When I Grow Up

Music: Jackson Bergsma/Isaac James Davies/jek oladipo 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