Put all your men in a average city

Had a share of problems don't you know

Just the same the city had too Time after time, my mama told

There's a lotta things that you know

But there's a whole lot more you need to know Money, have your own

Friends, just for fun

Drugs, don't indulge

*** with the right person Work all your day

Crime does not pay

Love don't apply

Live, to live you must die And I can't be late 'coz I was born not to know

Things are getting crazy, I ain't getting lazy

I was born not to know Now since I've grown, I've learned a lot more

The city hasn't changed a bit since

Doesn't mean I have to live like this I still can recall what my mother told me

There was a lot of things that I knew

But the ones my mother said were true Money, had my own

Friends, we had fun

Drugs, didn't indulge

***, had the right person Work, all my day

Crime did not pay

Love did not apply

Live, now I live but I gotta die And I can't be late 'coz I was born not to know

I ain't gonna make a fuss, I like the back of the bus

'Coz I was born not to know I was born not to know

I was born not to know

I was born not to know

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