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When I Was Young
Hip-Hop/Rap
When I Was Young was released on January 5, 2026 by Gm James as a part of the album Till Next Time
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Release DateJanuary 5, 2026
LabelGm James
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM90

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Gm James
Gm James
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Freek Van Workum
Freek Van Workum
Lyrics
Woodson Michel
Woodson Michel
Lyrics
James Reuschle
James Reuschle
Lyrics
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Freek Van Workum
Freek Van Workum
Producer

Lyrics

Hook
When I was young
The world seemed a little bit brighter
My fear seemed a little bit lighter
I knew it would be all okay
When I was young
My dreams hit a little bit stronger
My heart felt a little more wonder
What I'd become someday
When I was young
Verse 1
When I was young having fun as a little kid
thinking big not knowing what that really is
just some pure thoughts filled with more innocence
I was living in the moment focused dialed in
working on my skill
searching for a thrill
leaning how I feel
determined with my will
trying to win at everything a quitters what I’ll never be
way to much integrity I play with an intensity
when I was young we had fun in our neighborhood
I would come and get my friends for a epic run
talking baseball basketball and football
I’ve been competitive ever since a foot tall
and they know I’m giving everything I could dog
In everything I do I wish they would y’all
try and try me when they know my passion firely
sing it if you feeling me
Hook
When I was young
The world seemed a little bit brighter
My fear seemed a little bit lighter
I knew it would be all okay
When I was young
My dreams hit a little bit stronger
My heart felt a little more wonder
What I'd become someday
When I was young
Verse 2
when I was young had dreams to be the biggest star
and every single thought seemed to be a bar
writing all these rhymes sitting in the car
well back then man it use to be the class room
I’m jotting rhymes in my notebook in the back dude
I never listened to my teachers is the sad truth
and after school was at Jason’s trying rap cool
we going back and forth freestyle all day fool
was senior year I recorded my first track to
at day door up in boca I was hooked after
drop the sports I was all about the rapping now
putting words together like a puzzle trying figure out
we’re the pieces fit trying to be on point as a pyramid
look I’m serious when I was young had no fear in the world
and now I got my girls thinking nothing
Hook
When I was young
The world seemed a little bit brighter
My fear seemed a little bit lighter
I knew it would be all okay
When I was young
My dreams hit a little bit stronger
My heart felt a little more wonder
What I'd become someday
When I was young
Written by: Freek Van Workum, James Reuschle, Woodson Michel
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