Twenty One - Badi

…let me just take a second

to pause and reflect, check the cause and effect

I find myself askin', how did this happen

so fast, cant imagine, man I remember back when

I thought knew the deal, but I didnt understand

it was never in my plans to become a grown man

hopped on a plane destination thailand

where nobody was there to hold my hand

and thats when I believe it started

see I became part of a culture meanwhile my partner

was guarding the scared gardens

and it’ll take that inspiration to create an artist

and through the hardships, I grew regardless

of how much I was still stuck in the ways

on the sidewalk some duckin’the strays

some repeating the mistakes their own parents made

look kid you don’t even know the half

true, but its you I will outlast

I’ma be around to see what’s to come

cause at twenty-one i’ve only just begun

Im told

look kid you don’t even know the half

true, but its you I will outlast

I’ma be around to see what’s to come

cause at twenty-one i’ve only just begun

twenty one times around the sun

take it in, I knew this day was bound to come

illmatic had told me that the world was mine

and I realized it was way before half-time

listen… I’ve done what some couldn’t

given a chance all because of one women

who taught me knowledge of self, always prayer books

on the shelf for me to delve into myself

trained my voice and my soul from an early age

gave what I can take with me through the pearly gates

fought for opportunities for me, mentored me

even when it didn’t make sense to me

I never knew who to blame, see there’s a lot more

significance to the name because he once did the same

so why would I bother to be anyone but Badí

spiritual descendent of the Pride of the Martyrs

look kid you don’t even know the half

true, but its you I will outlast

I’ma be around to see what’s to come

cause at twenty-one i’ve only just begun

Im told

look kid you don’t even know the half

true, but its you I will outlast

I’ma be around to see what’s to come

cause at twenty-one i’ve only just begun