Old Soul

You know? Back when I was young

I always knew there was something different about me, you know? Yeah

I knew something different

I used to sit around the old days all the time

And I used to ask my mom, "Mom is something wrong with me?

"And she said, "No, son, ain't nothing wrong with you

"This is what my mama told me

"Young man with an old soul (with an old soul)

"My mama used to tell me (mama said, "Son")

"Son, you done been here before

But don't let it worry you

You ain't done nothing wrong (ain't done nothing wrong)

"It's just that you're a young man (young man) with an old soul (with an old old soul)

Back when I was young (Back when I was young)

Growing up as a child

I didn't wanna run in the streets like everybody else was running wild

I'd rather sit at home with my momma and them (with my momma and them)

And listen to 'em old-school blues while they laugh and breathe

And now that I'm older, I seem to do the same thing (do the same thing)

And I see my mama and them doin' it; it ain't a thing changed

I'd rather drink my beer (I'd rather drink my beer)

I'd rather sip my whiskey (I'd rather sip my whiskey) and sit on my front porch

Y'all, and get a little tipsy

That's what my mama told me

She said, "Young man with an old soul (with an old soul)

"My mama used to tell me" (mama said, "Son")

"Son, you done been here before" (son, you done been here before)

But don't let it worry you (don't let it worry you)

You ain't done nothing wrong (ain't done nothing wrong)

"It's just that you're a young man (young man) with an old soul (with an old old soul)

Granny used to tell me

"Son, it's something different 'bout you (son, it's something different 'bout you)

She said, "You got an old, old soul

And that they will guide (they will guide)

To make the right decision throughout your life" (throughout your life)

"She said "It'll keep you out of trouble (oh, yeah)

And show you wrong from right" (wrong from right)

Now I don't know (I don't know) what the future holds (don't know)

Just keep God first, my baby, and in Him you'll grow (in him you'll grow)

She said, "I might not be (I might not be) here to see it through

But maybe you'll be just fine

Remember what I say to you (remember what I say to you)

"Young man (young man) with an old soul (young with a old soul)

My mama used to tell me

"Son, you done been here before (you done been here before)

But don't let it worry you (don't let it worry you)

You ain't done nothing wrong (no, no, no)

It's just that you're a young man (I'm a young man)

With an old soul" (with an old soul)