transfer essay do you need to explain bad high school grades?

hey so im a pretty average student in community college but my high school grades were really really bad ( lots of D’s, retaking F’s)

do i need to waste time explaining these poor grades from high school? it’s just that it sort of disrupts the flow and theme of my essays and i cant really find a way to connect it. i dont want to come across as making excuses for my poor grades either since i always hear of people in similar or worse situations as myself doing great things and earning 4.0s in high school. but explaining my situation might add context behind the grades and might even help show that i dont come from a privileged background (adds diversity i suppose?). but i still feel like it might look badly to talk about why i did so badly when im applying to competitive schools now, where i know that amazing people have done so much more despite their circumstances.