Always younger than the rest
They would put me to the test
Pay your dues and don't complain
They're just growing pains
High school beauties look so fine
They were always on my mind
Nearly drove me up the wall
Couldn't deal with them all
Some more growing pains
I remember it as if it only happened yesterday
On the outside looking in - I was lonely
Didn't know where to begin - always lonely
Waiting for the light to shine
I was only killing time - growing pains
Well it was love at last I thought
Then she wore the ring I bought
But she wanted balls and chains
Talk about growing pains - those old growing pains
This old world keeps turning round
And there's no way to change the flow
Everyone will get to know
Their share of growing pains
Okay, I remember the days
High rights, low lefts, Even Stevens and Faze
Troops Lotto and BK's those was the days
High tech boots spray paintin' wit'cha name
T-shirts airbrushed that read the same
They carry long chains
One gone but yo we miss ya'
Harris photos school shots can you remember
Bury him told his bitch go to the prom and die
Didnt lie shot his-self in the head with the 4-5
When she disobeyed hand off clated craze
Just to reiterate dog those was the days
Fo' da invasions of hatas I aint cool to mile around
Use to get down at True Flavas bumpin Key Lo
Walkin' damage cross colored and Paco
While play more step than talent shows
Prom nights tux and cane know its so cool
Fuck them new model cars we ridin' old school (old school)
We were tryin so hard
Hard to survive
Cause eventhough we were young
We had to stay strong
No matter what we went through
It was me and my crew
And thats how it went
When we were kids
In 3 months we stayed in Jamestown
Hamwood and Diplomats
Played with Transformers, G.I. Joe's and Thundercats
We was lovin' that
Before to started jackin jacks
For notes from Red Oaks had folks scared to come through
College Park after dark
Crown Victorias police unmarked cars
Be aware... Wayne Williams was out there
But we didnt care kids was gettin' stabbed and ditched out there
To busy playin'...Double Dare
You touched shorty on the ass that's a bet
Want ya Kool-Aid and sugar smack ya hands and say sweat
It's mine now place it in my Louie Vaton pouch
Thump a nigga on his knuckles make him say ouch
Slout socks box Chevy Caprice
Hot knees cut da holes Disturbing Tha Peace
Wit no conscience broke niggas call em nonsense
No com-mission this is lil fate payin' homage to College Park
We were tryin so hard
Hard to survive
Cause eventhough we were young
We had to stay strong
No matter what we went through
It was me and my crew
And thats how it went
When we were kids
I had a Long John but no Silver
No gold or plat
I was simply red from the years I been holdin' back
With 2 sides to a book I lick stamps and light matches
And set fires in garbage pales and cabbage patches
A child of the corn been wild since I was born
Climbin' over barb wire clothes got torn
Shoes got muddy and my clique turned cruddy
Wherever I go they went they my buddies
I brush teef brush naps and cause treats
Dreamin' of Cadillac with wood wheels and plush seats
Cats with gold teeth and raps with such beats
Macks with no grief and some sacks of green leaf
When I loaded my cap gun I was ready for ACTION!
Starin' at beer cans and a moment to crack one
Wanna hang with the big boys and play with the big toys
And be with the people makin all that goddamn noise
We were tryin so hard
Hard to survive
Cause eventhough we were young
We had to stay strong
No matter what we went through
It was me and my crew
And thats how it went
Show me that smile again. (Show me that smile)
Don't waste another minute on your cryin'.
We're nowhere near the end (nowhere near)
The best is ready to begin.
Oooohhh. As long as we got each other
We got the world spinnin right in our hands.
Baby you and me, we gotta be
The luckiest dreamers who never quit dreamin'.
As long as we keep on givin'
we can take anything that comes our way
Baby, rain or shine, all the time
We got each other Sharin' the laughter and love.
I got tired of my present situation
So I tried rollin' over the stone
Even tried to make a change of occupation
But my conscience wouldn't leave me alone
You know, even the rich have their problems
I mean, you never quite get enough
So you drink it away, take it out on the kids
And all that funky stuff
You got growing pains, you gotta rearrange
Got them growing pains, yeah
And lately my friends have been tellin' me that
I'm changing way too fast
If there's one thing I don't want to do
It's rely on my broken-down past
Because I hear the call of the wild
And opportunity is leanin' on me
And stuck in this town for the rest of my life
Is one place I don't want to be
I got growing pains, I gotta rearrange
Got them growing pains, yeah
Growing pains, oh yeah, growing pains
Oh, how long do you gotta grow?
