"The Kids" lyrics - JANELLE MONAE
Drug boy steady shootin'
The streets don't give a damn
They're filled with such pollution
The kids don't stand a chance
We're trapped inside the matrix
Forced to play our hand
We're filled with so much hatred
The kids don't stand a chance,
I said the kids don't, the kids don't stand, the kids don't stand a chance
I said the kids don't, the kids don't stand, the kids don't stand a chance
[B.o.B:]
Well,
Since I was planted at birth,
I abandoned my own planet
And I landed on Earth,
As a kid I never understood what I observed, and
Some of it was strange but most of it disturbed me
Always in detention for the lack of my attention
You can call it deficit
Really I just didn't listen
And I was always missing
The teachers like, "Where is Bobby Simmons?"
But tryna get a record deal is all I can remember
It's funny 'cause looking back on the path that I had
On my days in the streets tryna prove that I was bad
I still elevated to the level that I'm at
(Still elevated to the level that I'm at)
Drive by steady shootin'
The streets don't give a damn
They're filled with such pollution
The kids don't stand a chance
We're trapped inside the matrix
Forced to play our hand
We're filled with so much hatred
The kids don't stand a chance,
I said the kids don't, the kids don't stand, the kids don't stand a chance
I said the kids don't, the kids don't stand, the kids don't stand a chance
[Janelle Monae:]
Sometimes it's hard to grow
While living in fear of the unknown
How can he ever give love
When no love is in his heart?
A child can barely sleep at night, too worried about tomorrow
And what if he holds- he drowns himself
Deep down in his sorrows
Will you run and will you share your light
Tell a story, live and try
See its when we're giving hope
That we know that we can grow.
Drug boy steady shootin'
The streets don't give a damn
They're filled with such pollution
The kids don't stand a chance
We're trapped inside the matrix
Forced to play our hand
We're filled with so much hatred
The kids don't stand a chance,
I said the kids don't, the kids don't stand, the kids don't stand a chance
I said the kids don't, the kids don't stand, the kids don't stand a chance