[Verse 1]
I was 14
watch my daddy got shot at 6
mamma cried for three days straight
that house still got that stain on it
My mom remarried a ganster
same smile, wrong kind of touch
I learned real quick as a kid
some doors don’t mean much
I was in my room
looking at my ciling
heard a scream, than a gun shot
my stomach turned to steel
[Pre-Chorus]
Then I went down stairs
and the whole world changed
One second you a child
next second you in the flames
[Chorus]
I was 14
I was 14
Too young for that scene
Too young for that scene
I was 14
I was 14
Still hear mamma cry
When the night gets mean
[Verse 2]
I seen fear live in the hallway
seen love get hard as brick
Seen grown men speak in promises
then turn around and quit
That little boy never left me
he just learned how to stand
With a cracked-up heart in his chest
and a shake in his hands
I don’t talk like I’m healed now
I just tell it like it is
Some nights I feel that room again
some nights I still relive
[Pre-Chorus]
Then I went down stairs
and the whole world changed
One second you a child
next second you in the flames
[Chorus]
I was 14
I was 14
Too young for that scene
Too young for that scene
I was 14
I was 14
Still hear mamma cry
When the night gets mean
[Bridge]
If you ask why I’m guarded
why I flinch and fold
It’s that scream in the ceiling
that never let me go
But I’m still here breathing
yeah, I made it through
Not the life I was given
but the life I choose
[Chorus]
I was 14
I was 14
Too young for that scene
Too young for that scene
I was 14
I was 14
Still hear mamma cry
When the night gets mean