Set a detention, cause you're always late Can't pay attention, cause there's a lot on your plate You're misunderstood, so the teachers quit Or what you're gonna do when you're just a kid? Well they don't know about your story Your life has only begun No they don't know about your story Don't let them say how it ends They took away your cousins and your daddy too You can't get a job and the rent's overdue Your mother got a lawyer that she just can't afford You think you're grown but you're still a boy Well they don't know about your story Your life has only begun No they don't know about your story Don't let them say how it ends One day you'll grow and then one day they'll know Just how hard it was to say no To a life under street lights Running from street fights It's hard to leave your friends on the roads One day you'll grow and then one day they'll know Just how hard it was to say no To a life under street lights Running from street fights It's hard to leave your friends on the roads No they don't know about your story Your life has only begun No they don't know about your story Don't spend your life in the ends I just want to take a second to to reach out to all the young people out there you know far and wide life can be so challenging you know but whatever it may be throwing your way right now I would love to remind you of your strength to remind you of how far you've come to remind you to check your own history check all the things that you've overcome thus far for those of you that are suffering or struggling you know please don't suffer in silence find someone to support you you know there's so much pressure so much pressure out there but you know what it's a new day it's a new day and the thing is you are the new day you are the new day you're the gift you