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[Chorus: Slick Rick, JFK & Mac Miller] He was only seventeen (JFK, y'all) H-h-h-h-h-he was only seventeen (Yeah, Mac Miller) He was—he was—in a madman's dream He was only seventeen (Yeah, what an age that was, you know what I mean?) (Yo) He was only seventeen (Yeah, check me out) Seventeen, in a madman's dream (Uh, uh) [Verse 1: JFK] He was only seventeen, had a sweet sixteen One year later, realized these streets is mean Focused on the street, talkin' them DT's Waivin' down chicks in the summer, wearin' them long sleeves We lived amongst thieves, but they was stealin' whips Hittin' the strip and gettin' chased by the police was the shit Baby girl lost her body, had two kids, now we up in the crib Throwin' a house party, and I'm sorry All the pain that I caused and all the shit that I done And what'd I really do it for? Can't ignore I was never at a palm in the limo Silhouette of my face in a plated-glass window I guess I knew it all, y'all, seventeen behind the wall Canteen on freeze, but nobody to call A product of my environment, I couldn't stay clean It's just the crazy shit we do at seventeen, c'mon [Chorus: Slick Rick & Mac Miller] He was only seventeen (Ayo, JFK, that sound crazy, bro) H-h-h-h-h-he was only seventeen (Let me tell you how it was when I was seventeen though) He was—he was—when I was seventeen H-h-h-h-h-he was only seventeen (A little different, but) He was only seventeen (Seventeen) Seventeen, in a madman's dream [Verse 2: Mac Miller] Hey, when I was seventeen, that was just a year ago Chillin' with the weirdest hoes, sippin' on some beer Had me spinnin' like a merry-go, but that's the way it was The game's that we was playin', never changin' up Just a youngin tryna holla at the older girls Tryna take over here, but I ain't even know the world Yeah, my rookie days, hot from all the good we blaze Run around the city on a pussy chase Just a young gunna, hangin' with the OGs The little homie who never kept it low-key Now I get trophies and think about the old me How I wanted diamond chains and some gold teeth Hit the deli after school to get some roast beef Bullshittin' little asshole smokin' weed Now I'm growin' up, so you know what's up I love the feel of bein' older, but [Chorus: Slick Rick] When I was seventeen H-h-h-h-h-he was only seventeen He was—he was—in a madman's dream He was only seventeen He was—he was—he was only seventeen Seventeen, in a madman's dream [Outro] When I was seventeen