workin' night 'til dawn, and they're singin' my song

Nobody tellin' me I'm doin' it wrong

'Cause I was tellin' 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 gettin' 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 gettin' 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 hittin' up a giant that was bigger than most

It's bigger than me

Couldn't see the hell of a ghost, that's livin' in me

'Cause I was just the relevant host

To a degree, you could say I was better than most

'Cause I, kept on workin', put the time in

Though they hate, see, I kept on shinin'

Now the flows dividin', ultra soundin'

And I will never stop tryin', I'm tightenin'

Until the flow get them shocked like lightnin'

And make the smile on their face, excitement

See I was told that's my one assignment

And now I'm tellin' 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 gettin' 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 gettin' 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 (Just a teen)

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 gettin' 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'ma get this grow

To a place where the people know

That my words don't play

And until that day I'ma rap this way

Practise 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 gettin' to know now, to know now

I'm 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 gettin' to know now

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