Just A Kid - RAY BLK

Sat at attention

You’re always late

Can’t pay attention

'Cause there’s a light on your plate

You’re missin' the school so the teachers quit

Oh, what you gonna do?

When you’re just a kid

Well, they don’t know 'bout your story

Your life has only begun

No, they don’t know 'bout your story

Don’t let them say how it ends

They took away your cousins and your daddy, too

You can’t get a job

And the rents all but due

Your mother got a lawyer that she just can’t afford

You think you’re grown, but you’re

Still a boy

Well, they don’t know 'bout your story

Your life has only begun

No, they don’t know 'bout your story

Don’t let them say how it ends

One day

You’ll grow in, and

One day

They’ll know just how hard it was to say no

To a life under street lights

Running from street fights

Its hard to leave your friends on the roads

One day

You’ll grow in, and

One day

They’ll know just how hard it was to say no

To a life under street lights

Running from street fights

Its hard to leave your friends on the roads

No, they don’t know 'bout your story

Your life has only began

No, they don’t know 'bout your story

Don’t spend your life in the end

Yo, what’s up Ray, I hope you’re amazin', sis

I’m sending so much love, ifs dynamite

I just want to take a second here

To reach out to all the young people out there

You know, far and wide

Life can be so challenging

You know?

But whatever may be throwing of your way right now

I would love to remind you of your strength

To remind you of how far you’ve come

To remind you to check your own history

Check all the things you’ve overcome thus far

For those of you that are sufferin' or strugglin'

You know, please don’t suffer in silence

Find someone to support you

You know, there’s so much pressure

So much pressure out there, but you know what?

Ifs a new day

Ifs a new day, and the thing is

You are the new day

You are the new day

You’re the gift