Drug boys 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 Well, since I was planted at birth I abandoned my old 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 past that I had All my days in the streets tryna prove that I was bad I still elevate it to the level that I'm at Still elevate it to the level that I'm at 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 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 or will you shout your line? Tell our story as a living strife See it's when we're giving hope That we know that we can grow 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 I said the kids don't stand