My mother
cleans houses,
dad works at a bank
Curse of that is people think my
life is perfect
It ain't, hurts me to say I felt I
wasn't what they urged me to be
I was never what my brother was,
I learned right away
At 10 I wrote my first song,
at 12 recorded it all
It felt important at first, but honey,
Morgan, that's false
You gotta go to your room,
say prayers while holding your palms
Forget this music is through,
don't think you're getting involved
But mom, I'm older, it's cool,
don't wanna go by your rules
I'm just a fucking outcast and
no one knows me at school
I don't smoke, I don't drink,
don't wanna grow to be you
Just let me go, I'm okay,
be back to show you the proof
Let me try, let me grow,
I need love, but you won't
Let me go, let me go
Step aside, let me show
I can drive down this road
Let me go, let me go
I was 16 when I performed my first show
No one came with except
the homie that drove
Fuck it, we're going alone
Got off stage, not a text on my phone
No congrats, no one proud,
no one to tell me I'm dope
Eighteen, I moved out to school,
I brought my notebook to write
Hopin' to jot a song a day
and then record it at night
My parents told me I was finished,
you won't tour in your life
You ain't bringin' a thing to college,
not a chord or a mic
But mom, I'm older, it's fine,
fuck all these homework assigned
Been sloppin',
dreamin' of this, but I ain't closin' my eyes
I don't smoke, I don't drink,
I'm in my dorm every night
Just let me go, I'm okay,
be back at home when it's time
Let me try, let me grow,
let me live, but you won't
Let me go, let me go
Step aside, let me show,
I can drive down this road
Let me go, let me go
At 19 I lost hope,
moved back to my mom's
I took a couple classes
still just to have what I want
I tried everything I knew,
every rap, every song
But nothing worked and no one saw
the vision that I had brought
I checked my
Twitter at noon, on lunch break at my shift
I read I'm going on tour,
who should I take along with?
I told my fans this is it,
tweet them back I'm the shit
The next day I got an email that I was picked
I fucking told you mom I'm
never coming back here
Touring 50 states in 60 days with
Blackbear
Now I'm playin' shows at 22
and I have fans here
Next year I'll be home,