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Artist: John Petrucci
Canonical path: /john-petrucci/grew-up
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Grew Up
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Grew Up
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Bleeding in the dirt
I hear them laughing at me
Though I'm not really hurt
I'm crying like a baby
The teacher called me mother
She got very anger
"Good Lord, I've birthed a coward
What will I tell the family now"
I grew up
In a jungle gym
I grew up
3:15 I'm running
From a 4th grade lynch mob
They have a need to hate me
I have a different haircut
The teacher called my father
He got all military
"Good Lord, I've reared a faggot
And I'm afraid he'll look like me "
I grew up
In a jungle gym
I grew up
One day I'll be free
And getting the fuck out of here will be
My revenge
Dump on me I don't care
I'll feed you all my garbage
I've waited my whole life for
A friend like you to want it
I grew up
In a jungle gym
I grew up
One day I'll be free
And getting the fuck out of here will be
My revenge
My revenge
My revenge
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