Past Tense

Can’t let a young girl grow without spitting up all of her tea!
Why insist on the past? Things grow, some snap,let me be
I knocked a self down, finding forms, now can you see?
I’m tryna shape the debris
Things grow, some snap, let me be

Cause you weren’t there, weren’t witness
To how i bit in, but you already a critic
You weren’t there, weren’t witness
To how I fit in, how i’m pushing at my limits

I don’t deal no replays
I don’t walk back that way
Is it my fault what I'm saying, oh oh fault what I'm saying

Cause you knew what i /was/
You knew what i /was/
I won’t apologize, i got here just because
That’s gonna stay the way i /was/
You knew what i /was/

If you don’t know me (right now)
& you had the chance to taste, spit away
Keep my name out your mouth!
& you can praise down every false god on your shelves
You let me breath, for my health
Let me be someone else-
Let me swell

Cause that’s the way i /was/
You knew what i /was/
I ain’t going back, i got here just because!
That’s the way i /was/
You knew what i /was/

I won’t deal no replays
I don’t walk back that ways
Only forward i stray
It’s only forward i stray