This is the year you go hungry the first time But you're no good at it, so you quit One year from now, you will say that you fell for someone He's not worthy of you, he goes along with your ruse You would've taken anyone If you stick around, I'll make you proud At nineteen, you still won't be skinny, and you'll still be loud And darling, the world's not against you Someday you'll climb out, out, out Don't hurt yourself, give me a chance to make you proud Two years from now, you will give up on loving yourself You'll sketch lines in the flesh that you so badly want to escape And I can't change the past, but I beg of you, don't do it, please You are worthy of love, you are worthy of all that you need And if you stick around, I'll make you proud At nineteen, you still won't be skinny, and you'll still be loud And darling, the world's not against you Someday you'll climb out, out, out Don't hurt yourself, give me a chance to make you proud Three years from now, you will get your heart broken the first time It'll feel like he's breaking it over again every day But after you fill up your castle with art that you make in his name You'll pick up your pieces and promise to keep yourself safe And if you stick around, I'll make you proud At nineteen, you still won't be skinny, and you'll still be loud And darling, the world's not against you Someday you'll climb out, out, out Don't hurt yourself, give me a chance to make you proud Don't hurt yourself, give me a chance to make you proud

I know For real I've got some things that make me ashamed of myself I've seen some things that desensitize me to death Where I'm from what doesn't kill you traumatise you to death Me and my bro, made for my momma trust so hard to prevail Shit, all of my life all I wanted was to get paid Broke into my uncle's safe, broke my momma's heart on the way Soloko wang'zala mina I've always been nothing but a disgrace The day you said you wished I'd die, something inside me changed And like it can never ever cadabra my pain away But, you gave me life and it's something I can't repay First time in my life I'm not ready to pass away Pray to God I make you proud of me before you pass When you wake up and you don't find me by your side Don't you ever shed a tear don't you cry Elke daag I'm on the grind And you the reason why ngingenza nomayini just to see you smile So everytime umung'khumbula' ungkhumbula mina Umung'khumbula mina don't you cry Umung'khumbula ung'khumbula mina, I just wanna make you proud When I said fuck with school, YouGogo told me chase my dreams When the devil had his way, and I thought God won't intervene She's the one that God sent for me, ingilosi for me And she was a nurse, but never tripped that I drink lean The only one that understands, you're the only one that really understands And I just wanna hold your hands I pray I spoil you before heaven takes you back Ungakhali when I'm gone When you wake up and you don't find me by your side Don't you ever shed a tear don't you cry Elke daag I'm on the grind And you the reason why ngingenza nomayini just to see you smile So everytime umung'khumbula' ungkhumbula mina Umung'khumbula mina don't you cry Umung'khumbula ung'khumbula mina, I just wanna make you proud Ngyabonga ukuthi you gave me all these beautiful women in my life Ngibong' umusa wakho, ngibonga uthando lwakho Noma 'ngali-deservi Baba wami I'm grateful, noma ngikhule ngingakwazi baba wami Gave me a sister noGogo noMama wami Baba wami I'm grateful When you wake up and you don't find me by your side Don't you ever shed a tear don't you cry Elke daag I'm on the grind And you the reason why ngingenza nomayini just to see you smile So everytime umung'khumbula' ungkhumbula mina Umung'khumbula mina don't you cry Umung'khumbula ung'khumbula mina, I just wanna make you proud I hope you're proud

Maybe I make things a mess And maybe you're right to have doubts in me Maybe, but nevertheless If you for once could just trust me Just this once let me come through for you The way that you want me to Let me make you proud Let me show you the best in me Let me give you a reason to believe that I can stand tall And when I return And I'm more than you dreamt I'd be Maybe then you will realize That you never actually knew me at all Sure, I've made lots of mistakes I know that I've disappointed you Still, though, whatever it takes I'm gonna fix it, just watch me Just you wait, I'll make it up to you If it's the last thing I ever do I will make you proud I will make you have faith in me I will prove that the way I used to be is all in the past I will save the day And come back here triumphantly 'Cause I long for that look of surprise When you see your son rising at last The pride in your eyes When you see your son rising at last