[Hook]
You ainât growinâ up boy, you just gettinâ older
You ainât growinâ up boy, you just gettinâ older
A boy in a manâs body, you ainât doinâ nothinâ
I know who you is, boy youâre Benjamin Button
[Verse 1]
Grew up as a young âun 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, itâs like a time lapse
But thatâs just how it is though
But he donât wanna die, he just donât know what it is to live though
âCause daddy dipped when he was a kid
Heâs still alive but in his heart itâs like he never lived
In hell is hurt, thatâs just his pain
At night his mom canât pay the bills, she prayinâ something change
Gas electric, electric gas
Them the choices that you make when you ainât got no cash
Tired of asking his momma for stuff he know he canât have
So he pitchinâ in, he gettinâ it, you can find him out on that Ave
Sleeping with the gorillas, and wrestling with them bears
Average life spanâs around 25, around here them boys they donât care ⦠Iâm like
[Hook]
You ainât growinâ up boy, you just gettinâ older
You ainât growinâ up boy, you just gettinâ older
A boy in a manâs body, you ainât doinâ nothinâ
I know who you is, boy youâre Benjamin Button
Benjamin Button, boy youâre Benjamin Button
Say youâre Benjamin Button, boy youâre Benjamin Button
Say youâre Benjamin Button, boy youâre Benjamin Button
Say youâre Benjamin Button ⦠you just gettinâ 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, itâs like a time lapse
Momma clubbinâ, daddy thugginâ, you know what they on
Itâs like he here but he gone, but thatâs another song
She thinks she grown, she just 16 going on 30
Since daddy left, she vowed âIâll never let a man hurt meâ
Heard me? Gucci, Louis, Fendi, Prada
So she just use a man for a dollar, makinâ 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, gettinâ older
[Hook]
You ainât growinâ up boy, you just gettinâ older
You ainât growinâ up boy, you just gettinâ older
A boy in a manâs body, you ainât doinâ nothinâ
I know who you is, boy youâre Benjamin Button
Benjamin Button, Benja-Benjamin Button
Benjamin Button, boy youâre Benjamin Button
Benjamin Button, boy youâre Benjamin Button
Say youâre Benjamin Button ⦠you just gettinâ older
[Bridge]
When you say youâre grown, you ainât grown âcause of timing
Itâs âcause you put them childish things behind you
When you say youâre grown, you ainât grown âcause of timing
Itâs âcause you put them childish things behind you
(Repeat)
[Verse 3]
I grew up as a young âun 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, itâs like a time lapse
Thatâs how it is when every man that you know
In the hood whippinâ good âcause he pushinâ that blow
And so we move how he move, man you already know
Till the Lord touched my soul, homie I wasnât grown, just gettinâ older â¦
[Hook]
You ainât growinâ up boy, you just gettinâ older
You ainât growinâ up boy, you just gettinâ older
A boy in a manâs body, you ainât doinâ nothinâ
I know who you is, boy youâre Benjamin Button
Benjamin Button, Benja-Benjamin Button
Benjamin Button, boy youâre Benjamin Button
Benjamin Button, boy youâre Benjamin Button
Say youâre Benjamin Button ⦠you just gettinâ older