Yeah, I don't wanna grow any more
Got them nasty old growing pains
Picked her up at seven
Feeling pretty good by nine
We cruise the local hang-outs
It's the same places every time
Just head for the nearest party
Or the darkest back street
And I'm makin' love peepin' over my shoulder
My pants down around my feet
Gives me growing pains
I gotta rearrange
Got them growing pains
Got them growing pains
Yeah, yeah, ow
Got them growing pains
Yeah, uh, growing pains
Growing pains, growing pains
Got them growing pains, yeah, ow
Growing pains, growing pains
So young so strong
Ignorance is bliss
Thin skin caught up again
In a place like this
Big people set the trap for you
Using you-know-what for brains
You're just another lab experiment
And you're easy to replace
Too much too soon
Sensors overload
Brought down, chased out of town
Another dangerous road
Simply a problem of biology
It's a choice you never make
The scene is set and you're subjected to
A lethal dose of growing pains
Think it through
Logic must be made for fools
Leave them now
And be a has-been who never was
I can’t live with you, but I can’t live with out ya
Not breathing with you, it hard to breathe without ya
Think to myself everyday
How they split us apart, for different men that shared the same heart
It had to happen this way
Us go our separate way
Would be lying if I said I didn’t miss col-fax days
Sit and think to myself how this thing has changed my life
(Damn we was suppose to be boys for life)
This is my growin pains
Cause by the fortune and fame
Thought we’d be together forever and ever and everrrrr
Never thought that we’d go our separate ways
Now look how things have changed
Looks like there never ever be the same
So hard to explain what went wrong?
After we were together for too long
Now, never be the same again
Tell me how this thing happened
Damn, this is my growin pain
Some people don’t know
That I tried it again
Even though I was sour (sour)
I tried to be a man (man)
I couldn’t hold a grudge, knowing in my heart I still had love
But If ya’ll knew what went down you’d be like what the F**K
They say you don’t know what you got until it’s gone
Loyalty, honesty, where did we go wrong?
I guess it was god's plan for me to be alone.
This is my growin pains
Cause by the fortune and fame
Thought we’d be together forever and ever and everrrrr
Never thought that we’d go our separate ways
Now look how things have changed
Looks like there never ever be the same
So hard to explain what went wrong?
After we were together for too long
Now, never be the same again
Tell me how this thing happened
Damn, this is my growin pain
How could this ever be, them no longer apart of me?
What did you do to turn them other boys against me?
I just have one thing to say
What you do comes back your way
So many things were said, so many false statements about me against my manager chris. Sometimes I
just feel like giving up. Like I was nothing and Like I couldn’t go on with out them. But know I
feel like god is looking down on me and he should carry my soul. As I take this solo journey, I
never meant for any of this to happen... I’m sorry. But I have no regrets!
This is my growin pains (I have no regrets)
Cause by the fortune and fame
Thought we’d be together forever and ever and everrrrr
Never thought that we’d go our separate ways
Now look how things have changed
Looks like there never ever be the same
So hard to explain what went wrong?
After we were together for too long
Now, never be the same again
Tell me how this thing happened
Damn, this is my growin pain
Damn
You would think that I could find a simple song, a photograph of mine
To show this public eye, what I have to offer
I may not have a PHD, or speak in eloquent philosophy!
I'm nothing more than simply me you see!
CHORUS(*1):
What I am trying to say
I'm just a babe in so many ways!
I'm still growing, still stretchin'
Still breaking in these new shoes
Looking for a way to make a mark of my own
I'm just a spring chick, wet behind the ears
It's a part of life so there's no need to fear
These growing pains that I'm going through
I don't regret, I'm not ashamed that I haven't yet begun to speaketh ways...
(As the wisest of men), oh perhaps some day
But for now I'm grateful to be a part of the family tree, while The Man upstairs does His work on me
It's a job that may take eternity to complete
CHORUS(*2):
Just when I've learned all I can, those growing
Pains up and kick on in again!
CHORUS
BRIDGE:
Time after time, one more time and again, will it ever end?
