Seventeen

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Salman Whosane

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I was seventeen when the reaper tried to take me
Never in my dreams did I ever think I'd make it
Forever grateful for the second chance he gave me
I think about it late at night when I'm praying
Now let me take you back to 2009
Before I ever moved crowds with my rhymes
Before I ever moved out of Brookline
Before I ever thought I'd be a rapper and tour all the time
Now I tour all the time
Back when I was seventeen
Back when this was all a dream
Back when Ma was in the kitchen
Cooking up the collard greens
Back when she was the only woman
I would ever call my queen
Back when my biggest flaw was my honesty
It was senior year
And I was late for class again
English on the fourth floor
Couldn't be there last again
The elevator was broken, I had to take the stairs
Running up the steps as I'm running out of air
Backpack full of books and I was booking it
Shouldn't have
Wasn't worth it
Lungs start hurting
God started to pull the curtain
Was it asthma
Wasn't certain
I was out of breath
Nearing death
Felt like I was being stabbed in the chest
Now this was something I couldn't fix if I just popped a pill
So I hopped into the whip and drove to the hospital
Nurse asked me if I smoked cigarettes or cannabis
I care about my body man, I would never damage it
I was seventeen when the reaper tried to take me
Never in my dreams did I ever think I'd make it
Forever grateful for the second chance he gave me
I think about it late at night when I'm praying
I wasn't sure if I could even do this anymore
Stress seeped through my every pore
Enveloped by the fear of what was in store
The next day they tell me that one of my lungs collapsed
Doctor was acting strange, was it Benedict Cumberbatch
Friends at school asking me when am I coming back
The way things are going I ain't sure if I'm coming back
Thoughts racing through my mind like a USC running back
Future uncertain, college wasn't a given
Heart rate dropping, 30 beats per minute
Now I'm popping, hurting beats for a living
Put my heart in these lyrics in hopes that someone will feel it
I ain't no gangster
But I know that I'm the realest
Epidural in my back but it still hurt when y'all would bite it
Everybody sleeping on me, it was time to hit the light switch
I was writing undercover
Writing dope bars under the covers
Working the night shift
Pen Griffey the way I write hits
Every line enticing with a mind as quick as lightening, son
Your raps sound dope
But I know that you ain't write it, son
Imma step over you like '01 Iverson
I was seventeen when the reaper tried to take me
Never in my dreams did I ever think I'd make it
Forever grateful for the second chance he gave me
I think about it late at night when I'm praying
I know this may sound a little bit crazy
But I'm so grateful in retrospect
It showed me life's preciousness
Cherish every second left
Every lesson in this life
Is a blessing in disguise
God gives his hardest battles to his toughest soldiers
So best believe imma carry on with the weight of the world upon these shoulders
It was through pain that my character was molded
So best believe imma still be here when it's all over
I will not fold up
I never fall even in October
I was seventeen

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