This big old mansion is a plantation that I’m working on
Built on sugar dreams, tobacco scenes but it feels like cotton balls
Remember back in the day when all I had was a dream
A pack of NYCs and a metro card?
I knew it wouldn’t be easy, believe me but I never thought it could be this hard
[Verse 2]
It’s hard to believe that I can go from riding all night in subway cars
To being driven around from the East to the West on Sunset Boulevard
Or how I can go from the 212 to living in Hollywood
Had no clue how I’d do it, I just knew that I could and I would
(And I did it, I admit it)
[Chorus]
Don’t know where I am, but I know where I’m going
I’m growing, I’m growing
Growing and growing
Keep growing and growing
Don’t know who I am, but I know who I’m becoming
I’m growing, I’m growing
Growing and growing
Keep growing and growing
[Verse 3]
This big old man sang that he had a grand plan to embark upon
They’d always say that it was to be seen
If he could find a way to pull it off
It wasn’t easy, at times it was sleazy
Filled with endless heartache and hurt
But as they say, no pain, no gain
And there were many life lessons learned
[Verse 4]
It’s hard to believe that I can go from poverty to San Fernando Valley
From a Yankee gigolo to a handsome home all the way in Cali
How do I go from living graffiti dreams to lounging by the pool in Palm Springs?
How do I go from having not a damn thing to shopping in Beverly Hills?
[Chorus x2]
Don’t know where I am, but I know where I’m going
I’m growing, I’m growing
Growing and growing
Keep growing and growing
Don’t know who I am, but I know who I’m becoming
I’m growing, I’m growing
Growing and growing
Keep growing and growing
Don’t know where I am, but I know where I’m going
I’m growing, I’m growing
Growing and growing
Keep growing and growing
Don’t know who I am, but I know who I’m becoming
I’m growing, I’m growing
Growing and growing
Keep growing and growing
credits
from Counterculture,
released September 16, 2020
Producers: Larry Yang, Tico Phillips
Songwriter: Tico Phillips
Lead Vocals: Tico Phillips
Background Vocals: Jericho Padua
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