Way Back When

when i was little i was cute
when i was little i was innocent
when i was little i told my piano teacher that one day i wanted to be
discovered
but i didn't tell her what that meant
i don't remember saying that
when i was little i kicked butt
when i was little i was afraid of water
but now i don't think it was the water i was afraid of
it was the deep dark unknown of the plunge
when i was little i was skinny
when i was little i was different
still am different
always will be different
not much difference there
ha
when i was little i never got zits
when i was little i didn't love
i didn't know what to love meant
i still don't know what it means
when i was little i cried
and cried
and cried
when i was little i was red
but now i'm black
when i was little i never got guilty
never felt ashamed
never hated myself
when i was little i was living
when i am big...
now i remember