| On and On and On and On Me Say the Beat Don’t Stop Until the Break of Dawn
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| Nor Does the Growth of Our Young World
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| Yes the Children, Be Buildin, Each Boy and Girl
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| Cause You Are the Cream of the Planet Earth
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| The New Birth, Now Take That For What It’s Worth
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| And Give the Child Room, to Blossom and Bloom
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| Livin Large, It’s Your Destiny to Consume
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| To Take Flight and Ignite to a Brand New Height
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| Cause That’s Your Goal in Life — Am I Right? |
| (Yeah!)
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| To Start Reachin, Come On Each and Every
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| Single One of Y’all Comprehend What I’m Teachin
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| I Said Listen Up, Listen Up, Listen Up Youngster
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| Learn From a Lesson That the Big Daddy Brung Ya It’s Nothin But Knowledge, I Shall Bring to You
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| And I’m Not Mr. Rogers Or Captain Kangaroo, But I Know
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| «children, Children" — «are the Future"(Variations 4x)
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| «children, Children"Where We Goin Now?
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| Take My Hand My Child, and Let Me Show You How
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| Cause I’m Here to Help.
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| . |
| Those Who Need Knowledge of Self
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| Young Brothers and Sisters, Considered the Cream
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| That Must Rise to the Top and Fulfill the Dream
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| And There Are Desires That We All Want to Achieve
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| But Remember, Respect Is Most Greatest to Receive
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| And We Don’t Have to Gain It By Bein Tough
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| Or Sellin Our Own Kind That Cooked White Stuff
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| So Bring Your Negative Mind From Out of the Shade
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| Find Your True Self and Let’s All Get Paid, Because
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| «children, Children" — «are the Future"(Variations 4x)
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| People, People, Why We Live Illegal?
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| Your Life Just Ends Short and You Know That There’s no Sequel
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| (Sequel) They’ll Say That It Was Fun While It Lasted
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| You Run Wild, Stickin Up and Gettin Blasted
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| Pregnant Girls Livin Solo, On the Welfare
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| Cause Your So-called Man Said Go to Hell Dere
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| And Young Brothers That Could Be Tryin to Rap
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| Instead, Are Out Boostin Clothes At the Gap
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| Now What Kind of Life Is That For a Child?
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| Runnin Wild Livin Foul, Hey, Change Your Lifestyle
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| Get Some Knowledge, and Open Your Eyes
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| Just Take a Little Bit of Time,
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| How Fully You’ll Come to Realize, That
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| «children, Children" — «are the Future"(Variations 4x)
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| I Believe the Children Are the Future
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| Teach Them Well and Let Them Lead the Way
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| Show Them All of the Beauty They Posess Inside
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| Give Them, a Sense of Pride
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| To Make It Easier, Let the Children Laughter
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| Remind Us How We Used to Be |