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