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So you think you grown


So little girl you think you grown
Think you put in enough time to put your big girl pants on
Only in your teens and think you the shit
From a grown ass man you need to quit


Stop walking around too little clothes on
Idolizing Bad Girls Club screaming "MY SHOW ON"
Stop trying to do everything you see on TV
Before you be pregnant or end up with HIV


That still don't stop you, "Im pregnant and I've been grown."
Little girl how you an adult and you still stay at home
And yo momma still paying for yo phone
Hold up you still a baby let me watch my tone


Have a baby don't make you cool
Having a dead beat daddy and drop out of school
Find yourself living off a government check
But you expect somebody else to show you respect


My young wanna be thug or next lil wayne rappers
Im telling you that's not the life style you should be after
Its hard just not trying to be a stereotype
But you wanna be gangster and stay high as a kite


Settle down my young brotha and think with the head on yo shoulder
Cursing and fussing thinking you older
Dope game taught you just a kid having kids
Maybe making the same mistakes that your parents did


Im not knocking your hustle or trying to hold you back
But Im speaking from experience and its nothing but fact
Stay in school concentrate on English and Math
Before you lose your life trying to walk down the wrong path


Don't do it for you Do it for the sake of the race
Instead of being in a line up and the witness recognize your face
If you want to be different how about you pick up a book
Maybe this world might take a second look


Im not trying to come off as trying to be your parent
But I think I need to make this very apparent
I hope this is something that you really felt
MAYBE I SHOULD BE YOUR PARENT SO "SIT YO ASS DOWN BEFORE I
GO GET MY BELT!"

Written by Twylight

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