When I Grow Up Songtext
von Zafty

When I grow up
When I grow up
When I grow up
I′m gonna be a champion

When I grow up
When I grow up
When I grow up
I'm gonna be a champion

When I grow up
When I grow up
When I grow up
When I grow up


I used to go to school with tears in my eyes and a high top
Looking like a Subway Surfer
Yelling at the top of my lungs, I′m worth it
Everybody waiting, but there ain't no service
Got sick and tired of getting no reply
So I put it into words, to a verse I'm surfing
Black boy killing it, up in every class
Every moment that would pass
Had me going like, going like

When I grow up
When I grow up
When I grow up
I′m gonna be a champion

When I grow up
When I grow up
When I grow up
I′m gonna be a champion

Hey mama, tell me, will you miss me?
Before they go and bury me, I'm making history
To me, the yellow brick road ain′t a mystery
Writing till I bleed—God, my fingers looking blistery

Told everybody I'ma be okay
A long way from those no ways
Tell the devil I′ma make it someday
'Cause nothing gonna stop, nothing′s gonna stop


So I
Packed my black boy swag, yes, I had it on me
14 too fast like Thierry Henry
'Cause my premonition had me straight to work
If I cry, clean my glasses with the edges of my shirt
Used to pray at night, dreaming 'bout a big stage
Now a nigga 18, kinda getting paid
I′m still the same lil nigga with my head straight
And when the sun goes down, I still tell myself

When I grow up
When I grow up
When I grow up
I′m gonna be a champion

When I grow up
When I grow up
When I grow up
I'm gonna be a champion

I, I′ll show 'em now
I, I′ll show 'em now
(When I grow up)
I, I′ll show 'em now
I'm gonna be a champion