Fountain of Youth

Just turned nine, bout to catch a flight to Paris One the last trips that I'll take with my parents Cause in about year, their relationship perished We gone hit the Eiffel then we touring though the Louvre And I'm starstruck by the women scene too Pretty brown girls with Parisian attitudes Grateful for the trip Got to change my latitude Told myself I'm coming back Bagging baddies over baguettes Seen this one bad girl, man I'll never forget Next stop Barcelona, get Paella from the shop on the corner Walking through the city, I was stunned by the views Don't remember much, but I know we on a cruise Just the start of week two We catch a flight home, learned about my brother and it felt like breaking news Family dynamic got a couple loose screws But I ain't really care, I was worried bout shoes Kick it with some new kids, the flyest in the school Them boys stayed in trouble but I wanna be cool Next day detention from throwing all our food Food fight, food war Parents ask why, I just tell them I was bored Worried bout punishment They ain't even punish me Worried bout they own stress Four years later, story progress Science class talking bout a Punnett square Nigga tried my dawg, now there's smoke in the air Said look bro, we can fade anytime, anywhere Already got suspended for knocking niggas out Put his hands on my dawg, I'll knock the teeth out his mouth Teacher looking scared, ain't know what the f*ck to say But for me and my niggas it's another normal day Fast forward six months and we in the eighth grade First relationship end, I might've been played But I don't know and I don't really care (I don't) My dad had another kid, sibling count just hit three Life getting hard and I'm swimming up shit's creek Nigga heart cold, all that love shit can miss me Kick it with my niggas, three a.m., we in the streets We all got anger issues, trying to make a bitch bleed Half a year later, nigga summer sixteen Niggas wake up eight a.m. and we hit the beach We dreaming about the world while we chasing all these girls High school is on my mind while old girl is on my nerves Two years later, I'm that nigga, I'm that nigga I'm the living definition of a fucking perfect picture Athletic, good grades and I'm cool with all my teachers Homecoming prince, man I couldn't be any bigger But goddamn, still succumbing to the sickness Think I'm bout to die, shit a terminal illness Wasting time, on my Faiyaz A couple things changed, now I'm moving fucking different A nigga started skipping, guess where I'm at The beach bitch Same time I started rapping Patrick making all my beats bitch Trying to transfer out from Bogie but I couldn't fucking team switch COVID hit the scene and it couldn't be any better Trapped up in my room, Naruto, good weed and suicide letters Not one's that I'm writing, but one's I'm reflecting Got sent to South Florida, just for my protection It wasn't my choice but I didn't wanna argue Couldn't stay up in the crib, couldn't stay in Largo Who knew about the trip that I'm bout to go embark on Nigga getting paid, bank account on Wells Fargo My niggas stayed at home so we up running Warzone Scholarships hitting, couldn't tell I'm bout to lose them Depression kick in so I'm barely doing music Trying to get it off the muscle, didn't account for all the struggle Cause a nigga working hard, but life working harder So a nigga feeling far gone Same semester met Blair, won't be cool til seven months later Never thought she would change my life, nigga only used to struggle, strife Alchemist for when I write Gold up in my pen and the words that I jot Feeling like an author way a night change the plot Grateful for the growth, yeah the plant out the pot Meant the cat out the box Transmuted all my problems Now I'm thankful for the time on the clock I'm an alchemist Took a journey just to find love in the same spot