State Of The World

5 a.m., rise and shine
 To feed the baby before he starts to cry
 No rest and time to play
 15, the mother is a runaway
 No time for dreams or goals
 Pressure is so strong
 Her body she has sold
 So her child can eat
 What is happening
 To this world we live in
 In our home and other lands
 Drugs and crime spreadin' on the streets
 People can't find enough to eat
 Now our kids can't go out and play
 That's the state of the world today
 State of the world
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 Lil' Johnny all alone
 His only friend, the doll he carries with him
 Goes to school each and everyday
 To be teased because he has no place to stay
 This young and homeless boy feels his life is worthless
 Instead of suicide he cries himself to sleep
 And it's happenin' to this world we live in
 There's got to be a better way
 Drugs and crime spreadin' on the streets
 People can't find enough to eat
 Now our kids can't go out and play
 That's the state of the world today
 State of the world, uh uh uh
 Hoo
 Today, uh uh uh
 D-dday D-dday
 Nation
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 Can't give up hope now
 Let's weather the storm to-together
 Drugs and crime spreadin' on the streets
 People can't find enough to eat
 Now our kids can't go out and play
 That's the state of the world today
 Drugs and crime spreadin' on the streets
 People can't find enough to eat
 Now our kids can't go out and play
 That's the state of the world today
 Drugs and crime spreadin' on the streets (Spreadin' on the streets)
 People can't find enough to eat (Stop it people)
 Now our kids can't go out and play (Even walk the streets)
 That's the state of the world today
 State of the world today hey hey hey
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 That's the state of the world today
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 That's the state
 That's the state of the world today