This for all my people that grew up being told That they would be dead or in the Penitentiary by the time they were grown And then you wonder why They got depression, self-esteem, anxiety issues You know After so long, you start to believe it Check, check I recall everything I was told Boy, you'll never live to be 18 years old Dead or incarcerated, just like those People who wander down similar roads Leavin' out the house, she said please don't go Granny, why you stay tryin' to, save my soul If death is my destiny, like you had said to me Let me get busy before it gets the best of me Don't you know, bullets don't have no brain And a lot of younguns don't have no aim Am I livin' or dyin', somebody please explain Goin' or stayin', because I'm going insane I'm strapped up cause he is, sheisty cause she is Meanwhile, dude who teach chemistry is In his office with a kid, doin' shit I get expelled for Which makes me wonder why people go to jail for it Even if I did die young, so what Nobody expected me to ever grow up Grandmama lectured me, you better grow up But there wasn't no tellin' me, I was a grown up Even if I did die young, so what Nobody expected me to ever grow up But there wasn't no tellin' me, I wasnt grown up I'm a kid peepin' injustice y'all let slide But you're so quick to, point out mine That's what made me draw that line Blinded by my own desire, I'm doin' fine No, I'm not, I'm doin' bad, but I'm too afraid to talk Y'all got shit goin' on, I don't wanna bother y'all Pops cut from a different cloth, never be the man he was Thought I was slow, I turned out to be a genius And I ain't returned like, eat my peanuts Let our bank statements be the difference between us If I seem distant, bitch I'm 30 somethin' I was suppose to been done been a murder victim My grandpa prayed 'till his knees gave way If you can't save me, God, please save Jason The way I went in, that's the only explanation I know some bad dudes enough to know I ain't one