This is the story of a youngin' squeezing
To get pennies by any means like forget the reason
Drowning in the shallow but his goals is at the deep end
So he continues while the life guard tries to reach him
He kick em back, splash the guard saying i don't need em
Like let me die for my dreams cuz i'm tired of dreaming
Freedom ain't free and now he understands the meaning
It was never a price to live you pay for proceeding
Odd n***as giving bread so he think he eating
They give em one less then them and try to say its even
Mind state of a genius since coming out the fetus
Words written in braille so blind men can read it
Love is blind so yet he wonder why he can't see it
Or would he ever need it cuz he know he can't believe em
He know most women deceiving plotting on getting even
So he can never feel for em like quadriplegics

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This is the story of a youngin' dreaming
Trynna stay out of where he at so he always be leaving
They tried to put him to the back so like Rosa he seated
Wherever he decided
He not law abiding
Don't follow no laws because he put the laws behind em
He dont follow laws he put the laws behind him

This is the story of a youngin' squeezing
To get pennies by any means like forget the reason
Coach took him out the game said he wasn't need him
Now he say the sixth man is no longer needed
Guess he just waiting to ball on the bench seated
They say it ain't no I in team but there's one in leaving
He impatiently waiting so he start speeding
Huh
Cuz slow progress is a slow process
He rushing for the green, he already got his mind set
This suppose to be a team, he don't understand the concept
Cuz they don't ever tell you when you join that its a contest
Shit done got his mind stressed thinking out of context
Not focused on his cuz, he watching for his brothers
Don't care bout what he was, he don't care bout what he wasn't
Don't care bout what they got cuz he don't care bout what he doesn't
He receiving what he getting but still waiting for another

(Chorus)
This is the story of a youngin' dreaming
Trynna stay out of where he at so he always be leaving
They tried to put him to the back so like Rosa he seated
Wherever he decided
He not law abiding
Don't follow no laws because he put the laws behind em
He dont follow laws he put the laws behind him