It's the lessons in our lives that make us wise
But young or old I am told it's the same
Oh, these growing pains never go away, so I'll just keep on trying
Music break
CHORUS(*1)
CHORUS
[Hook]
Getting all these thoughts in my head
Cause I know that things will change
Yeah I know that things will change
Getting all these thoughts in my head
Cause Tomorrow won't be the same
But tomorrow won't be the same
[Verse 1:]
I pull up to the traffic light, red light, coasting
Glancing the rear view as your eyelids slowly closing
Adjust the radio turn it lower and let your song play
Slowly go to sleep get some rest it's been a long day
I don't need too much I just want to make my kids proud
Wishing that her life can stay as peaceful as it is now
Nothing stays the same though, day in to day out
The forecast changes so you got to keep your raincoat close
I hope that you and your sister can work through the bruises and blisters
The sibling rivalry when you argue and bicker
Lot of pain lot of joy
You'll go through what I went through with her
Ain't nothing to it if you keep your family rooted, ughh
Don't grow up too quick
Enjoy the freedom when you're young before you lose it
You already trying to tell me that you a big girl
I'm scared as hell to let my little baby grow up in this big world
I will be asking where you're going who's your friends what you up to
Over protective but that don't mean I don't trust you
I just don't trust everybody you go party with
I've been in your position baby girl I know how hard it is
[Hook]
[Verse 2:]
And I know that you won't agree with my rules
Probably around the time you attending high school
I'll tell ya don't smoke, don't drink, or buy booze
You'll say that I'm a hypocrite cause I do it and get high too
But do you really wanna look and feel like I do?
At your age you don't want to walk in my shoes
Get up your marks get up your smarts get up your IQ
The real party it don't start until after high school
So don't stress who's popular and less dressed
Forget the peer pressure ain't no one to impress
Besides everyone in high school who seem cool
That's it; they usually never see their dreams through
There's so many right and wrongs when you raise a kid
I just want that father and daughter relationship
I know in time, that we'll argue and you'll hate me
But I pray to god you'll thank me,
Like dad I'm glad you raised me
(Intro)
Yeah...
(Verse)
At the age of five I had to struggle and fight just to stay alive
And the level of abuse was too much for a boy to handle; too much in my mind I'm confused
At ten a whole other level again a young teen don't know what life it means
At twenty a life in the city had many friends and I had a gang Travis, OJ, Adam and Frank and me
We all broke up in the end but to them I say thanks took the wrong path
(Chorus)
No more crying no more, my life I'm thankful for (repeat twice) No more crying no more
(Verse)
Took the wrong path with Jose T and to this day the memories hunt me
Drive me crazy in my head in my mind I'm going blind. On my own again yes for awhile
Gotta pinch myself to see if I'm alive, T if everything that I have been through was worth it
I think all in time it will come through and I know that I'm strong that's the way I am ya heard me
Because I don't understand why people look at me and they say that I'm crazy
Sometimes in my mind I'm lazy but I gotta pick up my boot straps and keep on moving on rock on
(Chorus)
No more crying no more, my life I'm thankful for (repeat twice) No more crying no more
(Verse)
At the age of five I had to struggle and fight just to stay alive
And the level of abuse was too much for a boy in my mind I'm just so confused
At ten a whole other level again a young teen don't even know what life means
(Chorus)
Oh look at her walking around
Like shes in love
Oh look at me
Pacing in circles
Waiting on a phone call
And every song that I wrote
And every story that I told you at midnight
They all mean the world
Cuz there all that I have
And every song that I sang
You know that broken heart that you left behind
No nothings the same
When I'm around you girl
Oh look at her walking around
Like shes in love
Oh look at me
Pacing in circles
Waiting on a phone call
And every glance that I take
When your not lookin your looking so good
But when you stare me down
Dead in the eye
I got emotions I will not show
And every time you look away
I get this feeling in my gut
Like I'm not good enough for you
Oh I hope its not true
Ohhh look at her walking around
Like shes in love
Ohhh look at me
Pacing in circles
Waiting on a phone call
Oh look at her walking around
Like shes in love
Oh look at me
Pacing in circles
What's a name
When in the darkness we all look the same
Holding candles looking for the flame
For the fire to chase the night away
As we wait for daylight to break
What is life kept to ourselves
Careful words composed
It's a book upon the shelf
The story never told
We are friends
Chasing photos of our happier days
Clinging to the ones they can't erase
Going on to find the perfect place
Where we can love each other
We can find each other
We can shape the world again
What is life kept to ourselves
Careful words composed
It's a book upon the shelf
The story never told
Pages turn and then unfold
To show us where we've been
As the signs along the road
To lead us home again
I feel like I am turned inside out
I've come so far I can't turn around
But I don't know the next steps to take
Cause all you left were me and the growing pains
What is life kept to ourselves
Careful words composed
It's a book upon the shelf
The story never told
Pages turn and then unfold
To show us where we've been
As the signs along the road
[Intro]
Do it again . .
