Verse 1:

Amongst the youngsters never hung with no punks
Since 8th grade make way, never faking the funk
My crew wasn't deep but quality wise
Was large back then we wasn't humble we was tryna be stars
But couldn't reach them, I was kinda short but i could speak
And they could never mind the height, I sounded big up on the sequence
Dont mistake me for a rapper jocking ya late beats
Its been straight heat since i was in school on 188th street
Was a beast with the pen, with the least of my friends
My job is to ensure rap's means meet with its ends
Despite the storm i just write, record, till the hype is more
Whats between the stellar guy, terrified, what am i fightin for
Im certified, rippin apart my shirt and tie unlimited bars
For certain determined, I am like simba
I deal with scars tryna hurt my pride
Look how ive grown do it all on my own as i verbalize

 Hook:

They say im grown lets just take a look back
Im grown lets just take a look back, look back
They say im grown lets just take a look back
Im grown when im up on the track, the track
You ain't alone since you never look back
But i was grown lets just take a look back, look back
They say im grown lets just take a look back
Now im grown lets just take a look back, look back

 Verse 2:

Millenium flows venom, windbreakers sport denim [bad word] beat boy, nike cortez with holes in them
First show was grade school, flow like a wave pool
My addiction was the stage blowin up like grenades do
Huh asian math same in that where i be sleek (?)
Some people making mockeries but i dont let that bother me
I just keep moving, pursuing the goals that i can see
These professions i can be but i dont let that bother me
There ain't no way of stoppin medDrinkin,
Eating well getting healthy
I wasn't a college dropout but i might as well be
Skipped calculus and engineering said that id be wealthy,
Instead i thought that writing rhymes would bring me the bread
My buzz was lightyears ahead but this was just a campus
Me and my boys wasn't toys writing party anthems
The goal was king size in my eyes
Mesmerized from the earth to the sky no lie
The butterfly feeling

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And now im graduated, agitated at the hardships
Wondering if i can get as far as these stars get
And now they rapping about money cars and starships
Im rapping for the food but they just rhyming for the market [bad word]  my timing must be off, kid, they tell me that im old
The nineties style is gone kid, well i dont disagree
But this is all that i be working with,
And is it cause of death that i be flirting with
Certainly, my name is hydroponikz dont you try to spark me
Honestly, but my new york game is John Sparks-ly
4-5-6 roll cee-lo like its yatzee
Some youtube fame but wonder what that really got me
But before you tell me put on a suit,
I'mma kick in the door and put my foot in it too
So they better be prepared for the moment that i show up
Plenty time to grow up as i blow up motha-uhhh

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