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[00:14.61]Ain''t no daddies where I''m from it''s just mad mothers
[00:19.55]And eyes that still seem they can''t look past color
[00:23.24]Why am I disrespected by someone I should call brother
[00:26.80]And why girls feel unpretty and constantly hate each other
[00:30.83]Bad air in my lungs, man I can''t breathe
[00:34.70]My eyes burnin from all the dirt and the debris
[00:38.43]And it''s third degree, I''m motionless on the scene
[00:42.18]It''s like a disease the way ya''ll killin'' me
[00:46.35]I''m sixteen and I shouldn''t have to feel like this
[00:50.06]I''m sixteen every young boy out here want to kiss
[00:54.01]I''m sixteen and me and my mama going through it
[00:57.71]I''m sixteen on the block, sixteen on the block
[01:01.60]I''m 16(at war) I''m 16(at war) I''m 16(at war)
[01:07.32]I''m 16(at war) I''m 16(at war) I''m 16(at war)
[01:13.25]I''m sixteen on the block, sixteen on the block
[01:17.45]Around here cool is another word for fool
[01:20.92]If he smoke, then she smoke, I gotta smoke too
[01:24.70]Now what would I do if I didn''t have a clue
[01:28.81]I''m sixteen y.o., asking God oh why oh
[01:32.54]If my clothes ain''t tight, then he ain''t gon'' like me
[01:36.31]Eyes on the prize so the next girl dress just like me
[01:40.42]I''m so full of promise but why promise
[01:43.64]If I''m a just be rewarded by bad actions
[01:46.09]To him I''m just a transaction
[01:48.37]I''m sixteen and I shouldn''t have to feel like this
[01:52.00]I''m sixteen every young boy out here want to kiss
[01:55.97]I''m sixteen and me and my mama going through it
[01:59.69]I''m sixteen on the block, sixteen on the block
[02:03.66]I''m 16(at war) I''m 16(at war) I''m 16(at war)
[02:09.42]I''m 16(at war) I''m 16(at war) I''m 16(at war)
[02:15.16]I''m sixteen on the block, sixteen on the block
[02:18.70]I want you to love my mind, my smile, my style
[02:24.13]I want you to know the best of me
[02:26.90]I want to belong without being treated like property
[02:31.93]Why does it seem like fantasy?
[02:34.60]I''m sixteen and I shouldn''t have to feel like this
[02:38.01]I''m sixteen every young boy out here want to kiss
[02:42.24]I''m sixteen and me and my mama going through it
[02:45.79]I''m sixteen on the block, sixteen on the block
[02:49.90]I''m 16(at war) I''m 16(at war) I''m 16(at war)
[02:55.71]I''m 16(at war) I''m 16(at war) I''m 16(at war)
[03:01.55]I''m sixteen on the block, sixteen on the block
[03:05.50](I''m sixteen) ohh ohhh sixteen
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