NF - When I Grow Up (Lyrics)

[00:01.66] "When I Grow Up"

[00:08.59] Yeah, when I grow up, you know what I wanna be?

[00:10.09] Take a seat, let me tell you my ridiculous dreams

[00:12.84] I wanna rap—yeah, I know it's hard to believe

[00:15.09] And I can tell you're already thinkin' I will never succeed

[00:17.09] But I'm okay with it, I admit the lyrics are weak

[00:19.34] I've been workin' on 'em, I'll be good eventually

[00:21.34] I understand you gotta crawl before you get to your feet

[00:23.84] But I been running for a while, they ain't ready for me (Ahh)

[00:26.67] I know this prolly isn't really realistic

[00:29.09] And honestly, I might not ever make a difference

[00:31.09] But that don't make a difference, I'ma have to risk it

[00:32.84] I've been crunchin' numbers, you ain't gotta be a mathematician

[00:35.20] To see the odds ain't rootin' for me

[00:36.84] I can't lie though, that's kinda how I like it to be

[00:39.21] The underdog, yeah, you prolly think you know what I mean

[00:41.46] But what I'm saying is—they ever push me, I'm gonna swing, yeah

[00:43.60] I could go to college, get in debt like everybody else

[00:45.85] Graduate and prolly get a job that doesn't pay the bills

[00:48.13] That don't make a lot of sense to me, forget the Happy Meals

[00:50.09] I don't like the dollar menu, I would rather make a meal

[00:52.34] Huh? Make a mil'? Nah, I said make a meal

[00:54.59] Home cookin', get the grill

[00:55.84] How you want it? Pretty well?

[00:56.84] Everything I'm seeing is overdone to me, I'm not Adele

[00:58.85] But I'ma get a record deal and say hello to mass appeal

[01:01.09] When I grow up, I just want to pay my bills

[01:03.34] Rappin' about the way I feel (Oh, yeah)

[01:06.09] I just want to make a couple mil', leave to the fam and in the will (Oh, yeah)

[01:10.34] I just want to sign a record deal, maybe buy a house up in the hills (Oh, yeah)

[01:14.59] Might not be the best in my field, but I guarantee that I'ma die real

[01:17.84] When I grow up

[01:20.27] Yeah, ayy

[01:22.27] When I grow up

[01:24.27] Yeah, yeah, ayy!

[01:27.27] I'ma make 'em notice me, rhyming like it's poetry

[01:29.26] Everything I oversee, I just like to overthink

[01:31.51] Mockin' me, you pay the fee

[01:32.76] No return and no receipts

[01:33.76] Those of you that don't believe—quiet, you don't know a thing

[01:36.04] Quiet when I'm tryna to sing

[01:37.02] Quiet when I'm making beats

[01:38.27] Quiet when I'm tryna to think

[01:39.27] Sorry, I don't mean to scream

[01:40.52] I just feel like no one really gets me and it's sad to see

[01:42.26] 'Cause someday I'ma grow up and show all of you it's meant to be (Yeah)

[01:45.43] Anybody wanna hear me rap? "No"

[01:47.43] C'mon, let me play a couple tracks, "No"

[01:49.42] C'mon, I can spit it really fast, "No"

[01:51.67] You think I should throw this in the trash? "No"

[01:53.77] Tricked ya—haters, go away before I hit ya

[01:56.26] I am not a beggar or a kiss up

[01:58.01] You don't understand? Well, I forgive ya

[01:59.62] I am not a quitter

[02:00.76] You ain't really think that, did ya?

[02:02.27] Maybe someday I could even be up on the radio

[02:04.26] Have a tour bus and maybe even play a couple shows

[02:06.52] Everybody in the crowd singing every word I wrote

[02:08.77] Tellin' me that I am not the only one that feels alone

[02:10.76] Huh? You feel alone?

[02:12.01] Yeah, I kinda feel alone

[02:13.12] Wonder if that feelin' ever goes away when you get old

[02:15.12] Will I ever make it as an artist? I don't really know

[02:17.52] Might not make a lot of dough

[02:18.52] I'ma have to try it though

[02:19.37] When I grow up

[02:20.62] I just wanna pay my bills

[02:21.62] Rappin' about the way I feel (Oh, yeah)

[02:24.38] I just wanna make a couple mil'

[02:26.12] Leave it to the fam in the will (Oh, yeah)

[02:28.37] (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

[02:29.07] I just wanna sign a record deal

[02:30.37] Maybe buy a house up in the hills (Okay, oh yeah)

[02:33.12] Might not be the best in my field (Ayy, ayy)

[02:34.37] But I guarantee that I'ma die real

[02:36.38] When I grow up

[02:37.88] I just wanna pay my bills (Woo)

[02:39.12] Rappin' about the way I feel (Oh, yeah)

[02:40.87] (Yeah, the way I feel)

[02:41.87] Yeah, I just wanna make a couple mil' (Ayy)

[02:43.62] Leave it to the fam in the will (Oh, yeah)

[02:46.29] I just wanna sign a record deal (Woo)

[02:47.79] Maybe buy a house up in the hills (Oh, yeah)

[02:49.38] (House up in the hills)

[02:50.63] Might not be the best in my field

[02:52.13] But I guarantee that I'ma die real

[02:53.87] When I grow up