Growing up as a young boy Sometimes can be rough At six years old I was thinkin Seven would be just enough But I was wrong Ooo I was wrong yea Ten years old and Im growin Thinkin I got it sussed Mama said youll be a fine young man I thought I already was But I was wrong Ooo I was wrong Cause when you get where youre going The roads still long Eighteen years Im a rebel Thinkin Im pretty tough Daddy said you got a lot to learn I thought that Id learned enough But I was wrong Ooo I was wrong yea Twenty-five was a good time Comin into my own Climbed the mountain And I reached for the sky I thought that I had it all But I was wrong Ooo I was wrong Cause when you get where youre going The roads still long when you get where youre going The roads still long They all try to tell you But who are they to say Cause the best things that you learn You find out on your way No time for feelin sorry Just time for being strong When you get where your going The roads still long Now I see where I come from Now I see where I am Now I see that you never really know So you just gotta do the best you can And that aint wrong Ooo that aint wrong no Cause when you get where youre going The roads still long When you get where youre going The roads still long When you get where youre going yea