kids are growing up Chords

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[Verse 1]
[G]Yeah[D][Bm][G]
[D][G][D][Bm][G]
[D]
Growing up, I used [Bm]to wanna
be my uncle [G]Wayne
Until I saw [A]his body layin' in the
[D]grave (rest in peace)
Growing up,
[Bm]I used to want a Jeep Wran[G]gler
Until I got to drive [D]a Range
Growing up, [Bm]I used to have a lot of
[G]friends (fuck 'em all)
Until I [D]saw the money change 'em
Growing up,
[Bm]I used to want a lot of [G]hoes
Until I met [F#m]Ben Fr[A]ankli[D]n
I'm writin' this from [Bm]a place that
you ain't heard [G]about
And you can only come [D]here through the
word of [A]mouth (that's real)
Growing up, [D]I used [Bm]to tell my ma,
"I'll work it out"
[G]I worked it out, but now, still,
somehow shit [D]ain't working out (real shit)
Growing up, I watched [Bm]my
favorite rappers' inter[G]views
I ain't believe 'em when they said
it ain't all what it [Bm]seems
But now I'm here and realize they
were tellin' [G]truth
'Cause you sacrificed [F#m]yourself for everybody's
[G]needs [D]by any means
I'm married to [Bm]the game
for this diamond ring
[G]And I spend more time with her than anybod[D]y else,
it seems
Courtside with my bitch,
[Bm]we can't see the nosebleeds[G]
Afterparty, Bootsy Bellows,
hoes make [D]they nose [G]bleed
[D]Always stressin' 'bout my brother,[Bm]
I know this shit hard on him
[G]Always stressin' 'bout my mama,
but [D]I know that God got her
I'm stressin' out more now
[Bm]than what I did at rock- bottom
[G]And I'm blowin' more clouds,
hopin' that'll [D]help [G]stop it
[A]It's all smoke and mirrors
with these [Bm]bitches
It's all smoke [G]and mirrors with 'em all [D](for real,
haha)
Promised [A]the world and [Bm]de
livered me an [G]atlas
But I guess that's [A]how it [D]goes
[A]Oo

[Verse 2]
[Bm]h, I[G] don't know why I can[A]
't be[D]lieve [A]it [Bm](oh,[G] yeah)
Oh, nothin' [D]ever is [A]in season,
[Bm]oh ([G]ooh)
I thought my [D]night[A]mares were my
dreams [Bm](ooh, I don't believe)
This [G]ain't what it seems, [D]no, [G]no[D]

[Verse 3]
Hey [Bm]Charlton, been [G]tryin' to call
It's Mum
[D]Just wanted to check up and say,
"I miss [Bm]you"
Call me [G]back when you get a chance
Love you
[D]

[Verse 4]
We been to hell and back to[Bm]gether,
you're my closest [G]friend (uh)
Shit, [D]you probably know me
better [A]than[D]
I know myself,
and you're [Bm]the reason why I never [G]rest
I walk into the crib, [F#m]high as hell,
head full of [A]stress[D]
I love you even though [Bm]some
times I forget to text
[G]I'd give everything even if it
[F#m]means I have nothing [A]left[D]
And even at [Bm]your worst,
for us, you tried your best
[G]And all this shit that we went through together,
I just [D]won't [A]forget
[D]You check me when I spend
[Bm]lots of money that I [G]make
You tell me you won't ever let me
[D]make the same mis[A]takes
You [D]makin' sure we had [Bm]it good,
and then we lost it [G]all
A year later,
hidin' narcotic[D]s in the w[A]all[D]
Of the apartment we was [Bm]livin' in,
in King's [G]Cross
Always thought my uncle [D]was a [A]boss
[D]But now he up with God,
[Bm]I thought he was invincible
[G]Ninth grade, turned around and said,
"Fuck my [D]principal", and dropped out
And this was at [Bm]the time that we
ain't have a house
[G]And me and you was sleepin' on the
separate [D]ends of Louie's couch
[A]I would go to JD's to make mus[Bm]ic,
end up passing out
[G]And wake up with my back sore
Callin', [D]tryna figure out just where you at
Shit [Bm]made me mad
[G]Seein' you in the back of the [F#m]ambulance,
[A]to the hospital[D]
I thought you weren't [Bm]comin' back
Nex[G]t mornin',
walked in just like [F#m]nothing happene[A]d
You'd never admit the
problem[Bm]s that you had
And tell [G]me that I'm bein'
crazy if I ever [A]asked
But now I [D]got my own problem[A]s,
and [Bm]I understand
'Cause I try [G]to protect you from
any[A]thing [D]bad [A](o [Bm]h)

[Verse 5]
[G]Ooh, I don't know why I [D]can't
[A]be [D]lieve [Bm]it (o[G]h, yeah)
Oh, nothin' [D]ever is [A]in season,
[Bm]oh ([G]ooh)
I thought my [D]nightmares were [A]my
dreams [Bm](ooh, I don't believe)
This ain't [G]what it seems, [D]no,
[G]no

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