Boyhood
ZAVIONTHEARTIST
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I wanted to be what they want me to be I really thought that worked for me Elusive to my identity Truly thought that little of me Aspired when I know they'd see the feat That white gaze intensity Burning my heels Back then It ain't all feel hollow But that shit wasn't real What did they see of me Missing my masculinity Molded by masses masking While they think for me Challenging that security Debating and fighting ostensibly I couldn't see that that grey area was killing me Now I know better than that But then I'm with Nate I don't relate When he talks about his past Yet him and I are black Yet him and I are black Yet him and I are black I'm blessed my soul's still intact Even when I was lost And ain't feel as black If I ain't deal with that I damn near asked for that But Daddy wasn't a pastor But cousin was an actor Another cuz' a disaster All my blood searched for love Nigga That's all they was after That's all they was after That's all they was Life ain't funny like the fresh prince Growing up Moving from The dysfunction I was wrong I was young With some gumption Hardhead soft butt Can't tell me nothing Nothing Life ain't funny like the fresh prince Growing up Moving from The dysfunction I was wrong I was young With some gumption Hardhead soft butt Can't tell me nothing Cigarettes rest on the best corner A nest that rest upon The child soldiers The pawns that's pawned off Aren't they innocent Information age Yet they ignorant Look what I've become am I so different Two generations separated Fly in the milk experience White folks made me numb White folks snipped my tongue Raised around them young But was around grandmama some Summers at the yellow house And that felt infinite and expressive Free running down that alley It was precious and protected I wasn't pushed to a sight The only fear I had was balancing a bike Then we moved to where I now reside Didn't think it twice Should be a formative time I'm still wondering why Why It's so hard to return to the Chi It ain't that far but I'm Carlton in my mind That's how they see me and that's fine So quick to close the blinds Can they not wonder why Like why am I so different? White talk it's my fault I Must've meant this shit To be so disconnected No I'm just neglected Forced to think in sections Code switch to get the reference And look it's all expected Man Ion' wanna be this shit I don't even know if I want these scholarships If I want these colleges I'm looking for any and all acknowledgment It hurt more to be that lost in my adolescence I'm judged as a liar passive-aggressive No It hurts more that the people that love me Figured I've answered these questions Life ain't funny like the fresh prince Growing up Moving from The dysfunction I was wrong I was young With some gumption Hardhead soft butt Can't tell me nothing Nothing Life ain't funny like the fresh prince Growing up Moving from The dysfunction shit I was wrong I was young With some gumption Hardhead soft butt Can't tell me nothing Nothing
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