7 Years (remix) (feat. Lukas Graham)

7 Years (remix) (feat. Lukas Graham)

7 Years (remix) (feat. Lukas Graham)

When I was seven years old, nobody told me that everyone you hang with, they ain't your friendsWhen I was seven years old, nobody told me that everyone you with, they ain't your homies
When I was seven years oldWhen I was seven years old
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Life's moving fast, but we were kids thinking it would last forever, so we wasted timeLife goin' fast, but we kids and we thinkin' it'll be that way forever, so we waste time
Roaming the neighborhood as a kid felt huge, yeah, 'cause we never crossed the state lineRoamin' the hood as a kid seem big, yeah, 'cause we never went 'cross the state line
Had to go outside just to talk to each other back then 'cause we didn't have FaceTimeHad to go outside just to talk to each other back then 'cause we didn't have FaceTime
I was getting off track, seeing what I saw, it was tough trying to walk a straight lineI was gettin' off track, seein' what a nigga seen, it was hard tryna walk in a straight line
By thirteen, we were smoking weed and popping those PerksBy thirteen, we was smokin' weed and poppin' them Perkies
At that time, I didn't even know what a Perc meantAt that time, I didn't even know what a Perc' mean
I was getting beat, my mom would hurt me, so I had to copeI was gettin' beatings, my momma would hurt me, so I had to cope
Numbing myself from the pain, I would carryNumbin' myself from the pain, I would tote
Thirteen when my first song got writtenThirteen when my first song got wrote
Thirteen when my little heart got brokenThirteen when my lil' heart got broke
Wishing I wasn't born but I didn't have a say, uhWishin' that I wasn't born but I didn't have a vote, uh
Fourteen when I first saw what it's like with no support and no teamFourteen when I first seen what it's like with no support and no team
Ready to give up on your dreamsProne to givin' up on your dreams
I learned the definition of a dope fiendI learned the definition of a dope fiend
Just someone who's struggling, battling life, that could've been me on a regular nightJust somebody who's strugglin', battlin' life, that could've been me on a regular night
It was supposed to be me but I put up a fightIt 'posed to been me but I put up a fight
Despite what I was told, I knew my future was brightDespite what I was told, knew my future was bright
Fifteen when I first met Steff, thank God I was all by myselfFifteen when I was first met Steff, thank God I was all by myself
Having sinned, God knew I needed helpHavin' sinned, God knew I needed help
Love really does it for you when there's nothing elseLove really do it for you when it ain't nothin' else
I was about to give up, I put my heart on the shelfI was 'bout to give up, I put my heart on the shelf
Wuan getting locked up wasn't good for my healthWuan gettin' locked up wasn't good on my health
Even though I had it tough growing up every stepEven though I had it hard growin' up every step
It's priceless, I promise the memories are keptIt's priceless, I promise the memories kept
Once I was twenty years old, I knew that I'd be greatOnce I was twenty years old, I knew that I'd be great
And I know they did me wrong for so damn long, it feels good to put a smile on their faceAnd I know they did me wrong for so motherfuckin' long, it feel good to put a smile on they face
'Cause I knew damn well, I'd do everything that I dreamed, it just showed up late'Cause I knew damn well, I'd do everything that I dreamed, it just showed up late
But God, timing is real, it's the reason He made me waitBut God, timing is real, it's the reason He made me wait
Oh, once I was twenty years old, life finally showed me that some of those around weren't my friendsOh, once I was twenty years old, life finally shown me that some of those around wasn't my homies
Once I was twenty years oldOnce I was twenty years old
Soon I'll be thirty years old, some went platinum, some went goldSoon I'll be thirty years old, some went platinum, some went gold
Everything I said I'd do, I finally finishedEverything I said I'd do, I finally finished
Soon I'll be thirty years oldSoon I'll be thirty years old