[VERSE 1:]
Ain´t no daddies where I´m from it´s just mad mothers
And eyes that still seem they can´t look past colour
Why am I disrespected by someone I should call brother
And why girls feel unpretty and constantly hate each other
Bad air in my lungs, man I can´t breathe
My eyes burning from all the dirt and the debris
And it´s third degree, I´m motionless on the scene
It´s like a disease the way y´all killing´ me

[HOOK:]
I´m sixteen and I shouldn´t have to feel like this
I´m sixteen every young boy out here want to kiss me
I´m sixteen and me and my mama going through it
I´m sixteen on the block, sixteen on the block

[Chorus:]
I´m 16(at war) I´m 16(at war)I´m 16(at war)I´m 16(at war)I´m 16(at war)
I´m 16(At war)
I´m sixteen on the block, sixteen on the block

[VERSE 2:]
Around here cool is another word for fool
If he smoke, then she smoke, I gotta smoke too
Now what would I do if I didn´t have a clue
I´m sixteen y.o., asking God oh why oh
If my clothes ain´t tight, then he ain´t gon´ like me
Eyes on the prize so the next girl dress just like me
I´m so full of promise but why promise
If I´m a just be rewarded by bad actions
To him I´m just a transaction

[HOOK:]
I´m sixteen and I shouldn´t have to feel like this
I´m sixteen every young boy out here want to kiss
I´m sixteen and me and my mama going through it
I´m sixteen on the block, sixteen on the block

[Chorus:]
I´m 16(at war) I´m 16(at war)I´m 16(at war)I´m 16(at war)I´m 16(at war)
I´m 16(At war)
I´m sixteen on the block, sixteen on the block

[BRIDGE:]
I want you to love my mind, my smile, my style
I want you to know the best of me
I want to belong without being treated like property
Why does it seem like fantasy?

[HOOK:]
I´m sixteen and I shouldn´t have to feel like this
I´m sixteen every young boy out here want to kiss
I´m sixteen and me and my mama going through it
I´m sixteen on the block, sixteen on the block

[Chorus:]
I´m 16(at war) I´m 16(at war)I´m 16(at war)I´m 16(at war)I´m 16(at war)
I´m 16(At war)
I´m sixteen on the block, sixteen on the block

(I´m sixteen) ohh ohhh sixteen