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