| Life is here and then it’s gone
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| And what seems right can be oh-so wrong
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| Let’s protect, and not molest… a young girl
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| And help them live to see… this world
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| Clearly, as it is
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| And pray for the mother with kids (kids)
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| Who’s lost control, but not her soul
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| Many kids will die before they’re 20 years old
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| Will you let them be? |
| (Help our children)
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| Will you help the children live to see… (Help the children)
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| A generation’s trying (bombs and crack)
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| Oh, how we’re dying
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| (Dance, help them)
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| Will you let them be? |
| (Help the children)
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| Will you help the children live to see… (Help the children)
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| A better day is coming (we need love)
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| To keep our lives going
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| Pops (pops) where in the world have you gone
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| I see Momma (momma) by the telephone
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| Waiting (waiting) but you don’t call
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| Tears on her face and I see them fall
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| It hurts (hurts) but will go on
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| You’re just another brother who’s left his home
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| And family (family), yeah we cry,
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| Momma says she love you and I don’t even know why (why why why)
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| Will you let them be? |
| (Why? Help them. Help our children)
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| Will you help the children live to see… (Help the children)
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| A generation’s trying (bombs and crack)
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| Oh, how we’re dying
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| (Dance, help them)
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| Will you let them be? |
| (Help the children)
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| Will you help the children live to see… (Help the children)
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| A better day is coming (we need love)
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| To keep our lives going
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| Money and death, the lie, the truth
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| A dime bag of crack, the end of you
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| Black and white, a constant fight
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| Years and years, and day and night
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| There was a right, I’ve got to stand
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| To make a better way for a young black man
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| In a land (a land) where the people smile
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| Been holding me back for such a long while (while, while, wow, while)
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| Will you let them be? |
| (Help our children)
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| Will you help the children live to see… (Help the children)
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| A generation’s trying (bombs and crack)
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| Oh, how we’re dying
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| (Dance, help them)
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| Will you let them be? |
| (Help the children)
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| Will you help the children live to see… (Help the children)
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| A better day is coming (we need love)
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| To keep our lives going
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| Help them, will you let them be?
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| Children (children) don’t be fooled
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| And learn about the way that man was ruled
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| This country (country) where we live
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| And read about the sixties and what they did
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| So that we (we) won’t forget
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| And love one another and give respect
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| When I see (see) a man who’s old
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| A woman who’s grey, it touches my soul
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| Because I know (know) they paved the way
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| So we could be here and live this way
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| There was a time (time) not long ago
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| When in the-front-of-the-bus into the back I had to go
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| It appears (it appears) that things have changed
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| Maybe it’s in the method but it’s still the same game (game, game, game, game,
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| game, game)
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| Will you let them be? |
| (Help our children)
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| Will you help the children live to see… (Help the children)
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| A generation’s trying (bombs and crack)
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| Oh, how we’re dying
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| (Dance, help them)
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| WILL YOU LET THEM BE!!! |