You`ve been a juvenile
With a dolphin smile
With no elbow room
With your body in bloom
You`ve had your little backyard
Protected by big walls
You didn`t dare look over
`Cause you`ve been too small

Now you`re finally sixteen
And you feelin` old
But they won`t believe
That you got a soul
`Cause you`re only sixteen
And you`re feeling real
But you can`t seem to cop a feel

Why do they have to force us
Through this metamorphose
Little butterfly
No matter how you try
You`ll be segregated
You`re gonna be closed off
You`re callow and you`re green
`Cause you`re caught between

You`re only sixteen
Try to cross the line
But your little wings are intertwined
You`re only sixteen
And you`re such a tease
And there`s nothing you do
That can really please

"These children
They`re not really bad most of them
They`re just products
Of rotten neighborhoods
And bad family situations"

You know you can`t forsake it
So sit back and take it
You see you`re just not ripe
So don`t try and fight that

You`re only sixteen
You wanna catch a peek
But they look at you
Like you`re such a freak
Well you`re only sixteen
With a lot to say
But they won`t give you
The time of day

You`re only sixteen!
You`re only sixteen!
You`re just sixteen!!
You poor little thing.