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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