So I take a step in this game and it feels like a nightmare
I look at my reflection, it looks back at me with a frightening stare
I enter this lair filled with dreams and reality
I don't wanna see the world in it's current state so I live beside ideality
I wanna live good so I choose to stay positive
Runnin' away from the law like the fugitives
But still I seem like a pessimist, thinkin' everything will go wrong
This is why I gotta spill my whole heart out, in this song
I wanna be free I don't wanna end up locked in these cells
Friends stay beside me because I don't wanna be by myself
Still I got my family but who do I run to when I need the help
Ayo sometimes it's kinda hard to be optimistic
When you're dealing with a little too much sh**
Only reason I'm left here cause I'm strugglin' for better days
Tryin' hard to free my shoulders of this weight
Tryna find a way to relieve myself of all this pain
When I think I got it all off then what do I gain
Or is it just that the sense of shame still lurkin' beside me
Mom and dad workin' hard for my family to eat
I really don't want yall to go through this anymore yo
I gotta be the adult, sixteen long years, that's what it's time for
