Don’t you assault me, it’s not my fault see
Cos I grew up in the 70’s, learnt all about the birds and the bees
I played with guns and played with knives, an the big boys gave me a bunch of fives
If I looked without asking, or I thought I was hard enough
If I looked without asking, was the same for all of us
and hey, this was way, back when
boys would be boys, and men would be men
we weren’t cancelled out for saying this and that Humpty Dumpty was allowed to be fat
n' Big Daddy was the diplomat
and, oh, how’s its changed since then
In school they couldn’t teach me, but outside was easy to reach me
Learning lessons not from Socrates, but from the socio inequalities
Knew no better, sort of paralysed, internal prisons don’t allow no cries
Couldn’t cry without asking, case they thought I wasn’t hard enough
Couldn’t cry without asking, was the same for all of us
Wan’ ed to be some body, maybe Muha’ mmad Ali
But white n’ black didn’t mix with ease, had much more chance turning Japanese
An’ at the time I didn’t realise, what I should a’ seen with my own two eyes
but if I looked without asking, or I thought I was hard enough
I couldn’t look without asking, was the same for all of us
Now in full transparency, I can see things more clearly
I’ve drank a few of life’s remedies, made it all the way to twenty twenty
an’ I find it easier to recognise, all the big boy’s spin and the big boy’s lies
an I can look without asking, I don’t need to be hard enough
I can cry without asking, getting better for some of us
Kendo Na’ ha’ ga’ saki, n’ the big ol’ Daddy
Gripped up in the Nelson squeeze, or a figure 4 ripping out my knees
Playground scraps didn’t take no dives, used my fists and learnt how to survive
case I looked without asking, case I thought I was hard enough
case I looked without asking, was the same for all of us
if i looked without asking
These lyrics are about...well...they're fairly transparent I guess, and there was this unwritten rule...as a kid...that you couldn't look at someone without asking...cos' you were...in fact...'asking' for a smacking! wm
