When I Was a Kid Lyrics

When I was a kid

I used to get lost in the stories I read

Life was a fairytale

Real world is cold

I chased all my demons instead

Searching for solace

But that shit is hopeless

Cuz my mamas dead

Used to believe in you

It's getting hard to do

I guess it was all in my head

Feed me some substance

I need something

Just save your judgement

I sense your reluctance

I guess all my loves spent

That's where the drugs went

Doesn't make no sense

Now that I'm older

Now that I'm older

Doesn't make no sense

When we was just kids

My mama was fed up

We hopped in the whip

Didn't have nothin

Not even no supper

My nigga we was deep in the shit

Fled cross the country

Lord we couldn't function

Imagine how easy

Man it could been

To fly off handle

Man she couldn't handle

The stress and the shame

The calling of names

How she the victim

And still shoulder the blame

How she the winter

And still smolder the flame

Gave you her heart

But you can't do the same

Folded your soul

Too afraid to refrain

Too scared to let go

To face all your shame

Too scared to let go

To face all your shame

When I was a kid

I used to get lost in the stories I read

Life was a fairytale

real world is cold

I chased all my demons instead

Searching for solace

But that shit is hopeless

Cuz my mamas dead

Used to believe in you

It's getting hard to do

I guess it was all in my head

Feed me some substance

I need something

Just save your judgement

I sense your reluctance

I guess all my loves spent

That's where the drugs went

Doesn't make no sense

Now that I'm older

Now that I'm older

Doesn't make no sense

That's not to say that it's all bad

Yeah, I want my mom back

But I still got my own dad

He got my whole back

I'd die for that nigga

I hope that he know that

He tried his best

I think that he's owed that

Life ain't no picture

This ain't no Kodak

Nothing is perfect

I hope that you know that