Benjamin Button

[Hook] You ain’t growin’ up boy, you just gettin’ older You ain’t growin’ up boy, you just gettin’ older A boy in a man’s body, you ain’t doin’ nothin’ I know who you is, boy you’re Benjamin Button [Verse 1] Grew up as a young ‘un in them city streets Where the blind leading the blind at You know what, they die young But so what, they grow old, not grow up, it’s like a time lapse But that’s just how it is though But he don’t wanna die, he just don’t know what it is to live though ‘Cause daddy dipped when he was a kid He’s still alive but in his heart it’s like he never lived In hell is hurt, that’s just his pain At night his mom can’t pay the bills, she prayin’ something change Gas electric, electric gas Them the choices that you make when you ain’t got no cash Tired of asking his momma for stuff he know he can’t have So he pitchin’ in, he gettin’ it, you can find him out on that Ave Sleeping with the gorillas, and wrestling with them bears Average life span’s around 25, around here them boys they don’t care … I’m like [Hook] You ain’t growin’ up boy, you just gettin’ older You ain’t growin’ up boy, you just gettin’ older A boy in a man’s body, you ain’t doin’ nothin’ I know who you is, boy you’re Benjamin Button Benjamin Button, boy you’re Benjamin Button Say you’re Benjamin Button, boy you’re Benjamin Button Say you’re Benjamin Button, boy you’re Benjamin Button Say you’re Benjamin Button … you just gettin’ older [Verse 2] Grew up as a young girl in them city streets Where the blind leading the blind at You know what, they die young But so what, they grow old, not grow up, it’s like a time lapse Momma clubbin’, daddy thuggin’, you know what they on It’s like he here but he gone, but that’s another song She thinks she grown, she just 16 going on 30 Since daddy left, she vowed “I’ll never let a man hurt me” Heard me? Gucci, Louis, Fendi, Prada So she just use a man for a dollar, makin’ him holler Pretty face, body the flown Use what she got, get what she want Just a child raised by a child, momma was just a baby Having a baby, nobody taught her to be a lady Now she a baby with a baby, look at how she lived Full grown, but living like she a kid, gettin’ older [Hook] You ain’t growin’ up boy, you just gettin’ older You ain’t growin’ up boy, you just gettin’ older A boy in a man’s body, you ain’t doin’ nothin’ I know who you is, boy you’re Benjamin Button Benjamin Button, Benja-Benjamin Button Benjamin Button, boy you’re Benjamin Button Benjamin Button, boy you’re Benjamin Button Say you’re Benjamin Button … you just gettin’ older [Bridge] When you say you’re grown, you ain’t grown ‘cause of timing It’s ‘cause you put them childish things behind you When you say you’re grown, you ain’t grown ‘cause of timing It’s ‘cause you put them childish things behind you (Repeat) [Verse 3] I grew up as a young ‘un in them city streets Where the blind leading the blind at You know what, they die young But so what, they grow old, not grow up, it’s like a time lapse That’s how it is when every man that you know In the hood whippin’ good ‘cause he pushin’ that blow And so we move how he move, man you already know Till the Lord touched my soul, homie I wasn’t grown, just gettin’ older … [Hook] You ain’t growin’ up boy, you just gettin’ older You ain’t growin’ up boy, you just gettin’ older A boy in a man’s body, you ain’t doin’ nothin’ I know who you is, boy you’re Benjamin Button Benjamin Button, Benja-Benjamin Button Benjamin Button, boy you’re Benjamin Button Benjamin Button, boy you’re Benjamin Button Say you’re Benjamin Button … you just gettin’ older