The Kids

	  		

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: 
C              D       F 
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