age ain t nothin but a number when i see the young ones amongst us i pray that they hunger for god while the sun s up while still summer time before it s winter time i pray that they would come up before they reach old age and they can take a fall and their knees won t break and they see no gray they teeth don t shake before the wrinkled face and they relocate yeah where re my daylight soldiers with a teenage frame but a faith like grownups play time s over the weight on my shoulders comes from the young that say i ll wait til i m older but why wait til you re 35 you can be mature for your age in the word of god faith can be certified laced in a shirt and tie you can be 13 going on 30 ahhh age ain t nothin but a number can t judge a book by it s cover i know what you see will make you wonder i m just acting older than my number age ain t nothin but a number can t judge a book by it s cover i know what you see will make you wonder i m just acting older than my number they say the children are the future that s far from the truth but that s what we tell our youth groups and since that s what they ve become used to it s hard for them to offer themselves to be useful no wonder they on youtube all day and night cause it s like they ain t useful til they put on a new suit so we tell em welcome to the new school yes we need the old school look at what the jews do at age 5 little jewish kids with an able mind retain all five books of the pentateuch rain or shine they are trained to abide at every age stage of their lives so to say i m too young is an age old lie cause the early bird catches the worm it s your turn so you ain t gotta live all earthly when you can be 13 going on 30 age ain t nothin but a number can t judge a book by it s cover i know what you see will make you wonder i m just acting older than my number age ain t nothin but a number can t judge a book by it s cover i know what you see will make you wonder i m just acting older than my number they say a child shall lead them but who gon train em who gonna lead em who gon feed em who gonna teach em take em out on the weekend show em how to stand like daniel and his three friends you know it s gotta be us talkin bout you and i all of the adults culturally aware with our thumbs on the pulse you know it s up to us to show the young how to walk look at lebron james he was 19 when he got in the game pushin rock in the lane dakota fanning holdin a fan club 7 years old when they rolled in the cameras joseph daniel what about samuel mary in the manger all teenagers yeah if they could serve god early then you can be 13 going on 30 age ain t nothin but a number can t judge a book by it s cover i know what you see will make you wonder i m just acting older than my number age ain t nothin but a number can t judge a book by it s cover i know what you see will make you wonder i m just acting older than my number