when i was just a child i didnt know much a bout ya i was just a child i didnt know much a bout ya ooh ooh ooh i had a father who came from nothin he took that and he made it somethin hed seen it all by his twenty first right his mum and dad both left this earth why it was the drinkin that killed his mother hes watchin the same thing kill his brother and he doesnt say it much but he really loves us and he doesnt want the same thing to kill his sons uh when he sees me with a drink in my hand i understand now why he thinks that its bad cause he knows that its so evil but he knows were our own people so he lets us go when i was just a child i didnt know much a bout ya ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh i was just a child i didnt know much a bout ya ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh now i know now i know now i know oh oh oh now i know now i know now i know oh oh oh i was just a child i didnt know much a bout ya ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh see i dont know if gods real but if he is i can imagine how god feels and theres things id discuss with him i bet he wouldnt change much but theres shit he would have done different when my grandpa passed away i remember sayin bye on his last few days and im hopin theres a heaven i wanna meet again and i never met anybody as positive as him not many were as sick as him but he didnt let the illness kill his grin and thats why i went ahead and inked my skin cause i remember the smile when i think of him like  when i was just a child i didnt know much a bout ya ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh i was just a child i didnt know much a bout ya ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh now i know now i know now i know oh oh oh now i know now i know now i know oh oh oh i was just a child i didnt know much a bout ya ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh i didnt know that my brother got bullied at school if i could go back now i wouldnt be fooled he prob ly thought mum and dad dont fuckin care but it wasnt even that they were so unaware livin in a family where money is favoured makes us wanna say i fuckin hate it brother though we gotta feel blessed as fuck just remember they only want the best for us we got a mum thats an angel im thankful just to even have her in my life i am grateful family is anybody close to you but see this song right here it is overdue for you when i was just a child i didnt know much a bout ya ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh i was just a child i didnt know much a bout ya ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh now i know now i know now i know oh oh oh now i know now i know now i know oh oh oh i was just a child i didnt know much a bout ya ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh1