Tony! Toni! Ton‰! - Little Walter lyrics

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 Sex 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 Sex, 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 ...