Dear Younger Me

One, two, three I miss the younger me He was last seen playing footy in the street Somewhere up in Nairobi I know it's been a minute But I hope we can revisit The way we used to be So won't you answer me Dear younger me Yeah, uh, yeah Dear younger me Uh-huh, yeah I was a young lion growing up in the savanna I knew nothing really lasted so everything really mattered I became the star of the show, Hannah Montana And I had a fantasy 'bout growing bigger, Bruce Banner I was sipping on Fanta Still believing in Santa Still grieving from that manta that eradicated Steve Irwin the Crocodile Hunter on some shit I can't imagine Some moments they were tragic but most the moments were magic Like summers up at the cabin hotboxin' closets and attics Outfoxin' mouses and rabbits Snakes and ladders, I chose the latter made excellence a habit Knick-knack paddywhackin' going bananas and riding dragons Uh-huh Moving cities, McLovin super bad biddies Getting litty with big titty committees And feeling giddy from infinite opportunities Unlimited mobility Nostalgia is a bitch isn't she I miss the younger me He was last seen playing footy in the street Somewhere up in Nairobi I know it's been a minute But I hope we can revisit The way we used to be So won't you answer me Dear younger me it cuts so deep when you refuse to talk to me I get confused and I can't see Without you so please answer me Listen up my little bro Growing up ain't really all sunshine and daisies Smooth sailing Sometimes a sailor gets scabies And then your dogs get the rabies And now you're dealing with Hades Cause lately you see how society values a human less than a Mercedes But I'm glad to say that we never got complacent Took the highway not the basement Elevated our loving and relegated our hatred right to the waist-bin It's like the king said Ain't nothing to it but to do it Step into it, go through it Moving and grooving, nothing given till you prove it Keep your drive like a Buick Keep your mind on the doing Keep your wonder and make sure to annually renew it If you got it then use it Never lose your exuberance Cause the truth is a life that ain't true to you is like a life with no music Dear little Jack, won't you come back Tell me where'd you go Did I do something wrong I want you to know I've been here all along Walking down this road The same one as you We even wear the same shoes Hang with the same crews Time changed me but it didn't change you Though it's different I still catch glimpses of you in some pictures My loss of innocence is like a scab that always itches I gotta stop picking at it or I'll need stitches And this wound'll never heal I'm just tryna to keep it real But nothing's felt real Since that day You up and walked away You took my inner flame The twinkle in my eye Man, I don't wanna die before I just really die And live a life of imitation with no imagination Please bring the magic back I been patient I miss the younger me He was last seen playing footy in the street Somewhere up in Nairobi I know it's been a minute But I hope we can revisit The way we used to be So won't you answer me Dear younger me it cuts so deep when you refuse to talk to me I get confused and I can't see Without you so please answer me I'mma make you proud bro I won't let you down bro We've come a long way But got a long way to go From school hallways to rocking the show You know always That I got your back bro From a tadpole To fully grown It's rock paper scissors how life unfolds You'll never walk alone on this yellow brick road Here we go with the flow Hop up in Geronimo Right now I'm with the younger me He never left All he needed was some time To resurrect Cause I buried him inside And he couldn't breathe But now I've reconciled with the younger me Let's dance to the beat Of our destiny Younger me Walk with me We got the world at our feet Uh-huh They say time is the biggest enemy But I'll always have that kid in me You kidding me