GoodxJ - 8 Lyrics

All I wanna do is ride on my skates
Hit the field with my friends and play
Times change but the memories never fade
It's like wine they get riper with age
Every lesson every blessing I put on a page
So my story is here just in case
I promise to God I'll be on a stage
I have to live my purpose or else I'm caged
If I don't release, I'll be raged
That's the curse of an artist, I face
Give my gift and lift this place
Or, give in to pleasure and have a taste
Of the fancy thangs inside the rat race
F*ck it I'd rather put my truth over the bass
I was bumping Ma$e at around 8 when I first heard Em & Dr.Dre,
Tupac & Jay, DMX & Kanye
Came soon after that & rap was all I'd play
Now I'm rapping on the track and it's a wrap like hey
All I wanna do is ride on my skates
Hit the field with my friends and play
We getting DQ after the game
I swear I was 8 like yesterday
All I wanna do is ride on my skates
Hit the field with my friends and play
We getting DQ after the game
I was 8 like yesterday
I was just thinking the other day
About growing up, up up and away
Drifting off into space like Dobie Gray
I was just thinking the other day
The Wonder Years, coming of age
The Tale of J, days of youth as I daze
Into the maze, where we really can't see
Its tough growing up looking to find who we'll be
Adults say we young, disconnected from reality
But their view is skewed from one too many casualties
Inaccurate description of the world we see
That depiction is scripted from a Matrix scene
The 'real world' ain't found on a TV screen
And it's so obvious, I really could scream
Awake in a world That's sleeping
I dream, of the day that we realize we're a team
Embracing the light and saying what we mean
When you end the fight within
You'll find the same peace
That we had as kids with cones of ice cream
Staying up all night and getting no sleep
All I wanna do is ride on my skates
Hit the field with my friends and play
We getting DQ after the game
I swear I was 8 like yesterday
All I wanna do is ride on my skates
Hit the field with my friends and play
We getting DQ after the game
I was 8 like yesterday
I was just thinking the other day
About growing up, up up and away
Drifting off into space like Dobie Gray
Growing up
Up up and away