When I Was A Youngster
Rizzle Kicks Lyrics

I can remember that when I was a little youth I,
As a child, I had grand aspirations of traveling the world and starting a new life.

Wanted to fly around the world making a new life,
My dream was to explore the world and have a fresh start.

I never thought today, I'd be where I am now,
I never could have predicted that my life would turn out like this.

Yo, wanted to be a fireman,
At one point, I dreamed of becoming a firefighter.

Than I lost the desire man,
However, that desire eventually faded.

The second I got old enough,
Once I had reached a certain age,

To buy myself a cider can,
I became more interested in purchasing alcoholic drinks.

Yeah, I was a smart little kid,
When I was younger, I was quite intelligent.

That side's departed me since,
Unfortunately, I no longer possess that sharp intellect I used to have.

These days you can catch me,
Nowadays, you are likely to find me

Sitting on the bench in the park with a lager and crisps
Relaxing in the park with a beer and some chips.

Back when I was younger,
When I was a child,

I wanted to be everything on the planet,
I had a long list of aspirations and wanted to accomplish everything.

Now that I am older,
But now that I am grown up,

It seems the ambition has vanished,
My drive and determination seem to have disappeared.

Yeah when I was a youngster,
When I was a child,

Youngster, when I was a youngster
Yes, back when I was just a kid

And now that I'm older,
But now that I am grown up,

I wish I could've been everything that I wanted,
I do regret not being able to accomplish all of my goals.

I'm on it
But I am still trying to make my dreams come true.

I think that if I think back back to the days
Sometimes I reminisce about the past

When I thought I didn't think that,
When I didn't believe in my own abilities,

Nothing that I thought would not be possible,
I truly believed that I could achieve anything I set my mind to,

Ha, try and figure that out,
It's difficult to explain

Back when I didn't know how,
When I was too naive to understand

To settle for a desk job bring in those pounds,
To accept a mundane office job for the sake of money

I wanted to live in those clouds,
I still held onto my dreams of living a more exciting and adventurous life.

These days I deliver those sounds
Nowadays, I am pursuing a career in music and sharing my passion with others.

I always thought of myself as a simple dreamer,
I often considered myself to be just an ordinary person with big dreams.

I never tried too hard but believed it,
Even though I didn't put in too much effort, I always had faith in myself.

Now all of a sudden, it's gone my way
Amazingly, things have finally started to go my way.