When I was seven years old Nobody told me that everyone you with They ain't your homies When I was seven years old Look, uh Life goin' fast, but we kids And we thinkin' it'll be that way forever, so we waste time Roamin' the hood as a kid seem big, yeah 'Cause we never went 'cross the state line Had to go outside just to talk to each other back then 'Cause we didn't have facetime I was gettin' off track, seein' what a nigga seen It was hard tryna walk in a straight line By thirteen, we was smokin' weed and poppin' them perkies At that time, I didn't even know what a perc' mean I was gettin' beatings, my momma would hurt me, so I had to cope Numbin' myself from the pain, I would tote Thirteen when my first song got wrote Thirteen when my lil' heart got broke Wishin' that I wasn't born but I didn't have a vote, uh Fourteen when I first seen what it's like with no support and no team Prone to givin' up on your dreams I learned the definition of a dope fiend Just somebody who's strugglin', battlin' life That could've been me on a regular night It 'posed to been me but I put up a fight Despite what I was told, knew my future was bright Fifteen when I was first met steff, thank God I was all by myself Havin' sinned, God knew I needed help Love really do it for you when it ain't nothin' else I was 'bout to give up, I put my heart on the shelf Wuan gettin' locked up wasn't good on my health Even though I had it hard growin' up every step It's priceless, I promise the memories kept Once I was twenty years old, I knew that I'd be great And I know they did me wrong for so motherfuckin' long It feel good to put a smile on they face 'Cause I knew damn well, I'd do everything that I dreamed It just showed up late But God, timing is real, it's the reason he made me wait Oh, once I was twenty years old Life finally shown me that some of those around wasn't my homies Once I was twenty years old Soon I'll be thirty years old, some went platinum, some went gold Everything I said I'd do, I finally finished Soon I'll be thirty years old