DJ Steve on the mix
On my way to work, was stuck in traffic
Then along came a kid, he was like five, six
Begging on the highway, with no supervision
Now i don't need no supervison
To see into his future
It got me thinking though
Staring at me straight in the eyes
He wasn't blinking though
Silver or Gold, i have none to give to you
But I'm gonna rap about it
And that's the best gift to you
I hope they listen
I hope they listen
I ain't pointing fingers
I just hope they find what's missing
Blame it on bad parenting
Or blame it on bad decisions
Blame it on the government
Just don't hide behind religion
It's not plain to see, nah it's not plain to see
Find hard to understand
Somebody please explain to me
From conception to child birth
And all the pain it brings
Only to ship your child to a foreign land
At the age of six
Ba uwa, ba uba
No single relative
He always on the streets
Cause he barely has a place to sleep
He out of school cause, nobody to pay the fees
Always with a bowl
But not guaranteed a plate to eat
Bari 'a tambaye ku
Wai kun san baza ku iya kula da su ba
Me yasa kun haife su?
I wonder what it takes to
Plan your family, i see a family of twelve
In a face me i face you
Haba bawan Allah, ka ji tsoran Allah
With a family that size
'A dole ka sha wahala
Cut your coat according to your size, is all I'm saying
Got to be careful of the foundation, that we laying
I know they say nobody knows tomorrow
But only he who plans today, has a stake in tomorrow
And when tomorrow comes, who gon lead?
A region where half of the kids are on the streets
Now they wonder, where the suicide bombers come from
Wonder where the politicians go get their thugs from
Why there's so much poverty
And there's so much hunger
Why drugs and narcotics be ravaging our young ones
Wonder why they say that the north is so backwards
The fact is and the fact was
We not backwards
We just don't use our common sense
Saying God got us
We out here preaching change
Well the change starts with us
So, you can do way more than twenty bucks
More than giving them cloths and plates to wash
Go ahead adopt one
They ain't dangerous
Let's fix the future now
For the sake of us
They say it takes a whole village to raise a child
So we all are all to blame
If the end up wild
We been doing it wrong
It's time to get it right
If we come together
We can win this fight
Cause
It's obvious the system is not working
Parents keep deserting
Nobody is talking
While the future of these poor kids
Is not certain
It's heartbreaking
Is why i had to say something
So on behalf of that kid i met in traffic
And nine million more like him on our streets
Nine million boys
With their futures not guaranteed
I urge us to do more
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