"Born Not To Know" lyrics - TONY! TONI! TONE!

[Intro:]
Check this out man, I wanna introduce you to my grandma
She hella cool, back from the old school, man
How is everybody? doin'? How is everybody...
I wanna meets one of the Tony's
Am I on the recording now?
Yeah, you're on...
Alright, I'ma go for it, baby
Now, hold it, hold it, hold it
I remember that when we was younger back in our days and Brown James and Richard Little and all them
Basically, what I wanna know is, am I getting paid for this?
NO!
That's all

[Verse 1: Raphael Saadiq]
Born a young man in an average city
Had our share of problems, don't you know
Just the same, the city had to grow
Time after time, my mama told me
There's a lotta things that you know
But there's a whole lot more you need to know

[Pre-Chorus:]
Money...have your own
Friends...just for fun
Drugs...don't indulge
Sex...with the right person
Work...all your days
Crime...does not pay
Love...don't apply
Live...to live you must die

[Chorus:]
And I can't relate 'cause I was born not to know
Things are getting crazy, I ain't wearing paisley
I was born not to know

[Verse 2: Raphael Saadiq]
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

[Pre-Chorus:]
Money...had your own
Friends...we had fun
Drugs...didn't indulge
Sex...had the right person
Work...all my days
Crime...did not pay
Love...did not apply
Live...now live but I gotta die

[Chorus:]
And I can't relate 'cause I was born not to know
I ain't gonna make a fuss, I like the back of the bus
'Cause I was born not to know

[Interlude]

Um, could you tell us a little something about yourself?
Well, uh, I have my B.A. from Morehouse
And I have my MBA from Harvard
And, of course, presently I'm working on my Ph.D. from MIT
But what I really want to know is, can I get a job? (NO!)

Hi, my name's Tanya
Now I just traveled 1,000 miles
Now, 100 of those we slept
And I'd like to know, after the show, can I come backstage?
YEAH! YEAH! GET HER IN! ALL-ACCESS!

Now, I just drove, girl, 10 miles
My friend Tanya just went backstage, she just came through
And what I wanna know is-my name is Bob-can I come backstage too?
HELL NO! HELL NAW! NO MORE PASSES!

[Outro:]
I was born not to know
I was born not to know
I was born not to know
I was born not to know
I was born not to know
I was born not to know
(Oaktown's in the house)
I was born not to know