| 19 years-old, been on his own since he was 13
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| Every trick in the book, there’s not one that he hasn’t tried
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| Growing up with his friends in a world that’s so hard to escape from
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| You know that some of them are living, some of them in jail, some have died
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| Another cold, hungry morning in a third floor, three room apartment
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| Where everything in it’s paid by the state, but there’s never enough
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| While down on the street, wind blows the trash 'cross the pavement
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| And I’m going down to *CNA*, try to connect with some stuff
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| Child of the Streets
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| Child of the Streets
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| You better watch what you do when you meet
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| Child of the Streets
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| Well I go on down to the corner, run into Eddie and old Johnson
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| And we get back in the alley, get out of the wind for a smoke
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| While down on the street, there’s a cat driving a white limousine
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| And he’s trying to tell me (he's trying to tell me), he’s trying to tell me
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| (tell me) that it’s all a joke
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| But I don’t believe a word he says
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| Hey look, a rich man, a rich man, lock up your doors and your windows |
| And you better watch who your daughter’s talking to on her way to school (yeah)
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| You know you’ve got so much, brother, I ain’t got nothing
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| So have a good time sitting by your swimming pool
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| Oh, Child of the Streets
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| Child of the Streets
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| Oh, you better watch what you do when you meet
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| Child of the Streets
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| Oh, Child of the Streets
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| Hey, Hey, Child of the Streets
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| You better watch what you do when you meet
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| Child of the Streets
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| Come on, Child of the Streets
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| Ooh, Child of the Streets
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| You better watch what you do when you meet
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| Child of the Streets
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