T.N.T

Boy I done been through some things Even though I try to keep me a smile if you look in my eyes you can still see the pain If you grew up how I grew up then you understand dog I had to grow up and become a man before I was a man dog I Boy I done been through some things Even though I try to keep me a smile if you look in my eyes you can still see the pain If you grew up how I grew up then you understand dog I had to grow up and become a man before I was a man dog Boy I done through some obstacles it's clear to see without optical Man it all started when momma try to leave this nigga and he started stalking her Restraining order wasn't optional cause we couldn't rely on no officer Cause without any physical evidence locking him up would be nearly impossible So you know we had to skip town to a place we couldn't be found Homeboy was acting like a clown aloe street he drove up and down Not to mention he calling the house phone back to back to back to back to back now But you know how karma come back around a couple years later he's in the ground I swear I ain't capping as soon as I got a chance I was going to get me a strap and Drive to cleveland mississippi go to johnson street and go cap him but his heart attacked Him I ain't get a chance to experience eastside highschool at all Most of my family went there i'm the only on without a graduation picture hanging in Them Halls That shit still f*ck with me till this day Boy I done been through some things Even though I try to keep me a smile if you look in my eyes you can still see the pain If you grew up how I grew up then you understand dog I had to grow up and become a man before I was a man dog I Boy I done been through some things Even though I try to keep me a smile if you look in my eyes you can still see the pain If you grew up how I grew up then you understand dog I had to grow up and become a man before I was a man dog I done been through something type of shit you can't do nothing Cause your to young family don't believe you when you say something Caught my momma boyfriend cheating again she told me focus on being a kid I was trying to protect her and shit she was content with the way things is I learned how to mind my bizz toxic shit is what normal is My environment as kid I never told my family what my family member did to me I learned how to keep a secret see I never forgot when momma didn't believe Family members turned to enemies that situation changed my tendencies I know that it's not rite I had to do something to keep my mind rite Apart of me died that night but I'll be alright shit happens in life See we normalize pain so we don't go insane some things hard to explain Telling somebody don't mean it will change man I'd rather hold on to my pain If you can change the past you can't help me Boy I done been through some things Even though I try to keep me a smile if you look in my eyes you can still see the pain If you grew up how I grew up then you understand dog I had to grow up and become a man before I was a man dog I Boy I done been through some things Even though I try to keep me a smile if you look in my eyes you can still see the pain If you grew up how I grew up then you understand dog I had to grow up and become a man before I was a man dog For I was man dog when I sixteen I held down two jobs For I was man dog helping my momma with bills and all For I was a man dog without a co-signer I got my own car For I was a man dog For I was a man dog never was satisfied with a hand out For I was a man dog I was just trying to find another way out For I was a man dog I telling you that's what made me a man now For I was a man dog