Why don't you speak, Effie?
Does nobody ask you why?
Doesn't anybody care?
I thought I'd be someone by twenty-one
But life had its own run
Run
I used to rush through every day
Tryna find a better place
Watch my friends move out the block
I'd stay still, just watch the clock
Mama said,
son,
don't lose your heart Sometimes peace ain't where you start
I grew slow,
like sunlight after rain
Even though
pain could teach my name
Yeah,
I grew slow
Dreams change, but I stay true
I lost some things, but I found me through
Now I see what love can cost But even loss can make you stop
All those nights I prayed to shine
Turns out I just needed time
I grew slow, and that's alright
Sometimes it takes the dark
to see the light