Back when my life was so innocent
Back when I lived with no penalty
Backflippin' off couch on enemy
I'm in awe, a reverie - WWF way before the E
Nah ECW - Why these peep keep dubbing you
All sheep nobody wanna take the lead - Nowadays I'm waiting for my ecstasy
Flashpoint from the womb to a room
Shaking both things surely time is illu - Shunned from the from the sun
Nah this melanin rude scorching earth with a fuse where my hue now blue
Young man wit no clue coy kid in the Stuy
Living life in rewind seeing time pass by
Now the words for a verse - Out in public I'm averse
On the surface I look fine, but these nerves are a hearse
Flashpoint spin rec with a real joint
Ball up in my court I'ma take point
J high made the team it was JV
Don't matter I'm out there hooping crazy
Broke one kid down off a quick cross
We called him Jesus, birth of the slick talk
After that game had a two week fling
A young nervous kid with no dollars and a dream
I know I was chosen
I go with the motion
I was so devoted
They didn't even notice - Run it up
When they see me now they struck
Know they feeling is a rush
Know they wanna aye aye yeah they wanna know
Ambitious kid with the glean in his eye - Prograde fair trade to the train to high
I barely had steez, but I thought looked fly - When I hit Spanish Harlem oh my oh my
I'm in high school baddest lil women I'm glad I have no first period
Chop it up with bros it's all kidding
Fetal movement niggas still kicking
El barrio lunch was a chopped cheese
Go to Jefferson Park? There was no need
Heard kids got stalled - Air traffic the call
Lucky that was not me
Took study low-key OD, and I made the team too, but I dropped it same week
Cuz I got in to APs and now I'm thinking bout brain with the brains... Nerd speak
I know I was chosen
I go with the motion
I was so devoted
They didn't even notice - Run it up
When they see me now they struck
Know they feeling is a rush
Know they wanna aye aye yeah they wanna know
Optimistic kid with the green in his eye - Big man on campus, CC standards
My hood full of tecs - Went and surfed through the tech
Could never be bored in a town full of chances
I'm out in Boston thinking how much this girl will cost me
So used to going rouge with the bros at parties
Funny how I never saw myself as social
Met a few nice people - half were loco
A few girls from Africa and all were coastal
Left to find chemistry with a large scale focus
Suddenly I'm out of time, real world encroaching
Hardly made it out uni
When I graduated said it's on to the big leagues
And if I get more in depth... trench me
All sheep nobody wanna take the lead - Nowadays I'm waiting for my ecstasy
I know I was chosen
I go with the motion
I was so devoted
They didn't even notice - Run it up
When they see me now they struck
Know they feeling is a rush
Know they wanna aye aye yeah they wanna know