Waasi Shade - Never afraid Lyrics

Fresh like a baby, it's a world I'm happy to explore
I see the smiles and laughter, what I feel is love galore
I may get in trouble, but don't feel the consequences
Get my gifts at Christmas so my birthday feel tremendous
I wanna be an astronaut, no better yet a singer
I wanna be like my idols and go sell out arenas
I like to hang out with my friends while mommy in the kitchen
I wanna be all you could be, they telling me I'm gifted
I prayed to the Lord, my soul to keep
My pride was strong, my mind was weak
If I should die, before I wake
When you tell my story, I was never afraid
I was never afraid
I was never afraid
I was never afraid
I was never afraid
Okay, I'm getting older
I'm at the age where I can finally ride the roller coasters
We in the stores, its don't touch shit unless your people told ya
I'm seeing all the cigarettes and bottles on the sofa
My mama fighting with this man, she sent me to my grandma house
I'm playing ball cause it's my way to make it out
Stay in school and keep my focus, I can sprout
The lights go off, I see my mama crying, shout
I prayed to the Lord, my soul to keep
My pride was strong, my mind was weak
If I should die, before I wake
When you tell my story, I was never afraid
I was never afraid
I was never afraid
I was never afraid
I was never afraid
This my reality nigga, you know it's tough for me
Sixteen, I wanna go from dirt to having luxury
If this the way to get it, I'm committed to the streets
We never had a meal to eat and that's the feeling that has stuck with me
I gotta get what's mine, I know what's wrong in my mind
But every time I see my family cry its anger inside
Nobody told me that my friends would start to die
Nobody ever told me how hard it'd be to survive
But f*ck it, I'm tough, I'm at the point where nobody can call my bluff
Nobody can teach me shit, I know I'm young but I grew up
I gotta provide and honestly, school just in my way
What's the point of going to class if these drugs won't get me paid
I see bullets getting sprayed, I gotta carry everyday
I be out here with the gang, you know exactly where I stay
Niggas know I do not play, I gotta get my revenge
I'm not that little boy you love, the world done made me a man
I pray to the Lord, my soul to keep
My pride was strong, my mind was weak
If I should die before I wake
When you tell my story, I was never afraid
I was never afraid
I was never afraid
I was never afraid
I was never afraid
A 16-year-old boy is shot and killed in North Lawndale
While walking on the sidewalk, police say two men got out of a dark sedan
Around 8.30 last night near Surmac and Keeler
And started shooting, that boy was hit in the chest
He was later pronounced dead at the hospital
Police are still looking for those two shooters