kids are growing up chords by The Kid Laroi
Verse 1
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Yeah
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Growing up, I used to wanna
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be my uncle Wayne
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Until I saw his body layin' in the
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grave (rest in peace)
Growing up,
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I used to want a Jeep Wrangler
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Until I got to drive a Range
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Growing up, I used to have a lot of
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friends (fuck 'em all)
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Until I saw the money change 'em
Growing up,
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I used to want a lot of hoes
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Until I met Ben Franklin
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I'm writin' this from a place that
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you ain't heard about
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And you can only come here through the
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word of mouth (that's real)
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Growing up, I used to tell my ma,
"I'll work it out"
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I worked it out, but now, still,
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somehow shit ain't working out (real shit)
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Growing up, I watched my
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favorite rappers' interviews
I ain't believe 'em when they said
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it ain't all what it seems
But now I'm here and realize they
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were tellin' truth
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'Cause you sacrificed yourself for everybody's
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needs by any means
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I'm married to the game
for this diamond ring
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And I spend more time with her than anybody else,
it seems
Courtside with my bitch,
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we can't see the nosebleeds
Afterparty, Bootsy Bellows,
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hoes make they nose bleed
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Always stressin' 'bout my brother,
I know this shit hard on him
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Always stressin' 'bout my mama,
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but I know that God got her
I'm stressin' out more now
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than what I did at rock- bottom
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And I'm blowin' more clouds,
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hopin' that'll help stop it
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It's all smoke and mirrors
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with these bitches
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It's all smoke and mirrors with 'em all (for real,
haha)
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Promised the world and de
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livered me an atlas
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But I guess that's how it goes
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Oo
Verse 2
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h, I don't know why I can
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't believe it (oh, yeah)
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Oh, nothin' ever is in season,
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oh (ooh)
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I thought my nightmares were my
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dreams (ooh, I don't believe)
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This ain't what it seems, no, no
Verse 3
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Hey Charlton, been tryin' to call
It's Mum
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Just wanted to check up and say,
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"I miss you"
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Call me back when you get a chance
Love you
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Verse 4
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We been to hell and back together,
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you're my closest friend (uh)
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Shit, you probably know me
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better than
I know myself,
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and you're the reason why I never rest
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I walk into the crib, high as hell,
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head full of stress
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I love you even though some
times I forget to text
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I'd give everything even if it
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means I have nothing left
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And even at your worst,
for us, you tried your best
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And all this shit that we went through together,
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I just won't forget
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You check me when I spend
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lots of money that I make
You tell me you won't ever let me
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make the same mistakes
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You makin' sure we had it good,
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and then we lost it all
A year later,
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hidin' narcotics in the wall
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Of the apartment we was livin' in,
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in King's Cross
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Always thought my uncle was a boss
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But now he up with God,
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I thought he was invincible
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Ninth grade, turned around and said,
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"Fuck my principal", and dropped out
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And this was at the time that we
ain't have a house
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And me and you was sleepin' on the
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separate ends of Louie's couch
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I would go to JD's to make music,
end up passing out
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And wake up with my back sore
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Callin', tryna figure out just where you at
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Shit made me mad
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Seein' you in the back of the ambulance,
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to the hospital
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I thought you weren't comin' back
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Next mornin',
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walked in just like nothing happened
You'd never admit the
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problems that you had
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And tell me that I'm bein'
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crazy if I ever asked
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But now I got my own problems,
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and I understand
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'Cause I try to protect you from
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anything bad (oh)
Verse 5
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Ooh, I don't know why I can't
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be lieve it (oh, yeah)
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Oh, nothin' ever is in season,
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oh (ooh)
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I thought my nightmares were my
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dreams (ooh, I don't believe)
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This ain't what it seems, no,
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no
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kids are growing up
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