Karina Pasian - 16 @ War

Ain't no daddies where I'm from
It's just mad mothers
And eyes that still seem
They can't look past color
Why am I disrespected by
Someone I should call brother?
And why girls feelin' pretty
And constantly hate each other?

Bad air in my lungs
Man, I can't breathe
My eyes burnin' from all the dirt and the debris
And it's third degree
Emotionless on the scene
It's like a disease
The way y'all killin' me

I'm sixteen and I shouldn't have to feel like this
I'm sixteen, every young boy out here wanna kiss
I'm sixteen, and me and my mama goin' through it
Sixteen on the block
Sixteen on the block

Sixteen, at war
I'm sixteen, at war
I'm sixteen, at war
I'm sixteen, at war
I'm sixteen, at war
I'm sixteen, at war

I'm sixteen on the block
Sixteen on the block

Around here cool is another word for fool
If he smoke, then she smoke
I gotta smoke too
Now what would I do if I didn't have a clue?
I'm sixteen why, oh
Asking God oh why, oh
If my clothes ain't tight
Then he ain't gon' like me
Eyes on the prize
So the next girl dress just like me
I'm so full of promise
But why promise if I'ma just be rewarded
By bad actions
To him I'm just a transaction

I'm sixteen and I shouldn't have to feel like this
Sixteen, every young boy out here wanna kiss
Sixteen, and me and my mama goin' through it

Sixteen on the block
Sixteen on the block

I'm sixteen, at war
Sixteen, at war
Sixteen, at war
Sixteen, at war (oh-whoa)
I'm sixteen, yeah, at war
I'm sixteen, at war

Sixteen on the block
Sixteen on the block

I want you to love my mind
My smile, my style
I want you to know the best of me
I want to belong without being treated
Like property
Why does this seem like fantasy? (Whoa)

I'm sixteen and I shouldn't have to feel like this
I'm sixteen, every young boy out here wanna kiss
I'm sixteen, and me and my mama goin' through it
Sixteen on the block
Sixteen on the block

Sixteen, at war
I'm sixteen, at war
I'm sixteen, at war
I'm sixteen, at war
I'm sixteen, at war
I'm sixteen, at war

Sixteen on the block
Sixteen on the block

I'm sixteen
Oh whoa
Yeah, yeah-yeah
Sixteen

Written by:
Christopher A. Stewart, Terius Youngdell Nash

Publisher:
Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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