[Intro]You've grown yourself a flowerIn the garden[Verse 1]See, I was like eighteenWith nothin' to my name but overdraft feesJealous of the rich, tryna get cheese'Cause I always knew this life wasn't no breezeAnd my purpose like Amerie it was one thingBut where I'm from they called it a "far-fetched dream"'Cause Baba don't believe in a sure thingBut now he do, 'cause my wrist like the West Wing (Prezi!)I had to grow my own gardenPlanted the seeds, but I was faint-heartedThe courage it took to get this shit startedMeant a new flower had to get sprawlin'All my friends was having college funMe? I didn't have the college fundsIn my head's where I be atCouldn't let the petals die just for a FiatBelieve that![Refrain]You've grown yourself a flowerIn the garden[Verse 2]Look, I was on 145th and St. NickTakin' that A train down to the mixComplex wasn't really payin' me shitAnd Def Jam had me gettin' sandwichesGot one for Big Sean but at least he tippedAnd that twenty saved my life that weekIn New York, but I'm feelin' Memphis BleekI was eatin' plain rice and I'm far from cheap, ****[Verse 3]Yeah, bury me before I'm a burdenDIY till my conscience certainBut the garden can't grow if it ain't got purpose (True!)Caring for this seed since 2014I've been watering this motherfucker every damn weekI didn't know where I'd be atGrowth came slow but it bloomed now we see that, believe that[Refrain]You've grown yourself a flowerIn the garden[Bridge]I used to do gardening in the houseIt's Grandpa, Aminé, he forced you to plant, keep itMaintenance and everything, so after he come from school then he can go to the gardenMaintaining it, uh, giving it water, stuff like that, this is how I grew up[Bridge]And when the sun hits your skinI hope you know you belong where you've beenAnd we'll grow, that's fashoBut in the end we will be back in the ground once again[Verse 4]Yeah, look, we all want successBut can you grow more with less?'Cause money changed everything, I see the effectsLifetime friends think I think of them lessNo, ****, I am depressedIf people don't like me, then I don't get a checkWhich means both my parents are stayin' in debtAnd I prefer to be the only one that carries the stressShit, if I had never got rich, maybe Sunset wouldn't have me sick'Cause that crash almost toe-tagged my sisIs it my fault that she even had that risk?But fuck what I can't controlThe best advice I get from myself aloneAnd after all that Portland rain is combinedAll I need is thirteen months of sunshine[Outro]And when the sun hits your skinI hope you know you belong where you've beenAnd we'll grow, that's fashoBut in the end we will be back in the ground once again
