Whole Life Ahead of Me

[Intro: Ileen Mitchell] Christopher! Christopher! Don't you hear me calling you? Come inside, your dinner is ready [Hook: DJ Jazz T] I was young [Nas] So now the years float by [Large Professor] And I will grow cause I'm a old timer [AZ] I've come a long way [Troubleneck Brothers] This is grown man B.I. [Jay Z] For the children of tomorrow [Big Daddy Kane] No time for games cause I'm all grown up [DMX] The old to the new, the new to the old [Nice & Smooth] [Verse 1 :Kinetik] When I was coming up they said I had my whole life ahead of me What used to be ahead will soon be a memory I close my eyes and catch a flashback of summer days Innocent, living oblivious to my younger ways I was a wide-eyed happy little cute kid Naive to the ways of the world but never stupid Fresh-faced, without a hair on my chest And now with every air and breath I'm nearer to death But the only thing for certain is Similar to handwriting with in-cursive tips We gotta travel down a road with many turns and twists No matter what my age is, I'm still observing this And even though we laugh and cry, its hard to try Not to act as if life could never pass us by But listen, the way time flies is wild for sure It's got me thinking that I really ain't a child no more I'm growing up now [Hook: DJ Jazz T] [Verse 2: Kinetik] So now I'm looking at the world with a whole different set of eyes Whatever once was will now have to be left aside The fortune and fame no longer have me mesmerized She said I'd have to grow up, my mother never lied And I'm hearing her words clearly She told me once that life is beautiful But it's not always gonna treat you fairly And now I can see she was trying to prepare me And steer me to a place in my mind where it was care free It doesn't stop me wishing Grandma was next to me Especially for the years ahead I've yet to see She gave me her life and so she died protecting me And taught me that a legacy extends beyond the cemetery But still these glazed eyes seen too many grey skies So everyday I pray my head will always stay high I know you think I'm acting wild for sure I think like this because I ain't a child no more I'm growing up now [Hook: DJ Jazz T] [Outro: Kinetik] Shout outs to all the people that I grew up with and the people that help me to grow Shaun Etienne for schooling me on the rap game early Gordon Malcolm Jamieson Bryan Sanchez Big up to Monica Shout out to Cucu and Teresa and the whole Morgan-Jamieson family Big up to Toney London, stay black Shout out to Sumit, the love doctor Big up to Ali at Statemeant Shout out to Neil Duhaney And big up to everyone who went to Furness Primary School Burlington Danes, St. Charles, Thames Valley University Beulah Apostolic Church, I’ll never forget my roots We’re growing up now, we’re growing up now