Do it a . .
Let's do it again . .
Do it a . .
[Verse: Fate Wilson]
(let's do it again)
Okay, I remember the days (let's do it again)
High rights, low lefts, even stevens and fades (do it a)
Troops, Lottos, and BK's, those was the days (let's do it again)
High tech boots spray painted witcha names (do it a)
T-shirts airbrushed that read the same (let's do it again)
Thick herringbone chain, one gold with yo' initial (do it a)
Harry's Photos, group shots, can you remember? (let's do it again)
Barry him told his bitch go to the prom and die (do it a)
Didn't lie shot his-self in the head with the 4-5 (let's do it again)
When she disobeyed, had North Clayton crazed (do it a)
Just to reiterate dog those was the days (let's do it again)
€˜Fore the invasions of haters, man crews from all around (do it a)
Used to get down at True Flavas, bumpin Kilo (let's do it again)
Rockin Damage, Cross Colour and Paco (do it a)
While playboys stepped in talent shows (let's do it again)
Prom night, tux and Kangol was so cool (do it a)
Fuck them new model cars we ridin' old school (old school)
(let's do it again)
[Verse: Shawnna]
It used to be all good when we played Double Dutch in the hood (do it a)
On the softball team I was swingin' that wood (let's do it again)
I remember eatin' Kool-Aid and sunflower seeds (do it a)
Jelly shoes, hair braided wit 1000 beads (let's do it again)
Mama sittin' on the porch €˜till the lights come on (do it a)
And when I woke up in the mornin' and my bike was gone (let's do it again)
I was sick to my stomach, couldn't eat for days (do it a)
Sweepin' beauty shops, saving, making minimum wage (let's do it again)
Then I cop the 10-speed and got back on my feet (do it a)
A whole pack'a girls ridin' 20 deep in the street (let's do it again)
We playin' catch a boy, freak a boy, switchin' up the rules (do it a)
A summertime splash party get you in the pool (let's do it again)
Ladies if ya feel it - holla back cause you wit me (do it a)
Shout my nigga Keya, Tony Mack, Jalay, Nikki (let's do it again)
This for all them hood parkin' lots in every city (do it a)
Ludacris, Face, Lil' Fate, Shawnna you wit me (let's do it again)
[Chorus: Keon Bryce]
We were tryin so hard (do it a)
Hard to survive (let's do it again)
Cause even though we were young (do it a)
We had to stay strong (let's do it again)
No matter what we went through (do it a)
It was me and my crew (let's do it again)
And that's how it went (do it a)
When we were kids (let's do it again)
[Verse: Ludacris]
I had a Long John but no Silver, no gold or plat (do it a)
I was simply red from the years I been holdin' back (let's do it again)
With two sides to a book I lick stamps and light matches (do it a)
And set fires in garbage pales and cabbage patches (let's do it again)
A child of the corn been wild since I was born (do it a)
Climbin' over barbed wire, clothes got torn (let's do it again)
Shoes got muddy and my click turned cruddy (do it a)
Wherever I go they went they my buddies (let's do it again)
I brush teeth, brush naps and calm streets (do it a)
Dreamin' of Cadillacs, wood wheels and plush seats (let's do it again)
Cats with gold teeth and raps with such beats (do it a)
Macks with no grief and some sacks of green leaf (let's do it again)
When I loaded my cap gun I was ready for ac-tion! (do it a)
Starin' at beer cans and a moment to crack one (let's do it again)
Wanna hang with the big boys and play with the big toys (do it a)
And be with the people makin all that got damn noise, man (let's do it again)
[Verse: Scarface]
I remember, Swatch Watches, Izod, Berries (do it a)
Levi Denims, dried eyed jerry-curls (let's do it again)
Back when the girls wore striped chick jeans (do it a)
Straight leg Lee's on, sewn at the seams (let's do it again)
Borrowing dope paint was all good if ya head-bang (do it a)
Long as you was ridin, you ain't need to have game (let's do it again)
And even back then chicks were starvin' touch status (do it a)
You either had a car, favorite Jordan, or kept static (let's do it again)
Old school homies did nothin but block rag (do it a)
Stay gone off the Olde E and pop James (let's do it again)
Moms had to monitor the niggas ya hung around (do it a)
To the point when you came in the house when they came around (let's do it again)
And - My dad was dead so these streets had to raise me (do it a)
And even back in 1983 shit was crazy (let's do it again)
Young, black, broke, drunk, beer, smoke (do it a)
It's good they kicked my ass outta' the school, fuck the principal (let's do it again)
[Chorus] (2x)
[Outro] (to fade)
Do it a . .
