This track is originally from MCMD's solo album "Leaf Tag".
lyrics
Intro
Take me back, take me back back
Take me back, take me back back
Just take me (anywhere)
Verse 1
When I was in sixth grade, I still played with stick blades
tree forts and the pine cone hand grenades
Wars going on outside, we in the trenches
They're throwing water balloons and hopping fences
They on some senseless murder of the innocent
so we ain't going to bed until we finish it
You know what this dude said to show his ignorance?
That the SNES ain't as good as the Genesis
Oh my god, my homie Jared had to hold me back
I'm too old for this grade-school crap
(LANGUAGE) sorry mom, that was an accident
We ain't really really fighting, we just practicing
but that's what it was like back then; life or death
Life scrolled right, we had nothing left
We rode bikes at night with no lights and yes,
we were dreaming of all types of breasts
Chorus
We don't grow up, we just grow old,
the same old, same old, same old
Playing leaf tag
Playing leaf tag
Playing capture the flag
and leaf tag
We don't grow up, we just grow old
the same old, same old, same old
Playing leaf tag
Playing leaf tag
Playing capture the flag
and leaf tag
Verse 2
When I was 16, I may have seemed a bit mean
I had the world figured out but the world didn't get me
I had more enemies than I did friends
and I was waiting for my story to truly begin
Spending every waking moment playing video games
in a battle on a digital front
my teacher he said "Matt you need focus on school"
but I was getting schooedl by a dude named Slug, yup
Music was the key to the future it seemed
Rappers were the only ones not lying to me
I find it funny - everyone around me's pushing a dream
that looks an awful lot like what they're trying to be
My father used to say about watching us play,
the game wasn't the game, it was making the rules
Looks like growing up it's like the same damn thing,
the only rules you got to follow are the ones that you choose
Chorus
Verse 3
As a child, I played with childish things
As a man, I put those things away
cause they're worth more now when they're mint in box
and I need ching ching to buy some video games
We still ride our bikes though our bed times changed
Play in Treeforts - only now we get paid
I make music that I would have loved back in the day
and all the movies from my childhood are getting remade
It's like the more things change, the more they don't
I traveled the world but always end up home
My father used to film us when we played with the hose
and now I'm directing footage watching Madilyn grow old
It's crazy when they say we too old for this shit
You didn't notice, no one over here was listenin' in
They in the business of convincing us on how we should live
but they need to understand we just some grown ass kids
Chorus
Outro
credits
from Freshmen 15,
released January 14, 2020
Rhymes: M. Dixon
Beat: X. Rodriguez
Dave the Fave & MCMD are the writers. Spin Master Mugen is the DJ/producer. We are music/wrestling/video game enthusiasts from Boise, ID. Thank you for listening.
