A Teen

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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah

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 getting to know now, to know now

Just a teen

Lil' black boy with a dream

With the craziest mind and the lowest esteem

Trying to find what happens at the highest esteem

So I had a dream and a couple called me extreme

I was thinking 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 telling me never, so

I gotta craft, put the work in it

A couple had a laugh when they saw me working 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 doing it strong

Working night till dawn, and they're singing my song

Nobody telling me I'm doing it wrong

'Cause I was telling 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 getting 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 getting 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 hitting up a giant that was bigger than most

It's bigger than me

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

'Cause I was just the relevant host

To a degree you could say I was better than most

'Cause I kept on working, put the time in

Though they hate, see, I kept on shining

Now the flows dividing, ultra sounding

And I will never stop trying, I'm tightening

Until the flow get them shocked like lightening

And make the smile on their face excitement

See I was told that's my one assignment

So now I'm telling 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 getting 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 getting to know now, to know now

Just a teen

I'm just a teen

Started at 16

With a dream so big

No self-esteem

He's just a teen

Started at 16

He won't make it but we have to watch him though

See I'm just a teen and now I'm getting 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

Practice 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 and the rest in the words I prayed

I said that

I'm just a teen

Started at 16

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 getting to know now, to know now

Just a teen

Yeah, see I'm just a teen

Just a teen

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 getting to know now, yeah