Sixteen At War

Ain't no daddies where I'm from it's just mad mothers

And eyes that still seem they can't look past color

Why am I disrespected by someone I should call brother

And why girls feel unpretty and constantly hate each other,bad air in my lungs, man I can't breathe

My eyes burnin' from all the dirt and the debris

And it's third degree, emotionless on the scene, it's like a disease the way ya'll killin' me.

I'm sixteen and I shouldn't have to feel like this

I'm sixteen every young boy out here want to kiss

I'm sixteen and me and my mama going through it

I'm sixteen on the block, sixteen on the block

I'm sixteen at war (6)

I'm sixteen on the block, sixteen on the block

Around here cool is another word for fool

If he smoke, then she smoke, I gotta smoke too

Now what would I do if I didn't have a clue

I'm sixteen y.o., asking God oh why oh

If my clothes ain't tight, then he ain't gon' like me

Eyes on the prize so the next girl dress just like me

I'm so full of promise but why promise

If I'ma just be rewarded by bad actions

To him I'm just a transaction

I'm sixteen and I shouldn't have to feel like this

I'm sixteen every young boy out here want to kiss

I'm sixteen and me and my mama going through it

I'm sixteen on the block, sixteen on the block

I'm sixteen at war (6)

I'm sixteen on the block, sixteen on the block

I want you to love my mind, my smile, my style

I want you to know the best of me

I want to belong without being treated like property

Why does it seem like fantasy?

I'm sixteen and I shouldn't have to feel like this

I'm sixteen every young boy out here want to kiss

I'm sixteen and me and my mama going through it

I'm sixteen on the block, sixteen on the block

I'm sixteen at war (6)

I'm sixteen on the block, sixteen on the block

I'm sixteen