Kids These Days - Jamila Says (True Chicago Outro) lyrics

[Verse 1] They told me I would never accomplish anything Not even suicide so I, sit and contemplate on how to stay alive In a home where d**h is a reoccurring factor Every night I hear the co*k of the gat outside my bedroom window I lay on the floor, and think of songs that reminds me how far I can go See, I am 20 years old and I come from the city where the people are as cold as the weather Where the "men" only see how fat my a** is And the women all forget they're queens I refuse to let that be me They told me that I would one day house a "baby daddy" Who would be the one behind the bullets and crack And the one giving the sacrifice to that They told me that because of where I live I would only be able to Bare kids and sit & hate on rich people and what they accomplished They told me that my children will be born when I have not yet left my childhood And a parking lot will be made in a place where my house once stood They told me I would be nothing But yet I thrive and strive to be the role model my sister will have no problem looking to be like The woman that any man would love to call wife But these trials and tribulations make it harder for me not to convert back to the Feeling of self hatred that I had so many years back Each day is like the last, and I feel this one we live today will turn into tomorrow And although I live my life to be different and make yesterday jealous I find the days intertwined so that I can't make them envious So I, I, I Sit I, I, I, I, Write I, I, I, I Sit I, I, I, I Write I, I, I, I Sit I Think So, I sit, I write, I think, I remember, I reminisce And I try to live knowing life is what I make of it Because in a few weeks, this pain will be a strong contributor to what I accomplish Just watch me, society, and the kids these days