Boyhood Video (MV)

Bloody nose
Blood on my clothes
It leaves a mark
When they hit hard
Cause I'm the oddest of them all
Another day in seventh grade
Of getting punched for being gay
No matter how much you act straight
It's a losing game to play

What a day to be alive
I think I'd rather fall than fly
Oh no

Oh oh
This is boyhood, it don't do a boy good
This is boyhood, it don't do a boy good

Bloody clothes
Nobody knows I've been at war
Stomping up my driveway to the house
And if my mother always knew
That didn't stop her being cruel
When my father put her in a mood
And the house was burning down
Daddy, daddy on the phone
Saying son, be more manly
Less like mom
Be more proud of where you're from

And the woman in me rages like a storm
As the war goes on and on

Oh oh
This is boyhood, it don't do a boy good
This is boyhood, it don't do a boy good

Mantrapushpanjali from Rigveda

This is boyhood, it don't do a boy good
Break em down young, build em up rough and dumb
This is boyhood, it don't do a boy good
Break em down young, load em up like a gun