When I Grow Up

#mybeatforinspiation
When I grow up
I’m gonna touch the sun

When I grow up
I’m gonna touch the sun
When I grow up
Back in the room with the chipped paint wall
I was drawing big dreams on a wrinkled school hall
Hand-me-down shoes, but I walked like gold
Every “not yet” felt a story untold
Mama said, “baby, keep your head up high”
I kept my eyes on the roof, not the sky
Now I’m writing my name where the doubts don’t land
Got a little dirt on me, got a bigger plan

I been learning slow
How the real ones glow
From a seed in the ground
To the weight of a crown

When I grow up
I’m gonna touch the sun
When I grow up
They gon’ know what I come from
When I grow up
I won’t fold, won’t run
When I grow up
I’m gonna touch the sun (when I grow up)

LLunch table talk, they was betting I’d fade
Same kids now watch the moves that I made
I kept my receipt from the nights I cried
Kept my tiny black book with the names I tried
One for the dream, one for the team
One for the nights when I stayed unseen
Now the mirror look back like, “look at you now”
Still got miles in me, still got how

I been learning slow
How the real ones glow
From a seed in the ground
To the weight of a crown

When I grow up
I’m gonna touch the sun
When I grow

When I grow up
I’m gonna touch the sun
When I grow

I been learning slow
How the real ones glow
From a seed in the ground
To the weight of a crown

When I grow up
I’m gonna touch the sun
When I grow up
They gon’ know what I come from
When I grow up
I won’t fold, won’t run
When I grow up
I’m gonna touch the sun (when I grow up)

If I fall, I’m coming back harder
If I bend, I won’t break farther
Little kid me, stay in the frame
Watch me turn that hunger into a name

When I grow up
I’m gonna touch the sun
When I grow up
They gon’ know what I come from
When I grow up
I won’t fold, won’t run
When I grow up
I’m gonna touch the sun (when I grow up)