Growing Young

Yo

Be a man, John, be a man

Used to get them Marlboros for dad

It made me feel grown

Didn't know the problems he had

But he was real gone

When he had the bottle in hand

He was just dead wrong

Promised that I would never grow up and be him

But I never grew up at all

And now I'm womanizing and cheatin', drinkin' heavily in the P.M

Havin' myself a monsters ball, just like my pa

My girl lookin' the same way my mom did

Smeared makeup and tears under her eyelids

Generations of havin' a down ass chick

But we always end up fuckin' up that shit

Pointin' fingers at all of my male figures

The only thing gettin' bigger is makin' 'bout six figures

And everybody just shut up when I put it on my tab

Ain't it sad when a Visa's the only credit you have? Huh

But that's just John, and that's how he is

That’s the only way people come into my defense

But that's just wrong, but that's how it is

And it be helpin' me get away with a lot of shit

Alotta shit, a lotta shit, I wish somebody really gave me a whole lot of shit

But they on the dick, yeah they on my dick, now my ego is getting bigger than Moby Dick

They see the videos, they see the hero

They take a mess and paint a mural

Edit out the a-hole put in the b-roll

Render the clips, and you got pure gold

Shoutout to B tho, that’s mi amigo, kept me in check when I was actin' like a devo

When I was Steve O, he made me Steve Jobs, I'm a CEO, now look at me ma

Now look at me ma, I'm on my grown shit

When I mean grown, I mean takin' care of my own shit

Now look at me pa, this is some grown shit

Now what you taught me, forget it, I flipped the whole script

Now look at me girl, I’m on my grown shit

What I'm sayin', I mean it my word is golden

Everything I'm sayin' you’re probably thinkin' no shit

I shoulda known this already, but I’m ready now