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I wrote, "TwentyOne" a few days after my birthday. I felt the need to express my feelings on paper and compose them into a song. Into an anti-aging anthem---OF COURSE! I don’t particularly like birthdays -- my 21st was no different! Birthdays are supposed to be happy celebrations, but for me, they are usually not. It is a stark reminder that the people who I love are aging. I am terrified of losing them. At the end of the song, you can hear me laugh. That’s me accepting that getting older is just part of life and I'm grateful for it.
lyrics
Verse
Keeping my eyes on the clock
Cus’ I know the hours can fly by
Wish I had a superpower to slow down time
Don’t think I can say ‘goodbye’ to twenty
Throw away the label “adult”
Don’t want it, I’m not ready
Pre Chorus
Don’t know if I’m ready for the next chapter
To start over, start over…
Forget the damn birthday cake
Cus’ don’t wanna blow another candle, candle
Chorus
Cheers to the growing pains
I’m twentyone, twentyone, twentyone
Don’t wanna be
Twentyone, twentyone, twentyone
Real-lifе has begun
Real-life has bеgun
Real-life has begun
My life has begun
Cus’ I’m 21
Verse
Bad insomnia can keep me awake all night
I’ll pick up my phone
Scroll through my old FB timeline
Familiar faces I see, fresh in my mind
Don’t wanna age if I can’t have them in my life
Pre-Chorus
Don’t know if I’m ready for the next chapter
To start over, start over
(“I just don’t want to start over”)
Forget the damn birthday cake
Cus’ don’t wanna blow another candle, candle
Chorus
Cheers to the growing pains
I’m twentyone, twentyone, twentyone
Don’t wanna be
Twentyone, twentyone, twentyone
Real-life has begun
Real-life has begun
Real-life has begun
My life has begun
Cus I'm twentyone
Bridge
Crippling anxiety gets a hold of me
Can’t help but fear a future I can’t foresee
I know it’s set in stone
I can’t imagine the end of the road
Final Chorus
Cheers to the growing pains
I’m twentyone, twentyone, twentyone
Don’t wanna be
Twentyone, twentyone, twentyone
Real-life has begun
Real-life has begun
Real-life has begun
[My life has begun]
My life has begun
Outro
Cus I’m twentyone
credits
released August 20, 2021
Produced by: Tracksion aka Terrence Rolle
Mastered by: Dave Kutch
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