T.N.T

Boy I done been through some things
Even though I try to keep me a smile if you look in my eyes you can still see the pain
If you grew up how I grew up then you understand dog
I had to grow up and become a man before I was a man dog I
Boy I done been through some things
Even though I try to keep me a smile if you look in my eyes you can still see the pain
If you grew up how I grew up then you understand dog
I had to grow up and become a man before I was a man dog

Boy I done through some obstacles it's clear to see without optical
Man it all started when momma try to leave this nigga and he started stalking her
Restraining order wasn't optional cause we couldn't rely on no officer
Cause without any physical evidence locking him up would be nearly impossible
So you know we had to skip town to a place we couldn't be found
Homeboy was acting like a clown aloe street he drove up and down
Not to mention he calling the house phone back to back to back to back to back now
But you know how karma come back around a couple years later he's in the ground
I swear I ain't capping as soon as I got a chance I was going to get me a strap and
Drive to cleveland mississippi go to johnson street and go cap him but his heart attacked Him
I ain't get a chance to experience eastside highschool at all
Most of my family went there i'm the only on without a graduation picture hanging in Them Halls
That shit still fuck with me till this day

Boy I done been through some things
Even though I try to keep me a smile if you look in my eyes you can still see the pain
If you grew up how I grew up then you understand dog
I had to grow up and become a man before I was a man dog I
Boy I done been through some things
Even though I try to keep me a smile if you look in my eyes you can still see the pain
If you grew up how I grew up then you understand dog
I had to grow up and become a man before I was a man dog

I done been through something type of shit you can't do nothing
Cause your to young family don't believe you when you say something
Caught my momma boyfriend cheating again she told me focus on being a kid
I was trying to protect her and shit she was content with the way things is
I learned how to mind my bizz toxic shit is what normal is
My environment as kid I never told my family what my family member did to me
I learned how to keep a secret see I never forgot when momma didn't believe
Family members turned to enemies that situation changed my tendencies
I know that it's not rite I had to do something to keep my mind rite
Apart of me died that night but I'll be alright shit happens in life
See we normalize pain so we don't go insane some things hard to explain
Telling somebody don't mean it will change man I'd rather hold on to my pain
If you can change the past you can't help me

Boy I done been through some things
Even though I try to keep me a smile if you look in my eyes you can still see the pain
If you grew up how I grew up then you understand dog
I had to grow up and become a man before I was a man dog I
Boy I done been through some things
Even though I try to keep me a smile if you look in my eyes you can still see the pain
If you grew up how I grew up then you understand dog
I had to grow up and become a man before I was a man dog

For I was man dog when I sixteen I held down two jobs
For I was man dog helping my momma with bills and all
For I was a man dog without a co-signer I got my own car
For I was a man dog
For I was a man dog never was satisfied with a hand out
For I was a man dog I was just trying to find another way out
For I was a man dog I telling you that's what made me a man now
For I was a man dog