Joe James - Coming Of Age lyrics

[Verse] As life turns its pages, Time wasted Losing patience, Broken concentration Lost dedication, Tolerance fading Dropped in this cold world with no Type of preparation, Tryna break Through the system I'm enslaved in I feel so caged in, Sit back in amazement As I mason, My legs to leap to greatness Making use of my education, Refuse to be Another bad creation Just want my dad to be proud of me Wanna get this pain up out of me I've been told if I keep overstepping my boundaries Another dead teen is what I'm bound to be Your life could stink if you don't watch The sh** you step in, I got bros so f friends Pouring out my soul until the pain lessens Or I'm deadest, Life ain't always pleasant Dad Ain't always present, I'm a king among peasants f** acceptance, And your first impressions These are my confessions, Sneaker fetish Haters get jealous as I relish, Just wanna get rich Make sure my families set, But life's a b**h How can I not flirt with d**h?, Eject my heart from chest, And put on this tape So you hear my heart beat when play is pressed, Taking time to reflect, Too far in this game to hit reset Sensitive topics addressed, Before I overdose on stress Never wasting my breath, Cause I'm unsure of how many more I got left, Mistake after mistake, It's too much pressure to be great Do I got what it takes? Why do I feel so out of place?, Repeated questions, Early signs of depression Circle of success man I gotta be the next in, Cause I hate rejection And people saying I make good raps, I guess I finally found something That I'm f**ing good at, I wanna move forward never look back, I'm from where the crooks at, Where n***as get juxed at So we keep valuables in our book bags, Watch who you look at Cause you could get your wig pushed back, n***as run up, With they guns up, Trying to get they funds up, You're a target if you on the come up Ready to give the slums up, Before I'm put on a stretcher I wanna live better, Wanna be a teen forever, No margin for error In the era, Where n***as get set up, And girls hide insecurities under mascara, Tryna stray away from the pain, So far this process is a strain Never one to complain, But nothing was the same Pouring out my heart, Damn I feel f**ing drained Just the thoughts of Nasir McCray, It must be said though it hurts to say