NF – When I Grow Up (Lyrics) Chords

When I grow up, I want to be a dentist.
[Ab] _
When I grow [Dm] up, I want to be a ballerina teacher.
[Gbm] When I grow up, I want to be a police officer.
When I grow up, I would like to be a veterinarian.
When I grow up, I'm going to be a flapper. _
[E] Ahem.
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[G] Yeah, when I grow up, you know [B] what I want to be?
Take [Ab] a seat, let me tell you my ridiculous [D] dreams.
I want to rap, yeah I know it's hard to believe.
And I [D] can tell you're already thinking I will never succeed.
But I'm okay with it, I admit the lyrics are weak.
I've been working on them, I'll be good eventually.
[Dm] I understand you gotta crawl before you get to your feet.
But I've been running for a while, they ain't ready for me.
I know this probably isn't really realistic.
And honestly, I might not ever make a difference.
But that don't make a difference, I'ma have to risk it.
I've been crunching numbers, you ain't gotta be a mathematician.
And see the odds ain't rooting for me, I can't lie though, it's kinda how I like it to be.
The underdog, yeah you probably think you know what I mean.
But what I'm saying is they ever push me, I'm gonna swing.
Yeah, you go to college [E] getting gay like everybody else.
Graduating, probably [Gm] get a job that doesn't pay the [Dm] bills.
That'll make a lot of [A] sense to me if you get the happy [Dm] meals.
I don't like the dollar [E] menu, I would rather make a [Dm] meal.
Huh?
Make a meal?
Nah, I said make a meal.
Home cooking, get the grill.
Yeah, you [D] want it pretty well.
Everything I see is [A] overdoing to me, I'm not a [Dm] doubt.
But I'ma get a record deal, and say hello to Mr.
Grills.
I just wanna pay my bills, raving about the way [G] I feel.
[Dm] Oh yeah, I just [A] wanna make a couple mil.
[Dm] Leave it to the fam [Gm] and the will.
[D] Oh yeah, I just [A] wanna sign a record deal.
[F] Maybe buy a house up in the hills.
[D] Oh yeah, might not [A] be the best of my field.
[F] But I guarantee that I'ma [Gm] die [Dm] real when I grow up.
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Yeah.
[Gm] When I grow up.
Yeah.
[Gb] _
Yeah.
[Dm] Ay!
I'ma make them notice me.
I'ma like poetry.
[A] Everything I oversee.
I just like to overthink.
I can be you pay to feed.
No returning overseas.
Those of you that don't believe.
Quiet, you don't know [Dm] a thing.
Quiet when I'm trying to sing.
Quiet when I'm making beats.
Quiet when I'm trying to think.
Sorry, I don't mean to scream.
I just feel like no one really gets me in the sad to see.
Cause someday I'ma grow up in Chihuahua [G] and you will smite the beat.
Yeah!
Anybody [F] wanna hear me rap?
No!
Come on, let me [A] play a couple [Dm] tracks.
No!
[E] Come on, I can spit it really [Dm] fast.
No!
You [Gm] think I should [Dm] throw this in the trash?
No!
[Am] Tricked ya.
Haters go [Dm] away before I hit ya.
I am not a beggar or a kiss up.
If you don't [E] understand, well I forgive ya.
[Dm] I am not a quitter.
[Gm] You ain't really deep, did [Dm] ya?
Maybe someday [B] I could even be up on the radio.
Having tour [Gm] bus and maybe even play a [Dm] couple shows.
Everybody [A] in the crowd singing every [F] word I wrote.
Telling me that [G] I am not the [E] only one that feels alone.
Huh?
You feel alone?
Yeah, I kinda feel alone.
Wonder if the feeling ever [D] goes away when you get old.
Well, I, if I [A] make it as an artist, I don't [Dm] really know.
I ain't gonna make [E] a lot of dough.
I'ma have to [Ab] try some.
I just wanna pay my bills.
Rapping about the way I [E] feel.
Oh yeah.
I just wanna make a couple mil.
Leave it to the fam and the [Dm] will.
Oh yeah.
I just wanna sign a record deal.
Maybe buy a house up in [Bm] the hills.
[Bb] Okay.
Oh yeah.
Might not be the best in my field, but I guarantee that I will die real when I grow up.
[Dm] I just wanna pay my bills.
Rapping about the way I feel.
I just wanna make a couple mil.
Leave it to the fam and the will.
[D] _ I just wanna sign a record deal.
Maybe buy a house up in [Bb] the hills.
Yeah, [D] I might not be the best in my field, but I guarantee [Gm] that I will die real when I grow up.
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