Let's do it again . . .
Do it a . .
Let's do it again . .
Do it a . .
Let's do it again . .
Do it a . .
Let's do it again . .
Do it a . .
Let's do it again . .
Stop breakin' your heart,
Your makin' it hard on you.
Don't drive in reverse,
You've been through the worst,
Put it behind you.
It's only growing pains don't you know.
The only way to live is letting go.
This is a song for the broke-hearted,
The disappointed ones.
If you hear me, then this one's for you.
Is it really worth holding on to.
Stop breakin' your heart,
Your makin' it hard on you.
Don't drive in reverse,
You've been through the worst,
Put it behind you.
It's only growing pains don't you know.
The only way to live is letting go.
This is a lifeline,
For hopes that are drowning,
When trust is a sinking stone.
If you hear me then this one's for you,
Cause it's only a memory your holding on to.
Stop breakin' your heart,
Your makin' it hard on you.
Don't drive in reverse,
You've been through the worst,
Put it all behind you.
It's only growing pains don't you know,
The only way to live is letting go.
It's only growing pains don't you know.
I don’t feel like growing up I don’t feel like wasting time
On planet earth just sitting here waiting for a catastrophe to hit
No, I don’t ever want to live my life
Working hard at a nine to five
Knowing damn well I can do better
Oh I’m sick of this tether between mind over matter
So where do I run when this bipolar world is out to get me
I’m just trying to make sense of it all
What’s responsibility
when you don’t need a dime or material things to live happily
There’s more to life and you’ll see
That when you’re living less than earnest
Life will just seem like its worthless
I’m just taking everything I’ve learned
And painting a picture perfect purpose
Sometimes I wish I had a time machine
I’d go back to when I was thirteen,
when I used to go to shows like thrice
and The Movielife man those were the times, yeah
just hanging with my friends
always living life like it’s the weekend
I’m sick of this tether between mind over matter and this bipolar weather
What’s responsibility
when you don’t need a dime or material things to live happily
There’s more to life and you’ll see
That when you’re living less than earnest
Life will just seem like its worthless
I’m just taking everything I’ve learned
And painting a picture perfect purpose
Oh a picture perfect purpose, a picture perfect purpose
I don’t feel like growing up
I don’t feel like wasting time
Growing pains, growing pains, always in a hurry,
It remains to be seen if its worth the worry,
Growing pains, growing pains, always in a hurry.
And I won't regret it for a single moment,
The hours I spend investigating,
A way of living with no misgiving.
Growing pains, growing pains, always in a hurry,
It remains to be seen if its worth the worry,
Growing pains, growing pains, always in a hurry.
And I tumble onwards,
And stumble sideways.
When you least expect it,
There's a major breakthrough,
No way of knowing,
If you're coming or going.
Growing pains, growing pains, always in a hurry,
It remains to be seen if its worth the worry,
Growing pains, growing pains, always in a hurry.
Growing pains leave no trace,
They're peculiar to the human race.
Growing pains leave no trace,
They're peculiar to the human race.
Growing pains, growing pains, always in a hurry,
It remains to be seen if its worth the worry,
Growing pains, growing pains, always in the middle,
You dont want to complain or play seocond fiddle,
Do you remember the days
When we were young
And we'd play outside
With our plastic guns
And we'd shoot each other
And then play dead
I miss that feeling now.
