Grew Up To Fast

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(soft, reflective tone)

Didn’t have no one to call when the world got cold,

Mama’s love came mixed with control.

Told me “you gon’ learn,” and I guess I did,

Had a baby at seventeen, still just a kid.

Dreams on pause, bills on play,

Tryna heal pain that won’t fade away.

Nobody taught me how to love myself,

So I built my strength from the hurt I felt.

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(melody lifts, more emotion)

And I cried through the nights that nobody saw,

Fought through the silence, broke my own walls.

I ain’t had guidance, just a heavy heart,

But somehow, I made it this far.

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(full R&B flow, layered harmonies)

I grew up fast, yeah, too fast,

Didn’t get to live my past.

Every scar made me who I am,

I learned to stand when no one held my hand.

Now I see the beauty in the pain,

The storm made me dance in the rain.

Grew up fast… but I’m still here at last.

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(lower tone, deeper groove)

Another baby, twenty-one,

Thought the healing had begun.

Still the same heart, just stronger now,

Still that girl, but I’ve learned somehow.

Learned to smile with the weight on my chest,

Learned to give even when I had less.

Every tear’s another seed I sow,

Now I’m growing where they said I won’t go.

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(soft chords, Am – G – F)

No father’s hand, no mother’s peace,

But I found love in my babies’ sleep.

When they laugh, I find my light,

I found my reason to survive the nights.

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I grew up fast, yeah, too fast,

Didn’t get to live my past.

Every scar made me who I am,

I learned to stand when no one held my hand.

Now I see the beauty in the pain,

The storm made me dance in the rain.

Grew up fast… but I’m still here at last.

(background vocal idea)

“Still here, still me, still standing through the pain…”

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(fade out with simple chords)

Maybe I didn’t get the love I needed,

But I became the love I give.

And that’s enough.