Mom and dad, I've grown up
"So what?
You're still a child in my eyes"
Well you see, I can understand your disbelief
because i've caused grief through my lies
My "whys",
My excuses,
My reasoning is useless,
How I've been spitting fiction since I was snot-nosed and toothless,
I've grown up tho,
Not because I blow dro,
I skip your thoughts on all the no-no's,
Not because I live my life quite so-so,
I've grown old,
not in digits but by your wisdom,
I've got your words intertwined within my system,
So thank you, through your guidance I understand,
In my choices, in my thoughts and actions,
that I am my own man

Something I've noticed as a teenager, in myself and in others, we want to be called grown-ups without the responsibilities. I've heard people say, "don't look at me, my parents raised me this way", as if to divert the blame. I might have said it once or twice myself. I think when it comes down to it, all the good things you achieve and all the negative things you encounter, the way you go about the situation is all on you and nobody else, homie. I think that's what makes a man, a man. Somebody who understands that it is your own responsibility to shape your life.