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State Of The World

Janet Jackson

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State Of The World

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Five A.M. rise and shineTo feed the baby before he starts to cryNo rest, no time to play15, the mother is a runawayNo time for dreams or goalsPressure is so strongHer body she has sold so her child can eatWhat is happening to this world we live inIn our home and other landsChorus:Drugs and crime spreadin' on the streetsPeople can't find enough to eatNow our kids can't go out and playThat's the state of the world todayLil' Johnny all aloneHis only friend, the doll he carries with himGoes to school each and every dayTo be teased because he has no place to stayThis young and homeless boy feels his life isworthlessInstead of suicide he cries himself to sleepAnd it's happenin' to this world we live inThere's got to be a better wayRepeat ChorusCan't give up hope now
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