“Child Of The World” is a socially conscious song from Falz’s “27” album that tells the heartbreaking story of a young woman’s struggles. The track addresses serious issues like sexual assault, victim-blaming, depression, and suicide. Falz uses his lyrical talent to give a voice to the vulnerable, urging compassion and offering a message of hope, reminding victims they are not to blame and encouraging them to hold on.
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[Verse 1]
Apple of her mothers eye, she be trophy daughter
Mommy raised her daddy never dropped a dollar
Daddy ran away didn't wanna have a child
Mummy wasn't ready still remember how she cried
But time flies all that one is in the past life
Shola ti mature, gbogbo body ti di large size
She just collect law degree for Unilag
First class in the bag make her mummy too dey brag
She went to be an intern for her uncle
Just a little hustle before she go to law school
My daughter the Lord will be your muscle
Omo Jesu mummy know she love the gospel
But uncle peter agbaya alai ni tiju
One late night became wild in the sitting room
Uncle please stop, shh be silent
Uncle didn't stop till he broke the hymen
[Pre-Chorus]
Am I a fool? Shey i don go astray?
Am I a victim of my circumstance?
Omoluabi ti bo s'owo aiye
And now I'm feeling like i don lost my way
Am I a fool? Shey I don go astray?
Am I a victim of my circumstance?
Omoluabi ti bo s'owo aiye
And now im feeling like I don lost my way
[Chorus]
I be child of the world
I don become a child of the world
I be child of the world
I don become a child of the world
I be child of the world
I don become a child of the world
I be child of the world
I don become a child of the world
[Verse 2]
She don dey look for the thing she dey resist before
She never had a daddy figure so she need the love
Uncle peter don create a beast he can't tame the stuff
She like make e rough, she can't have enough
She met some ladies wey go like rub shoulder
On some quick business with a high turnover
Say if you ride the stick, you go ride Range Rover
Aristo PLC shey you wan be stakeholder
Now the Sugar daddy loving everyday she don dey get the pay
If you get the dollar spend the cake no dey negotiate
She's in deep her whole life don deteriorate
Many belle she don get she don terminate
Queen runs girl, she no get any competition
Gomina, senator, she giving every politician
Somebody tell her say the consequences no dey likely
Until she tested positive to HIV
[Pre-Chorus]
Am I a fool? Shey I don go astray?
Am I a victim of my circumstance?
Omoluabi ti bo s'owo aiye
And now im feeling like I don lost my way
Am I a fool? Shey I don go astray?
Am I a victim of my circumstance?
Omoluabi ti bo s'owo aiye
And now im feeling like I don lost my way
[Chorus]
I be child of the world
I don become a child of the world
I be child of the world
I don become a child of the world
I be child of the world
I don become a child of the world
I be child of the world
I don become a child of the world
[Verse 3]
She promised not to disappoint
I guess she broke her vow
She let herself go, she let mummy down
But she go fight to defeat that depression
As long as she's alive she can still find redemption
She's getting people sensitized about the virus
She now hoping that her story might inspire us
Don't be like me, help me tell the young ones
Don't come to realize it after you're long gone
Please, don't be a fool now, don't go astray
Don't be a victim of your circumstance
Omoluabi ma bo s'owo aiye i didn't know when I lost my way
Please, don't be a fool, don't go astray
Don't be a victim of your circumstance
Omoluabi ma bo s'owo aiye i didn't know when I lost my way
[Outro]
I'm a child of the world
I just became a child of the world
I be child of the world
I don become a child of the world
Child of the world
I just became a child of the world
Child of the world
I don become a child of the world
Uploaded by: Sifon • Upload date: 1/13/2026
