Believe Me
Oh man I wish I knew
I wish I knew it then
But I don't let it stop me
You know I'll be back again
All the mistakes I've made
Trouble that I've been in
It shaped me into the person you see standin here
I wish you knew me
Back when I was young
You could see me
And just how far I've come
So don't judge me
You don't know me
Please, oh yeah Believe Me
Yeah
Up to third grade it was all A's
Fourth and fifth grade was the hard days
Detention and suspension was an always, By the time I made it to high school
It was the hall ways
Them Was the wish I had a car days, Cause all the stewards that was trapping they was all payed
And we was all broke, that's when the law broke
Cops catch us wouldn't say a word like our jaw broke
Picture me back then
Look at me right now
Performing in front of twenty thousand on the mic now
I caught a couple cases
I had to pipe down
Was living in the dark
I'm in the light now
You grind hard, then you shine harder
I'm going hard like my last name Carter, Dwayne, Sean, and Vin
Who'll play my life if I be born again
O man I wish I knew
I wish I knew it then
But I don't let it stop me
You know I'll be back again
All the mistakes I've made
Trouble that I've been in
It shaped me into the person you see standing here
I wish you knew me
Back when I was young
You could see me
And just how far I've come
So don't judge me, you don't know me
Please oh yeah Believe Me
Yeah - Don't have to listen to me
You don't have to believe a single word I say
No
That's what my mother told me
Still I went out and learned everything the hard way
And I've been crying, no no
I've been crying, no no
Oh yeah
She told me to grow up, I grew up
and stood up now each day I move up again
I got a minute to say what I want
Trying to make for everything that I've done wrong
But that made me who I am
And if I broke your heart
Well I'm sorry again
Oh man I wish I knew
I wish I knew it then
But I don't let it stop me
You know I'll be back again
All the mistakes I've made
Trouble that I've been in
It shaped me into the person you see standing' here
I wish you knew me
Back when I was young
You could see me
And just how far I've come
So don't judge me
You don't know me
Please, oh yeah Believe Me
Thinking' back when I was in the trap
Without a dollar to my name, I wasn't thinking rap
Niggas say I change, ask what I think of that
I say change for the better, I'm never thinking' back
I should be a power forward
Shitting' so much I think my toilet outta order
Take 'em out the box they like a fish up out the water
But me, I'mma survive, put that on my Ma Swear to God
How you gonna win when you never try
I can see my future like I'm living in a mirage
Everyday I'm living' life like I could never die
Old clothes in my closet, new whips in my garage
New chick in my bedroom, old chick by my side
New watch on my wrist saying this is my time
So don't judge me
Just love me
There is nothing' above me
My future so pretty,
Say "God don't like ugly"
THEY LYING
I wish I knew it then
But I don't let it stop me
You know I'll be back again
All the mistakes I've made
Trouble that I've been in
It shaped me into the person you see standin here
I wish you knew me
Back when I was young
You could see me
And just how far I've come
So don't judge me
You don't know me
Please, oh yeah Believe Me
Yeah
Up to third grade it was all A's
Fourth and fifth grade was the hard days
Detention and suspension was an always, By the time I made it to high school
It was the hall ways
Them Was the wish I had a car days, Cause all the stewards that was trapping they was all payed
And we was all broke, that's when the law broke
Cops catch us wouldn't say a word like our jaw broke
Picture me back then
Look at me right now
Performing in front of twenty thousand on the mic now
I caught a couple cases
I had to pipe down
Was living in the dark
I'm in the light now
You grind hard, then you shine harder
I'm going hard like my last name Carter, Dwayne, Sean, and Vin
Who'll play my life if I be born again
O man I wish I knew
I wish I knew it then
But I don't let it stop me
You know I'll be back again
All the mistakes I've made
Trouble that I've been in
It shaped me into the person you see standing here
I wish you knew me
Back when I was young
You could see me
And just how far I've come
So don't judge me, you don't know me
Please oh yeah Believe Me
Yeah - Don't have to listen to me
You don't have to believe a single word I say
No
That's what my mother told me
Still I went out and learned everything the hard way
And I've been crying, no no
I've been crying, no no
Oh yeah
She told me to grow up, I grew up
and stood up now each day I move up again
I got a minute to say what I want
Trying to make for everything that I've done wrong
But that made me who I am
And if I broke your heart
Well I'm sorry again
Oh man I wish I knew
I wish I knew it then
But I don't let it stop me
You know I'll be back again
All the mistakes I've made
Trouble that I've been in
It shaped me into the person you see standing' here
I wish you knew me
Back when I was young
You could see me
And just how far I've come
So don't judge me
You don't know me
Please, oh yeah Believe Me
Thinking' back when I was in the trap
Without a dollar to my name, I wasn't thinking rap
Niggas say I change, ask what I think of that
I say change for the better, I'm never thinking' back
I should be a power forward
Shitting' so much I think my toilet outta order
Take 'em out the box they like a fish up out the water
But me, I'mma survive, put that on my Ma Swear to God
How you gonna win when you never try
I can see my future like I'm living in a mirage
Everyday I'm living' life like I could never die
Old clothes in my closet, new whips in my garage
New chick in my bedroom, old chick by my side
New watch on my wrist saying this is my time
So don't judge me
Just love me
There is nothing' above me
My future so pretty,
Say "God don't like ugly"
THEY LYING
Credits
Writer(s): Justin R. Timberlake, Robin Morris Tadross, Benjamin Caleb Johnson, Robert Williams De
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