Lyrics:

[Hook]

Still that kid
Countin’ twice before I spend
Still that kid
Parkin’ facing out again
Still that kid
Even when the lights get big
Whole life changed
But I’m still that kid

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[Verse 1]

Big black truck in the driveway now
But I still wake up checkin’ sounds
Still hear doors in the middle of night
Even when everything’s locked up tight

Bills paid early, credit clean
Still feel panic when the phone screen
Show a number I don’t know
Like it’s bad news from long ago

I don’t live there anymore
But I still scan every room I’m in
Still measure tone before I speak
Still brace when voices bend

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[Hook]

Still that kid
Countin’ twice before I spend
Still that kid
Parkin’ facing out again
Still that kid
Even when the lights get big
Whole life changed
But I’m still that kid

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[Verse 2]

They see leather seats and shine
Don’t see the math behind my mind
How I still divide each check
Like something’s coming for the rest

Still feel weird in nicer rooms
Like I snuck in past the broom
Like any second someone’ll say
“You don’t really belong this way.”

I smile wide, shake their hand
But I still feel that younger man
Watchin’ from behind my eyes
Wonderin’ how long this lasts

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[Hook]

Still that kid
Countin’ twice before I spend
Still that kid
Parkin’ facing out again
Still that kid
Even when the lights get big
Whole life changed
But I’m still that kid

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[Verse 3]

I don’t hate where I came from
That’s the soil I stand on
But roots run deep in quiet ways
Even when the branches strong

I ain’t broken, I ain’t scared
I just know what I prepared
For when the ground felt thin beneath
And nothing came with guarantees

Maybe that never fully leaves
Maybe that’s what keeps me clean
Maybe that’s the edge I keep
From turnin’ soft when things get sweet

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[Hook]

Still that kid
Countin’ twice before I spend
Still that kid
Parkin’ facing out again
Still that kid
Even when the lights get big
Whole life changed
But I’m still that kid