[Intro]
C
When I grow up,
I wanna
Am
be like me
Can't tell me
Em
nothing,
Em D
'bout who to be
C
When I grow up, I
Am
wanna be like me
Can't stop me
Em
runnin'
young, wild and
Em D
free
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[Verse 1]
C
Livin' life in
fast pace
Am
Traded all my
tours for foreplay
Em
Sleepless nights
turned to slumber
parties
Em
Looking juice tryna
D
coke and Bacardi
C
From daydreams
and stories
Am
That I live now,
night till morning
Em
From crawlin'
to walkin'
Em D
Now I run the game
like Spalding
[Pre-Chorus]
C
Hands up in the
air if
Am
you livin' life
young, wild,
Em
and free
Made something
out of
Em
nothing from a
D C
dollar and a dream
Close my eyes and
see my
Am
younger self
smilin', smilin'
Em
at me
Looking back
D
is funny
Bm
'cause I said
[Chorus]
C
When I grow up,
I wanna
D
be likе me
Can't tell me
Em
nothing,
Bm
'bout who to bе
C
When I grow up, I
D
wanna be like me
Em
Can't stop me running
young,
wild and free
[Drop]
C D
When I grow up
Can't tell me
Em Bm
nothing
C D
When I grow up
Can't stop me
Em Bm
running
C
When I grow up
[Verse 2]
(C)
Catch a bad chick
by her toe
Am
Be my little eenie
meenie till I pick
some more
Em
Good brain you
make honor roll
Em
I'm a cat, I'm
a dog,
D
I'm a paw patrol
C
Back then they
didn't
Am
want me now
Mike Jones they
all up on me
Em
From free throws
to soarin'
Em
Shoot my shot
D
they jump
C
like Jordy, yeah
[Pre-Chorus]
When you run the
game this
Am
long it starts to
Em
jog your memory
Learning ABCs to
Em D
traveling global
C
from A through Z
Cold shoulders turn
to
Am
Miami heat and
all through
Em
the club
Livin' out my
childhood
D
dreams, I say
Bm
one day
[Chorus]
C
When I grow up,
I wanna be
D
like me (Just
like me)
Can't tell me
Em
nothing,
'bout who
Bm
to be (Yeah,
yeah)
When I grow
C
up (when
I grow up),
I wanna be
D
like me (I
wanna be
like me)
Can't stop me
Em
runnin'
(Can't stop me
runnin')
young, wild and
free (Ayy)
[Drop]
C D
When I grow up
Can't tell me
Em Bm
nothing (Can't
stop me)
C
When I grow up
(All the way
D
up, all the way
up)
Can't stop me
Em
runnin' (Yeah)
Bm
When I grow up