Growing Pains

[Intro: Yung Trybez]
Well, there you have it, baby
Gentlemen, that's the problem right there
It's the everyday struggle we forced to face
This is one thing systematic racism
It's how we need to grow through the pain
Ya, check it out

[Verse 1: Young D]
First things first, rest in peace to the old me (old me)
I guess they call it growin' up (growin' up)
If people wanna talk, let 'em talk
'Cause we headed to the top while they lookin' at us (look at us now)
If people wanna see us fall down, then so be it (so be it)
The only way to go is up (way up)
Look at all these people with their fists up
What they sayin'? "In minay we trust"
Remember what I said back in '03?
I don't think you do 'cause we lowkey
We said we couldn't make it off the rez
Now I wish I never said it 'cause I'm homesick
I'm homesick (homesick)
I dug my heels in the map with my veil on my back
Man it's like I never went away
Worst comes to worst and we don't make it
Man, it's what they call growing pains

[Verse 2: Yung Trybez]
What's the deal with the seventh generation?
I think they on the rise at the risk of elevation
Taken by an alien invasion, they faced it
Do you wanna ride inside of my spaceship?
Shotgun' to ya dome ridin' shotgun
Pedal to the metal with the world as a hostage
I found out who I am and they actin' like I lost it
Here's the plot twist (check it out y'all)
We're pullin' down the walls, we're puttin' up our own gates
This my land, bitch you on the planet of the Nates
Big Dro said it first, I'm here to take his place
As the new kid on the block, fuck a waitlist
I done damage to my spirit tryna climb this avalanche
Bein' native to the land makes it hard to advance
In the white man's where we up against up the man
And we gotta fight twice as hard to stand a chance (stand up)
Ya hear that? It's what we've overcome
What's been done to our people can't be undone
I pray and I pray for better days (don't we all?)
But I hope the growing pains never go away
'Cause the pain disappears through the years, memories fade
It's on us to keep the shit straight, I slay
I kill a man for what I got today
That's why I hope the growing pains never go away

[Chorus: Yung Trybez]
Don't let the growing pains go away, go away
I hope the growing pains never go away, go away, go away
Don't let the growing pains go away, yeah, go away
Please don't let the growing pains go away, go away

[Verse 3: HellnBack]
Raw backwards on all of you rappers
I been raw backwards since I started rappin'
Wrappin' and unwrappin' up all'a these backwoods
Got you in the snapback out there walkin' backwards
Treat you like my fitted when her native goin' get some dirt on it
Here to smack yo ass in the trash, or smack the motherfuckin' dirt off it
Never rush that which'll change ya future
You hold the key to the present, the present here'll shoot ya
To the next plateau you gotta go
Never act out of line and you won't get your skin sewn
They be actin' like you changed up
Funny how focus gets mistaken
For an eagle thinkin', "Oh, here he go
Native got some shine, nah, he ain't our people"
Never forget where you started from
I guarantee I won't forget where my start is, son
In the basement hopin' that my statements will change the face of the game
'Cause you know what race is
Facin' the struggle everyday
Poundin' a brickwall hopin' it'll change
Shoutout to SNRK, and salute from the field of the growing pains

[Verse 4: Young D]
Uh, got this dream to be a rap star
Cruisin' up and down since the boulevard
Five deep with the minays up in the car livin' large
But I'm barely gettin' by with these gift cards
These days are gettin' tough but I embrace it
Put my troubles into paper, dawg, stayin' medicated
Never satisfied with basic, I'ma head up in the clouds
Lookin' down on this road that I'm takin', will I make it? (I don't know)
Lifestyle of the rich and famous
Meanwhile I've been missin' a couple monthly payments
At the bottom of the food chain, dawg I hate it
I can't explain it, my life feels fornicated
But I'ma get rich or I'ma die trying
My mama tell me that I'm bad with my money, well she ain't lying
She ain't lying, she ain't lying, hell nah she ain't lying, mama don't lie
I wasn't built for a life of crime so it's time to figure out another way to grind
I don't care if it ain't dolla, oh lord, can you please give me a sign?
Ready or not, I'm going till I get a deal
So I can pay for meals with the fam that I kill fo'
Yeah, no Jerusalem but the pain is real, though
This life a bitch without a doubt, dawg
But I ain't flinchin' like Kobe did with Mad Dog
Ice cold, I got the ice in my veins
Mobber mentality, Kobe face
Lord knows if I'm gon' grow old
You only live once, might as well go for broke
I don't wanna regret when the spirits take me home
So I push through every ache that's in my bones

[Outro: Young D]
Growin' pains
Yeah, growin' pains
On days where we barely got to eat
Stomach growlin' while we sleep, but still skeet skeet skeet
Boy, that's growing pains
Yeah, growing pains
On days where we under 19 but we got a bag of weed
And two bottles of a OE
Boy, that's growing pains
Yeah, growing pains
Havin' nights where I'm going too wild to fall to the temptations of the lifestyle
Boy, that's growing pains
Yeah, growing pains
Yeah, yeah, growing pains