Can you remember when you were just 6 years old
with a trusting heart accepting
everything you're told
anyone bigger must have been right
even if they were wrong
you'd take what was given
you didn't know better
all your little mind could comprehend
was goodness and truth
even when the baddest things were
being done to you
ain't it a shame how you pay
for your innocence
when you take what,was given
you didn't know any better 'bout
loving,cheatin,people leaving
drying,living,losin and forgivng
growin,sayin no and,being who you are
What about the time when you became 16 years old
with an unsure heart believing
some of what you're told
wanting to be someone different,
but there's pressure to be the same
so you'd take what was given
you didn't know better
all that you could think about was
what you should or should not do
every single insecurity was magnified for you
and suddenly you bagan to feel all the contradictions
but you'd take what was given
you didn't know better 'bout
Now here you are little older than before
you really been through it and
you might go through some more
but if there's one precious thing you've learned,
it's that you can't just take what is given,
cuz now you know better 'bout
Now you, know you, now you know better