The Kids by B.O.B. (feat. Janelle Monae)
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Drug boy steady show time
E F# B
Streets dont give a damn
B C# E
Theyre filled with such pollution
E F# B
The kids dont stand a chance
B C# E
Were trapped inside the matrix
E F# B
Forced to play our hand
B C# E
Were filled with so much hatred
E F# B
The kids dont stand a chance
B C# E E F# B
I said the kids dont, the kids dont stand, the kids dont stand a chance
B C# E E F# B
I said the kids dont, the kids dont stand, the kids dont stand a chance
B C# E
Well, since I was planted at birth
E F# B
I abandoned my own planet and I landed on earth
B C# E
As a kid I never understood what I observed
E F# B
Some of it was strange but most of it disturbed me
B C# E
Always in detention for the lack of my attention
E F# B
You could call it deficit, really I just didnt listen
B C# E
And I was always missin The teachers like, where is Bobby Simons?
E F# B
But tryna get a record deal is all I can I remember
B C# E
Its funny cause looking back on the past that I had
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all my days in the streets tryna prove that I was bad
B C# E
I still elevated to the level that Im at
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Still elevated to the level that Im at
B C# E
Were trapped inside the matrix
E F# B
Forced to play our hand
B C# E
Were fill with so much hatred
E F# B
The kids dont stand a chance
B C# E E F# B
I said the kids dont, the kids dont stand, the kids dont stand a chance
B C# E E F# B
I said the kids dont, the kids dont stand, the kids dont stand a chance
[Janelle Monae:]
B C# E
Sometimes its hard to grow
E F# B
While living in fear of the unknown
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How can he ever give love
E F# B
When no love is in his heart?
B C# E
G# child can barely sleep at night
E F# B
To worried bout tomorrow
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And what it beholds,
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He drowns of
E F# B
Deep down in sorrows
B C# E
Will you run or will you share your light
E F# B
Tell a story or live in strife
B C# E
See it when were given hope
E F# B
That we know that we can grow
B C# E
Were trapped inside the matrix
E F# B
Forced to play our hand
B C# E
Were fill with so much hatred
E F# B
The kids dont stand a chance
B C# E E F# B
I said the kids dont, the kids dont stand, the kids dont stand a chance
B C# E E F# B
I said the kids dont, the kids dont stand, the kids dont stand a chance
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