Bob - The Kids lyrics

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 Monáe: 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