“It’s about young people feeling like they don’t have a place [in society] and we’re stuck in the middle. ‘Where do I fit in?’ … ‘People aren’t really listening to what I have to say’,” – KIAN
[Pre-Chorus]
I can only hope for the best now
Swear I've been getting up a little less now
Only ever seen me with my head down
Hoping that today, I won't stand out
[Chorus]
Childism, childism, childism, ayy
Childism, childism, childism, ayy
Childism, childism, childism, ayy
Childism, childism, childism
[Verse 1]
Wake up, eat, school, repeat
Wake up just to fall asleep
No idea what I wanna be
Same shit like every week
So boredom just got bored of me
Being young's been haunting me
Wish that I could wake up
Just to know that this is all a dream
Suffocating in my thoughts
Want to stand up, yet I'm too afraid to fall
Why you make me feel small?
Can't tell if my friends are my friends at all
I’ve been feeling kinda lost (Lost)
Feeling used and double-crossed (Crossed)
Nearly everyday I try to break away
I’m losing all of my remorse, and
[Pre-Chorus]
I can only hope for the best now (Best now)
Swear I've been getting up a little less now (Less now)
Only ever seen me with my head down (Head down)
I'm hoping that today, I won't stand out
[Chorus]
Childism, childism, childism, ayy
Childism, childism, childism, ayy
Childism, childism, childism, ayy
Childism, childism, childism
[Verse 2]
I'm just gonna try and get away
Music takes me to a better place
Patronize me to my face
Sick of doing what they say
People be asking me where I go
Right now, I don’t even know
Lately I've been setting goals
'Cause life ain’t all about the gold
I’ve been venting through my music
Inventing some new shit
Got one chance, I hope I use it
Goddamn, I hope it do
'Cause now I see life from a different view
It ain't 'bout what they teaching you
I'ma choose which way I go
'Cause I'm sick of always feeling low
[Pre-Chorus]
I can only hope for the best now (Best now)
Swear I've been getting up a little less now (Less now)
Only ever seen me with my head down (Head down)
I'm hoping that today, I won't stand out
[Chorus]
Childism, childism, childism, ayy
Childism, childism, childism, ayy
Childism, childism, childism, ayy
Childism, childism, childism
[Bridge]
I'm just looking for a way out
Where I'm going's hard to say now (Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh)
I'm hoping that today I won't stand out
[Pre-Chorus]
I can only hope for the best now (Best now)
Swear I've been getting up a little less now (Less now)
Only ever see me with my head down (Head down)
I'm hoping that today, I won't stand out
[Chorus]
Childism, childism, childism, ayy
Childism, childism, childism, ayy
Childism, childism, childism, ayy
Childism, childism, childism
Childism was written by KIAN & Jerome Farah.
Childism was produced by Jerome Farah.