To Be Young

## Music Video

"**To Be Young**"is a song by Anne-Marie featuring Doja Cat. It was released on July 17, 2020 with the music video released later the same day. The pre-order for the song was made available on June 19, 2020.

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1: Anne-Marie]**

They tell me I should make a plan for a life

All I'm thinkin' 'bout is what to do tonight

Hundred miles an hour, no headlights

On an open road home

We do what we can to dull the pain

Pinky promise things still stay the same

Even when I'm old, I'll know your name

Anywhere we go, oh

**[Pre-Chorus: Anne-Marie]**

Dye my hair a million colours

Dream I'll make a billion dollars

I swear that day can't come soon enough

In the meantime, we just

**[Chorus: Anne-Marie]**

Fall in love, broken heart

Break the rules, drink too much

We're all a mess, but I guess

This is what it feels like to be young (To be young)

Take a punch (Take a punch), get back up (Get back up)

Act a fool (Act a fool), give a fuck (Give a fuck)

We're all a mess (All a mess), but I guess

This is what it feels like to be young

**[Verse 2: Anne-Marie]**

Small town and we're drinkin' all the liquor (Yeah)

Every night, tryna feel something bigger (Feel something bigger)

Hotbox in the car in the winter

We don't wanna go home

**[Pre-Chorus: Anne-Marie]**

And I'll dye my hair a million colours

Dream I'll make a billion dollars

I swear that day can't come soon enough

In the meantime, we just

**[Chorus: Anne-Marie]**

Fall in love (Fall in love), broken heart (Broken heart)

Break the rules (Break the rules), drink too much (Drink too much)

We're all a mess (All a mess), but I guess

This is what it feels like to be young (To be young)

Take a punch (Take a punch), get back up (Get back up)

Act a fool (Hey), give a fuck (Give a fuck)

We're all a mess (All a mess), but I guess

This is what it feels like to be young

**[Verse 3: Doja Cat]**

This can't be real life, don't even feel high

Maybe if you take one with me, then it'll feel right

Don't wanna know what staying still would even feel like

Wanted to fit in when I didn't, now I know

And I just want freedom, can't be lonely

Heartless, hopeful, stupid, phony

Say they love me, but won't show me

Is this how it feels like to be young?

**[Chorus: Doja Cat, Anne-Marie & Both]**

Fall in love (Young), broken heart (Young)

Break the rules (Young), drink too much (Young)

We're all a mess (Young), but I guess

This is what it feels like to be young

Take a punch (Take a punch), get back up (Get back up)

Act a fool (Act a fool), give a fuck (Give a fuck)

We're all a mess (All a mess), but I guess

This is what it feels like to be young

**[Outro: Anne-Marie]**

Yeah-oh-oh-oh

Yeah-oh-oh-oh

This is what it feels like to be young, young

This is what it feels like to be young

## Trivia

* Anne-Marie was originally going to feature Normani on the song, but Doja was chosen instead due to Normani's management turning down the collab.
* Doja said in an interview that she wanted to be on this song because it was so different from her other songs, and she'd never done something like this before.
* Doja said this was the first Anne-Marie song she'd ever heard.
* In the clean version of the song, the line "give a fuck" is replaced with the line "make a fuss"