NOW YOU KNOW BETTER

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 dying, living, losin and forgiving growin, sayin no and, being who you are Oh Oh Oh Oh 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 began to feel all the contradictions but you'd take what was given you didn't know better 'bout loving, cheatin, people leaving dying, living, losin and forgiving growin, sayin no and, being who you are yeah Now here you are a 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 loving, cheatin, people leaving dying, living, losin and forgiving growin, sayin no and, being who you are Wow yeah Now you, now you, now you know better...