Responsibilities these days
Have me at my wits end
And i don't know how much more I can take
I'm running miles through my brain
And as every day goes by I keep on picking up the pace
But I'm standing strong and staying true to myself
Growing up is hard and that doesn't help
But tonight I'll be gone!
I'm getting away from this place
Finding a way to get my mindset clear.
I'm hopping on the next train
And I won't be home 'til this time next year.
Well you know what?
I am so sick and tired of living a life
that's so focused around growing up.
Maybe I'm not ready to grow up.
Maybe I'm not ready to live my life based on your expectations.
Maybe I wanna live my life for myself.
Let's do this.
I don't ever want to lose myself!
I don't want to be like someone else!
Forget the fashion! Forget the trends!
I just want to have fun with my friends!
Do you remember the days
When we were young
And we'd play outside
With our plastic guns
And we'd shoot each other
And then play dead
I miss that feeling now.
MISS THAT FEELING NOW!
it seems like everyone is growing up, im the only one
staying the same
no one took this shit for real, fucking pussis changed
i honestly hat the average man, his life is shit to me
walkin in line with everyone else, somethin not for me
the one thing we have in common, we hate their fucking
world
braindead zombies doin what theyre told
I take a breath and breathe it out/
Life has been a bitch holding onto me, I'm always freaking out/
I don't play well with others, I panic in the crowd, and I'm quick to fall in love that's why I'm always on the ground/
So pick it up, pop the umbrella over my problems and understand I'll never be a man until I solve them/
And sometimes I wish that I could go back home, yeah crawl into my childhood dreams and be alone/
And that would be everything - just another boy left with nothing /
An object of security slowly losing its stuffing/
The Sumter Square slum king, looking for another motherfucking chance to re-break the broken in is something/
And that's the part I'm never going to get, growing up is more than just a mind state and owning all your debts/
Blowing out the breath I don't feel so tall, so tell me how am I supposed to reach anything, anything at all/
Anything at all/
Tell me how, Can I grow to see the change in my life, I wanted, to overcome the battle inside, what is owed to anxiety's hold is there a better way to figure it out?/
I sweep it all under the rug/
Cover up the loss found inside of me and wash it down with blood/
I was born with an option and taught to swim a flood/
But the older I become I start to humor giving up/
So pick it up, listen to all of the words in my head, and understand I'll have a shaky hand until they're said/
And I don't know if I can get my mind-state back, but I would travel to the end just to feel that grasp/
And that would be everything, speak it through the can on the line, and prophesize the future from the twinkle in my eye/
I could wrinkle up and die in the room where the dreams started talking to me constantly and dancing through the sky/
I'm alive, but growing up has proved to be a task, and left a couple daydreams broken down and smashed/
Looking through the glass I don't feel so tall/
So tell me how am I supposed to reach anything, anything at all/
Anything at all
I've been sick and silenced
forgot I had a heart at all
I know I know I should have known
But it's hard to remember when life is such a short time
But it's hard to remember when time is a long time
And I was told that I would never die or grow old
Or at least that was what they sold me
Weeds are growing in my playground, haven't been there for a long time
and if we are born to fail then just slit your throat
life has to be more than this, at least I hope for more
and if we are born to fail what's the point of living at all?
weeds are growing in my playground, haven't been there for a long time
and if we are born to fail then just slit your throat
and it's hard to remember when life is such a long time
and a long long long time it went exactaly as I planned
and a long long long time it went exactaly as I planned
and a long long time ago it went exactaly as I planned
back then we had no plans, we had no worries
we had no home, nor a resting place
they say you can't be a kid forever and ever
but I beg to differ, but I beg to differ
why would I ever trade my skateboard for your working life?
for you working knife stealing every tace of life
we once slept under upen skies, told stories in the wind
![THE LEGEND OF ZELDA RAP [MUSIC VIDEO]](http://web.archive.org./web/20130921014514im_/http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/mO1QBTG6EXs/default.jpg "THE LEGEND OF ZELDA RAP [MUSIC VIDEO]")
![ULTIMATE ASSASSIN'S CREED 3 SONG [Music Video]](http://web.archive.org./web/20130921014514im_/http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/12PWq22E9CQ/default.jpg "ULTIMATE ASSASSIN'S CREED 3 SONG [Music Video]")
